Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 208 - 08/24/09
TODAY'S PHOTOS
Idaho Northern and Pacific 4510 at the Emmett, Idaho Depot August 12, 2009. ( ed. - Note the trade-in trunks on this unit.)
Mike Pironi Photo
Request - Please send more photos to
trainnews@att.net, we are running low
Domestic News
Caltrains calls Palo Alto train-track suicides a 'cluster'
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www.mercurynews.com]
Driver injured in crash with Muni Metro train
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www.sfgate.com]
2 hurt in train-car accident in Sheboygan County
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www.chicagotribune.com]
States Seek Slice of Rail Funding
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online.wsj.com]
TRAX changes bug downtown riders
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www.sltrib.com]
KPTM helps bring Disney's A Christmas Carol Train to Omaha!
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www.kptm.com]
Arlen Specter breaks ground for Elizabethtown train station
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www.pennlive.com]
Trainlogic Update - Now with Train Delay notifications!
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www.pitchengine.com]
Ski Train revival seeks Union Station aid
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www.denverpost.com]
18-Wheeler Removed from Train Tracks Near Beaumont
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www.kbmt12.com]
and
Train Crashes Into 18-Wheeler
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www.ksat.com]
Pol wants train station named for Jackson
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www.upi.com]
NYC Transit Restores 1 Train Service To 168th Street
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www.ny1.com]
Granholm seeks grants for rail to Chicago
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www.freep.com]
Maryland asking for $360M for rail work
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www.bizjournals.com]
Twelve coal cars derail on CSX train in Wedgefield
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www.wistv.com]
A roaring train through the Northern California redwoods
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www.post-gazette.com]
Train Breaks Down, Blocks Traffic
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www.kcra.com]
Return of train exciting prospect
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www.montgomeryadvertiser.com]
State asks feds for $270 million for commuter rail
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www.orlandosentinel.com]
South Shore Rail Commuters Must Switch To Metra
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cbs2chicago.com]
The last of the narrow gauge railroads
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www.examiner.com]
Railroad workers claim asthma and other respiratory diseases
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www.stclairrecord.com]
Railroad items are taken; 2 charged
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www.journalpatriot.com]
New railroad museum forming in the Upstate
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www.examiner.com]
Railroad worker injured on tracks in Posey Co.
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www.14wfie.com]
Texas State Railroad gearing up for RailFest 2009
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www.jacksonvilleprogress.com]
Kansas City Southern shares fall on downgrade
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www.forbes.com]
City may look at alternatives to NISP water
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www.fortmorgantimes.com]
Transit advocates feel for MTA amid nation's woes
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www.lohud.com]
Bomb squad halts traffic, train in San Martin
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www.gilroydispatch.com]
Illinois commission urges FRA to adopt safety guidelines for HSR crossings
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www.progressiverailroading.com]
Forum focuses on rail crossing safety
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www.tradingmarkets.com]
Md. Requests Federal Money For MARC, Amtrak Projects
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www.washingtonpost.com]
First phase of ethanol hub under construction in Rialto
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www.pe.com]
Canadian News
Inventor's single-track mind makes for silent train travel
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www.canada.com]
International News
Erosion may have caused collapse
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news.bbc.co.uk]
JR West driver took photos of 2 women passengers while operating train at 120 kph
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www.japantoday.com]
Now, instant communication between running staff of trains, control room
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train cars derail at Ray
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www.ifallsdailyjournal.com]
Wider seats for obese train passengers
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www.telegraph.co.uk]
Some 840,000 to take train for home-bound Idulfitri trips
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www.antara.co.id]
Probe reveals human error in train mishap
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www.centralchronicle.com]
Signals threat to steam trains on Cambrian Line
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www.dailypost.co.uk]