Trainnews volume 2 - issue 249
Author: Espee99
Date: 10-10-2009 - 19:32

Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 249 - 10/10/09


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Cumbres and Toltec K-36 488 offloading passengers at the top of 10,015 ft. Cumbres Pass on Sunday, 4 Oct 2009, prior to turning on the wye. This is a reduced price family special that runs from Chama to Cumbres and returns.

Paul Sturtz photo


Domestic News


VTA train released after HAZMAT team determines substance is laundry detergent
[www.mercurynews.com]


Ill Operator Who Left Train Put on Leave
[www.washingtonpost.com]


Derailed Coaster train blocks downtown area
[www3.signonsandiego.com]


Mickey Mouse Unveils Latest Train to Join Disney History, Mickey’s Magic Choo Choo, in Kansas City
[newsticker.welt.de]


'Heroic' rescue effort in train crash
[www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com]


Man’s death sparks debate on use of AEDs on Metra trains
[www.nwherald.com]


Missouri Valley Train Grand Opening
[www.wowt.com]


The Great Pumpkin Train departs October 10 & 11, 2009
[www.weau.com]


F line finally on track for fixes, says NYC Transit; construction, new subway cars coming to line
[www.nydailynews.com]


Tickets go on sale Monday for holiday train ride
[www.insidebayarea.com]


Annual Train Show a Hit Once Again
[www.localnews8.com]


Transit district seeks riders' input
[www3.signonsandiego.com]


BART leader stays cool under pressure
[www.contracostatimes.com]


Romeoville wants more Metra trains
[www.suburbanchicagonews.com]


Council approves survey, use of eminent domain for BNSF quiet zone
[www.kansascity.com]


Proposed 3-C rail line could run through county
[www.delgazette.com]


BART to buy software from IBM
[abclocal.go.com]


All aboard for trip to pick out a pumpkin
[www.heraldnet.com]


Central Coast railroad festival comes to San Luis Obispo
[www.ksby.com]


Crews replace railroad ties along Oak Avenue in Visalia
[www.visaliatimesdelta.com]


ACC approves plan for quieter Flagstaff railroad crossings
[www.azstarnet.com]


Riding the Rails
[www.statesmanjournal.com]


30 Norfolk Southern jobs moving to Atlanta
[www.roanoke.com]


‘Mr. Coast Line’ is newest addition to N.C. Transportation Hall of Fame
[www.starnewsonline.com]


REGION: Coaster hit car in San Diego
[www.nctimes.com]


Canadian News


Petit-Rocher finally gets train depot
[telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com]


Welcome rail expansion
[www.thestar.com]


International News


Joy of India's women-only trains
[news.bbc.co.uk]


Train rips car to shreds
[www.news24.com]


Chunnel may get rail competition
[www.chicagotribune.com]


In for a cool, speedy ride
[thestar.com.my]


Several dozen people are injured in crash between locomotive and passenger train in Russia
[www.focus-fen.net]


Wuhan-Guangzhou PLD Reaches a Speed of 380 km/h in Trail Run
[english.rednet.cn]


High speed trial service extended into weekends
[www.kentnews.co.uk]


From 2011, costlier train tickets
[www.topnews.in]




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