Train, car collide in Camden Co.6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USAATCO, NJ - December 18, 2007 -- Rescuers worked to free the victimsafter atrain rammed a car in New Jersey. It happened just before 12:30 pm in Atco....

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=resources/traffic&id=5842527

LATEST NEWS: Train strikes car in Waterford TownshipPress of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USAA car crossing the railroad tracks at Atco Avenue in Waterford Township wasstruck by a train at about 12:30 pm, according to NJ Transit spokesman Dan...

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/story/7523321p-7423896c.html

Man killed by train in GallupKOB.com - Albuquerque,NM,USA... train about 9 Monday night. Police have not released the man's namepending notification of his relatives. There'sa span of fence along therailroad ...

http://kob.com/article/stories/S288702.shtml?cat=516

Anaheim begins steps to hush train whistlesOrange County Register - Costa Mesa,CA,USABy ADAM TOWNSEND Anaheim The City Council Tuesday night voted unanimouslyto take the first steps to quiet train whistles at four of the city's 14road-rail ...

http://www.ocregister.com/news/street-city-anaheim-1945141-quiet-zone

A train garden of holiday delightBaltimore Sun - United States"It looks like a real town. It makes me want a train." The winter scene is32 feet long and 12 feet wide and contains five railroad tracks. ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.trains19dec19,0,7896876.story

TGV collides with truckTribune de Genève - SwitzerlandA TGV traveling from Paris to Geneva collided this morning with a truck ata railroad crossing leaving one man dead and 25 people injured. ...

http://www.tdg.ch/pages/home/tribune_de_geneve/english_corner/news/news_detail/(contenu)/173033

LIRR adds trains during holidaysNewsday - Long Island,NY,USAFar Rockaway Branch -- A 3:48 pm train to Locust Manor, Laurelton, Rosedaleand Valley Stream, then making all stops to Far Rockaway. The railroadannounced ...

http://www.newsday.com/ny-lilirr1220,0,4328058.story?coll=ny_home_rail_headlines

County is model-train centralLancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USAIn Manheim, a miniature-train layout is again on display at the historicalrailroad station, 230 S. Charlotte St. * At Dutch Wonderland FamilyAmusement ...

http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/213947

South Shasta Lines to run on ChristmasRed Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff,CA,USA"That's what makes this railroad so real." And the old man treats thedisplay like it's real. "I gotta be careful," he said as he slowed a trainrounding a ...

http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_7759781

Driver treated and released after collision with trainLaSalle News Tribune - La Salle,IL,USA... Sheffield was struck by an Iowa Interstate train at the crossing at therailroad crossing at East 550 Street, adjacent to the US 6-US 34 Turn, ...

http://www.newstrib.com/display.asp?Article=05D358F78955B5723C22EB06013439DF4399A0554F3F073B

Train hits stuck trailer; none hurtCleburne Times-Review - Cleburne,TX,USAA tractor-trailer trying to cross a railroad track was struck by atrain atabout 7:15 am Tuesday at a railroad crossing on Mt. Carmel Road inCleburne. ...

http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/local/local_story_353164741.html

Second Train Could Roll Tonight in Commuter Rail Testing590 KLBJ News Radio - Austin,TX,USAFederal railroad requirements had to first be met before project plannerscould move forward on further testing.

http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=81390

Astronaut's mother killed by trainChicago Sun-Times - United StatesBY SUN-TIMES STAFF REPORTS The 90-year-old mother of Space Shuttleastronaut Dan Tani was killed today by a train when she drove around alowered railroad ...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/705508,rtanikilled121907.article

Stopped trains cause complaints in GrangerAustin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USAA freight train stopped in the middle of town for three days, prompting apolice officer to cite the railroad multiple times. This train stopped inGranger ...

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/20/1220train.html

Helix railroadMcKinney Courier Gazette - McKinney,TX,USABrown, a retired train conductor for the Burlington Northern Santa Ferailroad, found a love of miniature trains after leaving the real trainworld. ...

http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2007/12/19/celina_record/news/a-celnews03.txt

Texas State Railroad Plans EventsTyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler,TX,USAMs. Kastrop said that possibly within the next months, the railroad maybegin taking reservations for "The Polar Express" train rides in 2008....

http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20071220/NEWS01/694481290

Museum commemorates snowbound 1947 trainThe Journal News / Lohud.com - NY,USAAnd when 19-year-old railroad fireman Jimmy Morgia of Croton Falls hoppedaboard with engineer John Rooney for the return trip to Lake Mahopac, ...

