Trainnews volume 2 - issue 180
Author: Espee99
Date: 07-24-2009 - 20:41

Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 180 - 07/24/09


TODAY'S PHOTO
http://trainnews.webhop.org/trainnews/072409_0001.jpg
The DM&E Clinton local collided with a standing cut of cars in the Bettendorf yardthis AM. Local media reporting the Engineer and Conductor still missing.

Tom Farence Photo


Request - Folks please send more photos to trainnews@att.net, include a description so that others will be able to share your reason for submitting the newsworthy or scenic photo. I process them as I receive the email so once I open and move your comment and photo to the server I will acknowledge it; however, that does not mean it will post on that days trainnews. Rest assured, that it will post in the next few days.


Domestic News


Disabled Amtrak train cancels 3 LIRR rush-hour trains
[www.newsday.com]


Disney's "A Christmas Carol" train tour comes to Chicago
[abclocal.go.com]


RTD light-rail train reaches 1 million miles
[www.bizjournals.com]


Amtrak delays train study for Des Moines
[www.chicagotribune.com]


Victims lucky to be alive after Commerce City truck-train collision
[www.kdvr.com]
and
Gasoline tanker struck by train
[www.denverpost.com]


SUV driver reaching for phone escapes injury after hitting train
[www.adn.com]


Capital Metro will have to install ‘positive train controls’
[www.statesman.com]


Train Horns Go Silent In Springfield
[www.whiotv.com]


Train Festival exciting downtown Owosso
[abclocal.go.com]


Train sparks multiple fires in and near Ardmore
[www.rapidcityjournal.com]


Operator on Leave After Opening Doors on Wrong Side
[www.washingtonpost.com]


Norfolk Southern's 'Train Your Brain' Public Safety Campaign Fills Summer Calendar in Indiana
[news.prnewswire.com]


A Greener Road Trip: St. Louis Cardinals Taking the Train
[gas2.org]


Train station 'whistle stop' gains momentum
[www.poughkeepsiejournal.com]


Train cars ignite in Richmond; engineer uncouples locomotive
[www2.timesdispatch.com]


Chamber hopes to educate public in high-speed train debate
[www.lasvegassun.com]


Train History Day Saturday at the Cradle of Forestry
[www.citizen-times.com]


Batavia hoping to quiet trains
[www.suburbanchicagonews.com]


Oregon bids for high-speed rail between Portland and Eugene
[www.oregonlive.com]


Rail Runner Express to visit Raton, Las Vegas
[www.kdbc.com]


Catch the COASTER to the Del Mar Fairgrounds
[www.examiner.com]


New Safety Guidelines Implemented After Muni Accident
[sanfrancisco.injuryboard.com]


New Railroad Project for VW Announced
[www.newschannel9.com]


SC mayor confronts railroad worker about signs
[www.wbtv.com]


Railroad/intermodal shipping: AAR reports volumes are down for week ending July 18
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]


VW plant at Chattanooga spurs railroad project
[news.bostonherald.com]


Police Jury pushes closure of KCS railroad crossing
[www.thenewsstar.com]


Railroad lease extended
[www.cabinet.com]


Union Pacific Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
[www.gurufocus.com]
and
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) Income Falls on Lower Business Volume
[www.transworldnews.com]


TTX Workers In North Augusta To Be Furloughed
[www.wjbf.com]


DMR-Designed Meadowlands Station Debuts
[www.globest.com]


Amtrak to Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Independent Review to Assess Carbon Footprint
[www.webwire.com]


Central Terminal back in the running as rail hub
[www.buffalonews.com]


Canadian News


Canadian Train Service Shut Down as Engineers Strike
[www.bloomberg.com]


GO train hits truck
[www.edmontonsun.com]


Canada’s Bike Train expands to north Ontario
[www.jamblemag.com]


International News


Six die in Croatia train crash
[news.bbc.co.uk]


Kolkata-Dhaka train services rescheduled
[www.hindu.com]


KiwiRail working to reopen track
[tvnz.co.nz]


Nagpur-Mumbai, back non-stop Duronto train to run thrice a week
[www.business-standard.com]


EU Train Firm Aims to Reduce CO2 Emissions 35% by 2012
[www.environmentalleader.com]


Peak-hour delays after train hits car at level crossing
[www.theage.com.au]


Railways in UK to Get Electric Makeover
[www.electric.co.uk]


'Smile detectors' installed at train station
[itn.co.uk]


Operators seek new line on franchises
[www.ft.com]


Direct transfer from Belorusskiy railroad station to the Sheremetevo airport appears in August
[www.russia-ic.com]




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