Railroad News - November 12, 2007 Railroad,Train,Casey Jones

'Tis nice to see Ogun the God of Iron happy lately, as many lives are spared in railroad related events.. I hope this streak continues and that people continue helping eachother out as they have been. Nice to be able to share some tradegies with "no one hurt" and "lives spared" articles. - DNatureofDTrain
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CD Review: Josh Ritter's latest, 'Historical Conquests'Flyer News - Dayton,OH,USAIn the opening track, Ritter explores adventurous historical characterssuch as Joan of Arc, Calamity Jane and Casey Jones and also mentions thefictional ...

http://www.flyernews.com/article.php?section=AE&volume=55&issue=15&artnum=04

War veterans sharing lives once againBeckley Register-Herald (subscription) - Beckley,WV,USAFor years, Milam wore an old railroad engineer's cap which earned him thenickname Casey for Casey Jones. "It hung with me all through the serviceand back ...

http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_314232217.html

Couple rescues driver from railroad tracks moments before train ...San Diego Union Tribune - United StatesAP MINEOLA, NY - An off-duty police officer and her husband, a volunteerfire chief, rescued a woman from her stalled car seconds before a trainsmashed ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20071109-0505-railroadrescue.html

Railroad crossing crashes double; Pott. County worstCouncil Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs,IA,USA"Trespassers get in the way of the train, not the other way around."Because of the increase in crashes in Iowa, the Iowa Department ofTransportation's ...

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19007717&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555106&rfi=6

Train-truck accident injures man in north Harris CountyHouston Chronicle - United States... when it stopped on a railroad crossing near the Hardy Toll Roadabout 9am The crossing arms had come down shortly before the train struck thetrailer ...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5288719.html

Review: Train-loving boy and new family just don't connectSan Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAAn 11-year-old boy whose mother just committed suicide perks up at thesight of a wondrous toy railroad in the drama "Rails & Ties. ...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/09/DDBLT89E0.DTL&type=movies

Bus trapped on railroad tracks when railroad crossing arm jamsSalt Lake Tribune - United StatesAP Posted: 9:12 AM- A bus full of school kids rammed through a railroadcrossing arm in Kaysville yesterday after the barrier jammed when a trainwas ...

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7416833

Safe Crossing Week 2007 Teaches Kids How to Behave Safely Around ...Earthtimes - London,UKAlways cross at a railroad crossing with lights, gates and/or the crossbucksign; - Listen for the warning bell and train whistles; - Look both waysbefore ...

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,220381.shtml

Teen hit by LIRR train diesNewsday - Long Island,NY,USALong Island Rail Road officials were not immediately available for comment.It was unclear which train struck the boy. No one on the train was injured,...

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lilirr1110,0,7721566.story?coll=ny-homegarden-headlines

Bus stops on railroad tracks in Kaysville with train approachingDeseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA... been placed on paid administrative leave after driving his bus onto aset of railroad tracks in Davis County and narrowly escaping an oncomingtrain. ...

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695226300,00.html

Railroad offers shopping tripsWiscasset Newspaper - Wiscasset,ME,USAMaine Eastern has already shown that the train works for tourism andsightseeing, not to mention for the countless Maine residents who takeadvantage of the ...

http://wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com/2007-11-08/shopping_by_rail.html

Russian military withdrawal from Georgia almost completedXinhua - ChinaAll in all, over 500 tonnes of military hardware and about 2000 tonnes ofmilitary property were brought from Georgia to Russia by railroad thisyear, ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/10/content_7043247.htm

Bridge Collapses, Freight Train Dangles Into DC RiverFOX News - USAAP WASHINGTON -- An old railroad bridge collapsed Friday and several carsof a freight train dumped coal and small amounts chemicals into theAnacostia River ...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310319,00.html

Jury awards $10.8 million to survivor in train wreck lawsuitBeaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USAIn July 2005, Ardoin stopped at a Vinton railroad track at Eddy Street,then drove her pickup in front of an eastbound Union Pacific train,according to The ...

http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19009933&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6

Historic railroad exhibit needs maintenanceMontrose Daily Press - Montrose,CO,USAHe said the train is unique in that it's displayed on a trestle where itwould have run historically. The Denver and Rio Grande Narrow GaugeRailroad passed ...

http://www.montrosepress.com/articles/2007/11/10/news/doc473539c2e6025512266193.txt

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Tracks of time: Tribute to traditionThe News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA98 train makes its way up Del. 82 Wednesday. Volunteers have worked to keepthe tourist railroad from disappearing.(Buy photo) The News Journal/FREDCOMEGYS ...