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS02/712200378/1018

All aboard!Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USAAnother model train club that keeps chugging along is the 20-member Mid-MonValley Railroad Club, which holds its annual open house now through Jan....

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/events/s_543555.html

Man hit by train; sister-in-law robbed at bowling alleyPittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA... alley owner that occurred about an hour after her brother-in-law gothit by a train nearby while walking drunk down the middle of the railroadtracks. ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07354/843212-59.stm

Railroad says warning signal was working at time of accidentYakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USAPrather filed a negligence suit in Yakima County Superior Court in Octoberagainst Columbia Basin Railroad, Yakima County and the train's engineer,...

http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/300474352245045

Train to New Jersey gains groundScranton Times-Tribune - PA, USAMore than $1.3 million will go toward engineering studies for a planned133-mile railroad line to New Jersey. Passenger trains last pulled out ofScranton ...

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19131830&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

Jacksonville train collision kills driverWWSB ABC 7 - Sarasota,FL,USAReports say the driver of the car hit a cement pole, then spun into themedian -- stopping on the railroad tracks. A freight train then slammedinto the ...

http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=7523620&nav=menu577_2_1

Tradition on trackOcala.com - Ocala,FL,USAThousands of people come to see the elaborate model train and railroadsetup. In fact, in 2005, the exhibit marked its 30000th visitor. ...

http://www.ocala.com/article/20071220/ENTERTAINMENT/12200305/1368/googlesitemapnews

Burlington Santa Fe: Warren Buffett's Favorite RailroadForbes - NY,USABNSF is in the midst of an infrastructure build-out that includes newtrain-to-truck transfer facilities in Chicago, Kansas City, Kan., and LosAngeles. ...

http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/12/20/best-managed-transportation-biz-cz_zog_08platinum_1220burlington.html

Hear That Train a Comin'Ethanol Producer Magazine - Grand Forks,ND,USAThe company is building a 45000-foot rail yard, which will be the largestprivate rail yard on the Iowa Interstate Railroad, a short line that runsfrom ...

http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3533

The Fundamentals of Track MaintenanceEthanol Producer Magazine - Grand Forks,ND,USAIf inspectors find a serious defect, the railroad will not hesitate to"red flag" or discontinue service until repairs are completed. Industrytrain crews ...

http://ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3576

Train Collides With Vehicle In Elk GroveKQCA, My58.com - Sacramento,CA,USAA train collided with a vehicle Thursday evening at Elk Grove Boulevard andRailroad Street. A vehicle was on the track when arms went down and wasunable ...

http://www.kcra.com/news/14902310/detail.html

Train strikes driver in BangorThe Express Times - Easton,PA,USAJudith Mancini's 2000 Ford Windstar was 2 feet onto train tracks near aSouth Main Street railroad crossing about 1 am Thursday, Bangor PoliceChief Glenn ...

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1198213523161510.xml&coll=2

Elburn train horn solution means headaches for one residentChicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA... by the Federal Railroad Administration to prevent motorists fromswerving around the railroad crossing gate that is lowered when a trainapproaches. ...

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=99923&src=5

Woman dies as train strikes her car on Driver StreetDurham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA... a lowered railroad crossing gate on Driver Street near Angier Avenuewas crumpled into a heap of metal and shattered glass as the train plowedinto it. ...

http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-909292.cfm

City wants downtown quiet zonesNews Journal - Longview,TX,USAEmployees at buildings adjacent to the railroad have complained of theoft-daily noise from train horns that the federal government orders toalert ...

http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/12/21/12212007_quiet_zone.html

Man plans complaint over Metro-North incidentStamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USABy Zach Lowe STAMFORD - A city man held at gunpoint on a Metro-NorthRailroad train this month has contacted the NAACP, retained a lawyer anddrafted a ...

