Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 274 - 11/07/09

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Today's Photos

The maintenance crew works on an air compressor on 4449 after the train arrived in Spokane WA on 10/19/2009. Apparently while the 4449 was in Minneapolis, the 261 crew "made their mark" on the inside of the open door!

Bruce Butler Photo

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Domestic News

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Orange Line MBTA train narrowly avoids woman on tracks
[www.myfoxboston.com]

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TWU: Binding arbitration would end SEPTA strike
[www.philly.com]
and
Both sides set to vote on Philly transit contract
[www.google.com]

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Downeast Firefighters Take "Train"-ing Course
[www.wcsh6.com]

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Palo Alto parents start safety watch at deadly Caltrain crossing
[www.mercurynews.com]

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Train horns silenced in downtown
[www.thenewsstar.com]

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Emergency services holding train drill
[www.auburnpub.com]

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New lofts sprouting up in West Oakland, what about the train station?
[www.insidebayarea.com]

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Baristaville's Weekend Train Service Begins Sunday, AMEN!
[www.baristanet.com]

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Video shows students crossing through stalled trains
[www.ksl.com]

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Maglev transit project pushed, could create jobs
[www.pittsburghlive.com]

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Caltrain: Horns now quieter
[www.smdailyjournal.com]

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Caltrain, SamTrans workers to receive counterterrorism training
[www.insidebayarea.com]

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Omaha railroad warns hunters to avoid tracks
[www.nebraska.tv]

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Oil Skimmers, Inc Exhibits in the 2009 Rail Road Environmental Conference
[www.bignews.biz]

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BNSF delays southern Dallas project
[www.dallasnews.com]

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Hollywood on the Comstock
[www.nevadaappeal.com]

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Orleans rail tax plan in place
[www.thedailynewsonline.com]

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Union leader denies bribery charges
[chronicle.northcoastnow.com]

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Kansas Railroad To Get Much Needed Repairs
[www.kake.com]

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All aboard! Train ride wish granted to New Lexington Care and Rehab Center resident
[www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com]

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Canadian News

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Fast train feasible: French rail chief
[www.montrealgazette.com]

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Train service to be reduced as AMT prepares for winter
[www.montrealgazette.com]

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International News

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Glasgow 'axed' from train route
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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The rail thread that links Europe
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Train monitoring system of Tiger Cell failed?
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]

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Train hits car near Riyadh
[www.arabnews.com]

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Mobile grievance redressal system for train drivers
[www.expressindia.com]

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All aboard the new south-bound train
[www.haaretz.com]

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Driver shortage means no trains for some travellers tomorrow
[www.haringeyindependent.co.uk]

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Four railway officials mowed down by train
[www.samaylive.com]

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MIR Introduces a New Way to Travel by Luxury Train on One of the Worlds Greatest Journeys, the Trans-Siberian Railroad
[www.live-pr.com]

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Rail workers suspected of robbing employee carrying company cash
[www.haaretz.com]

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DMRC plans to inaugurate Noida corridor next week
[www.ptinews.com]

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