Lombard woman killed in collision with freight trainLombardian - Lombard,IL,USAby Bonnie MacKay A 90-year-old Lombard woman died Wednesday afternoon aftera train struck her car at the Elizabeth Street railroad crossing. ...

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Panic of 1857: Railroads are the new thing
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History for sale in Inner HarborBaltimore Sun - United States"Under the right set of circumstances, it's a good fit for the B&O RailroadMuseum because it's a train station and because it gives us an opportunityto ...

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Train derailment cuts power near MonticelloBloomington Pantagraph - IL, USAThe Federal Railroad Administration may conduct an investigation, saidWarren Flatau, the agency's spokesman. Flatau said the railroad has untilJan. ...

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Tender still on guard at Beverly railroad crossingThe Salem News - Beverly,MA,USAHe sits in a shack next to the tracks every day from 6 am to midnight andemerges whenever a train passes through 15 times per day on weekdays, ...

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Hazmat train derails in SaginawMLive.com - MI,USA(AP) -- Hazmat crews will begin a clean up operation Friday after fivecars of a Saginaw Bay Southern Railroad train derailed in Saginaw. ...

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Chemical car derailsMidland Daily News - Midland,MI,USABy Tony Lascari Hazmat crews in Saginaw are working to get five derailedSaginaw Bay Southern Railroad train cars upright, including onecarrying atoxic ...

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India suspends train service to Pakistan following violence in ...Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates... suspension of all train service between the provincial capital Karachiand eastern Punjab province. Mir Mohammed Khaskheli, a senior railroadofficial, ...

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Feds: NJ Transit train crew to blame for fatal accidentNewsday - Long Island,NY,USAThe report, by the Federal Railroad Administration, determined that JohnD'Agostino, 49, was pinned by his left shoulder and arm after a train cardoor ...

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Commuter train testing put on holdBizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USAOnce those signals are in place, trains can pass the crossings withoutsounding horns, under a permit with the Federal Railroad Administration.

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/12/24/daily18.html

Man dies of injuries from freight-train incidentFresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA21 after he was found injured on the Union Pacific Railroad trackssouth ofFresno Street and west of H Street. Moraz reportedly had been slumped overthe ...

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Cleanup continues after train derailsABC12.com - Flint,MI,USAThe railroad CEO says derailment procedures were in place and worked well.He says there could be several reasons why the train went off the tracks....

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Train Crew Lapses Are Cited in Man's Death in New JerseyNew York Times - United StatesThe Federal Railroad Administration, which conducted the inquiry, completedits report this month. New Jersey Transit, which conducted its own reviewof the ...

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Set back on getting train horns turned off in BakersfieldEyeOutForYou.com - Bakersfield,CA,USAThe chances of getting train horns turned off in Bakersfield look dimmer,after a railroad company comes out with their opinion. ...

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Falling for South KoreaMalaysia Star - MalaysiaWhen the railroad connecting South and North Korea reopens, it will be thecustoms post and the centre of a "silk road" that passes through Southand North ...

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Train derails, cars catch fireThe Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USANEW FLORENCE -- Nine railroad tanker cars derailed Friday across the riverfrom New Florence, causing two cars to catch fire, officials said. ...

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Galesburg train vanishes during snowstormGalesburg.com - Galesburg,IL,USABy TOM WILSON One of the most interesting and unique forms oftransportation in local history was the Fulton County Narrow GaugeRailroad. ...

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Norfolk Southern conducting investigation of derailmentJournal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USAThe railroad is examining the engine's data recorder, which containsinformation, including speed of the train. Warren Flatau, Federal Railroad...

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Rail accident in disputeNews Virginian - Waynesboro,VA,USA... down when Williams' car was hit by an Amtrak train traveling from NewYork to Chicago, said Mark Bryant, vice president of Buckingham BranchRailroad. ...

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Defying Critics, Ex-Amtrak President Brought High-Speed Trains to USWall Street Journal - USABy DANIEL MACHALABA As president of Amtrak, George Warrington brought asense of mission to the troubled railroad, declaring it was time that theUS join ...

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Sumner County: Portland considers replica of train depotThe Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA"The railroad is the main reason the town is here," explained Mayor KenWilber. "It's important because it really fostered agricultural andindustrial ...

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Track condition examined after Monticello derailmentBloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA... Thursday night and into Friday repairing the railroad tracks on thesouth side of Monticello where a freight train derailed early Thursdaymorning. ...

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Cause of train derailment under investigationCitizens Voice - Wilkes-Barre,PA,USAThe cars were not back on the track until 2 pm, so traffic was tied up forhours, according to railroad officials. Railroad spokesman Michel Spenardsaid ...

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Bicyclist Killed by TrainCBS 21 - Harrisburg,PA,USAA man riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a train Friday night inLebanon. It happened just before 7:00 pm at the railroad crossing atSeventh Street. ...

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Metro-North holiday train schedules announcedPoughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USAMetro-North Railroad has added trains to and from Manhattan for the nextfew days to accommodate partygoers. On Monday, the railroad will beoperating a ...

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Hundreds track trains at open houseHagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USAThe model railroad open house continues Saturday, Jan. 5, and Sunday, Jan.13. On Jan. 13, winners will be announced in a raffle for an N-gauge trainset, ...

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