Trainnews volume 2 - issue 257
Author: Espee99
Date: 10-17-2009 - 19:53

Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 257 - 10/17/09


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Today's Photos
http://trainnews.webhop.org/trainnews/101709_0001.JPG
http://trainnews.webhop.org/trainnews/101709_0002.JPG

Amtrak Begins New Lynchburg, Virginia-Boston Train. Photo 1 The first revenue run arriving at the Alexandria, VA Amtrak station on Ocotber 1, 2009, five minutes ahead of schedule. The first run had the same consist and power as the previous day's VIP run, without the NS dome car.
Photo 2 The first revenue run departing the Alexandria, VA Amtrak station on Ocotber 1, 2009. Amtrak business car Beech Grove is bringing up the markers.

Alex Mayes Photos


Domestic News


Van struck by train during police chase in Neb.
[www.kcautv.com]


Manchester-by-the-Sea training exercise will simulate train crash
[www.bostonherald.com]


Football fans frustrated by DART delays to Fair Pa
[www.dallasnews.com]
and
Overcrowding Causes Delays On DART Train To Game
[cbs11tv.com]


Train derails near Overton
[www.lexch.com]


No Injuries Reported In Lewisburg Train Accident
[www.wksr.com]


Train trouble holds up traffic
[eastoregonian.com]


Pocatello Model Railroad & Historical Society Open House
[www.localnews8.com]


New operator takes control of Salem County's short line railroad; grant sought for infrastructure improvements
[www.nj.com]


Former Alaska Railroad caboose changes tracks in life
[www.ktuu.com]


Now open: Casey Jones Museum
[www.jacksonsun.com]


Vermilion rail crossing to close
[www.parisbeacon.com]


VRE sets new one-day ridership record
[www.wtop.com]


Canadian News


The Turbo Train
[www.intelligencer.ca]


RIDE THE GHOSTTRAIN
[www.stcatharinesstandard.ca]


International News


Teen survives falling under train
[www.smh.com.au]


Taihape back on rail map
[tvnz.co.nz]


Railways to buikld links with Nepal & Bhutan to counter China
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]


Gulf states to extend railway project to Yemen -UAE
[www.iii.co.uk]


Union's reasons for railway strike do not hold up, says ministry
[english.mti.hu]


Preparations for national railway strike underway: trade unionist
[www.focus-fen.net]


Sirajganj railway yard losing attraction due to lack of maintenance: Revenue taka 6.25cr earned in 2008-09 FY
[nation.ittefaq.com]


IDB Eager to Join Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan Railway Project
[english.farsnews.com]


Bid to save railway station
[www.teletext.co.uk]




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