Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 252 - 10/13/09
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Domestic News
Residents voice concern with bullet train plans
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www.gilroydispatch.com]
LeMieux wants Miami high speed train
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www.examiner.com]
Action needed regarding blocked train crossings
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www.hotspringsstar.com]
Quinn supports high-speed rail
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www.chicagotribune.com]
Hoquiam Train Depot Gets a Spot on The Historic Register
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kbkw.com]
Bismarck commissioners to talk train whistles
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www.grandforksherald.com]
State diverts San Diego's rail request
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www3.signonsandiego.com]
Train crash spurs action
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www.mankatofreepress.com]
Man arrested for vandalizing light rail
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ktar.com]
Vintage engine, train to steam through town on Wednesday
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www.devilslakejournal.com]
and
Historic Train Chugs Into Town
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wcco.com]
Canadian Pacific releases holiday train schedule
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www.thonline.com]
Indiana officials submit $2.8 billion funding request for Chicago-Cleveland high-speed train
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www.fox8.com]
Steamtown Announces Holiday Express Train for Families
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usparks.about.com]
SF: UPDATE: MUNI SERVICE RESTORED AFTER PROBLEM ON L-TARAVAL LINE
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cbs5.com]
Celebrates for the Amtrak Cascades second train service between Seattle, WA and Vancouver, B.C
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www.etravelblackboard.com]
Railroad union president arrested for bribery
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stlouis.bizjournals.com]
Profit at CSX Falls by 23%
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www.nytimes.com]
Genesee & Wyoming Sept. traffic falls 2 percent
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www.boston.com]
Railroad Builder Hired
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www.wdio.com]
Amtrak posts second-best ridership
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www.examiner.com]
Saving The Union (Pacific)
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www.forbes.com]
New Stourbridge Lion replica to be built
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www.wayneindependent.com]
Genesee & Wyoming Same-Rail Traffic Down 18% In Sept
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online.wsj.com]
JB Hunt close to intermodal deal with Norfolk Southern- analysts
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www.reuters.com]
Wichita welcomes new grade separation
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www.progressiverailroading.com]
Jacobs receives contract for Amtrak stimulus projects
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home.nestor.minsk.by]
Canadian News
SORRY NO CANADIAN NEWS FOUND BY SEARCH TONIGHT
International News
Driver of deadly Thai train crash fell asleep
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www.google.com]
Maoists target railway properties, train movement hit
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www.ptinews.com]
Passengers suffer in silence as trains remain stranded
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Kuwait-Oman train could run by 2017
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www.thenational.ae]
Two superfast trains to clear holiday rush
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www.tribuneindia.com]
National Train Service will be Operational by 2013 end
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topnews.ae]
Train engineer Robert Stephenson remembered at York’s National Railway Museum as visitors marked 150th anniversary of his death
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www.yorkpress.co.uk]
Railroad authority needed for GCC rail project
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gulfnews.com]