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071110/NEWS/711100327/1006/NEWS

Clean Up Will Begin in DC Train DerailmentWTOP - Washington,DC,USAOn Friday, DC fire officials said they wanted to make sure the CSX railroadbridge where the freight train derailed was safe before trying to get anyof the ...

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=1289532

Saturday's Our View: Unwanted honor
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs,IA,USA
According to the Federal Railroad Administration, the number of highwaygrade crossing collisions and fatalities decreased nationally, but not inIowa. ...

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19008810&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555110&rfi=6

Keller train ride owner faces child molestation suitDallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USAClinton Don Simpson, 65, is owner of Mr. Don's Whistlestop, a miniaturerailroad he built on his Keller property and has operated for years. ...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/111007dnmetsimpson.1f7ee94f7.html

Jury awards $10.9 million in train wreck lawsuitHouston Chronicle - United States... Texas -- A Texas jury has awarded about $10.9 million to thefamily ofa woman killed when her truck was hit by a train at a Louisiana railroadcrossing. ...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5291438.html

Train town gets new lifeHickory Daily Record - Hickory,NC,USAFor 10 years, Warren assembled a model train town, with yards of railroadtracks, hundreds of miniature, hand-painted people and more than 300buildings. ...

http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353457411

Spotlight: Full steam aheadNew Straits Times - Persekutuan,MalaysiaBy : JASWINDER KAUR MORE than a century on, Borneo's only commercialrailroad is still chugging along. And it will be a better ride soon, theSabah Railway ...

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Focus/2079027/Article/index_html

Rio Grande Railroad deals with several challengesBrownsville Herald - TX United StatesMuch of the cargo that had moved through Brazos Santiago now went throughCorpus Christi, then by train to Laredo and into Mexico. The Laredo-CorpusChristi ...

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/brownsville_81984___article.html/railroad_point.html

Probe continues into fatal train, pedestrian accidentWhite Plains Journal News - White Plains,NY,USADan Brucker, a spokesman for Metro-North Railroad, said the train'sengineer didn't see the man in front of the train. "He either slipped,tripped, ...

http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071110/NEWS02/711100398

Enthusiasts celebrate local history, crafts at rail showDesert Dispatch - Barstow,CA,USA... which had their model railroad on display. Hepburn said that travel bytrain is special for most Americans, distinct from a car ride or planeflight. ...

http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/harvey_1935___article.html/railroad_barstow.html

Chinese Muckraking a High-Stakes GambleWashington Post - United StatesPang's offense was a pair of articles reporting that substandard coal ashwas being used in construction of a showcase railroad, the $12 billionhigh-speed ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/11/AR2007111101455.html

No one injured in Prosperity train derailmentWIS - Columbia,SC,USAFoster said there were 38 cars were involved in the derailment, and thatofficials with the railroad company and others were working to determinethe cause ...

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7345096

Model railroaders host first open houseIowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA"This is just the first stages," said Steve Malcolm, president of theHawkeye Model Railroad Club. Members displayed 150 feet of train tracks inHO scale ...

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS01/711120324/1079/NEWS01

NOEL: Old ski train now plies the greener 'pastures' of NapaRocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USAThe Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad launched the Ski Train in 1940.Ever since, it has towed snow lovers from Union Station to Winter Park. ...

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/spotlight_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23962_5743655,00.html

Couple rescues driver from railroad tracks moments before train ...
WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USABut there was a woman stuck on the railroad tracks with a train bearingdown on her. And her saviors came in the form of an off-duty New York Citypolice ...

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7335915&nav=2CSf

Hearing to consider Philly trainVineland Daily Journal - Vineland,NJ,USA18.5 miles to Glassboro via an existing railroad right of way. Another21.5-mile extension to Millville would be added in a second phase. ...

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS01/711120308/1002