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-train6dec21,0,7709143.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines

Train sideswipes truck in ChurchvilleRochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA(December 21, 2007) -- An Amtrak train bound for Rochester struck aglancing blow to a tractor-trailer at a railroad crossing inChurchville onThursday. ...

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071221/NEWS01/712210372/1002/NEWS

Baldacci eyes railway expansionBangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USAStation towns along the line north of Portland are already preparing forthe coming of the train. The Bath station in the former Maine CentralRailroad ...

http://bangornews.com/news/t/?a=158052

Loss of a train derails dreams of migrating northPhiladelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA"We always hated the train. But now we see how much worse the suffering iswithout it." Built almost a century ago, the Chiapas-Mayab Railroad hadlong been ...

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20071221_Loss_of_a_train_derails_dreams_of_migrating_north.html

Residents Urged to Stay off Railroad Tracks, Reminded to Always ...FOX News - USAAlways expect a train." -- Train tracks are private property. Walking orriding on any railroad right of way or other railroad property without the...

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/transportation/article/residents-urged-stay-railroad-tracks-reminded-expect-train_417461_8.html

Astronaut suffers loss while on space stationThe Citizen - online - Houston,TX,USA... pulled around a school bus that was stopped at a railroad crossing,went around the railroad crossing arms and was hit on the tracks by afreight train. ...

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1574&dept_id=532240&newsid=19136306&PAG=461&rfi=9

Barge hits train bridge, disrupts commuter rail serviceBoston Globe - United StatesBy Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff Thousands of commuters must find anotherway towork today after a barge rammed a railroad bridge in Beverly, stoppingservice ...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2007/12/barge_hits_trai.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed2

Despite opposition, Colton railroad crossing likely to be fundedPress-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA... requiring a train to stop and wait for another train to pass. Buildinga railroad bridge there will speed the flow of freight trains in andout ofthe ...

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_colton22.2f266d1.html

Man killed on tracks by Yonkers-bound train ruled suicide, remains ...
The Journal News / Lohud.com - NY,USA
By ROB RYSER NEW YORK - The death of a man who was struck by by aYonkers-bound Metro-North Railroad train has been ruled a suicide,according to the New York ...

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071222/NEWS02/712220346/1018/NEWS02

Feds will probe Venice train wreckSandusky Register - OH, USASherrod Brown, D-Ohio, the Federal Railroad Administration has agreed toconduct its own investigation of an Oct. 29 Norfolk Southern trainderailment at ...

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/12/22/front/535281.txt

As sales build up steam, all aboard for Christmas
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The model train hobby is at a crossroads, Verenna says. Older enthusiastsare boarding the Final Express. Membership in the National Model Railroad...

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20071222_As_sales_build_up_steam__all_aboard_for_Christmas.html

East Texas Youngsters Can Ride Polar Express
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler,TX,USA
Additional days and times are being added to try to accommodate the numberof people wanting to ride, railroad officials said. While riding the train,...

http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20071222/ARTS05/712220328

Koreas Expand Cargo Rail to PassengersThe Associated Press -South Korea hopes the 16-mile-long inter-Korean railway will ultimately belinked to Russia's Trans-Siberian railroad and allow an overland routeconnecting ...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTzCBdvLV9xuqYV57NvufzsnPG4gD8TMGD180

Lakeside fundraising on track to add train stationDuluth News Tribune (Subscription) - Duluth,MN,USA... a train station in their neighborhood. The station, which won't bebuilt for at least five years, would be a stop for the North Shore ScenicRailroad. ...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=56715&section=News

Train rolls out Christmas spiritKING5.com - Seattle,WA,USAAt the time, he worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad. "I told thepeople I was going to quit and start this, and they all thought I wascrazy," he said. ...

http://www.king5.com/lifestyles/stories/NW_122107TRB_santatrain_KC.3bae2b55.html

Railroad tragedy in Connellsville recalledUniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown,PA,USA... riding in the rear of the train and was uninjured. The bodies recoveredfrom the smoking car were laid side by side on a high bank above therailroad. ...

http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19139647&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6

Retracking history: New DVD offers a look at revitalized local ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
It is among "repurposed" railroad stations featured in "Pennsylvania TrainStations -- Restored and Revitalized," a recently released DVD produced byPenn ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07357/843353-58.stm

All aboard for ChristmasCapital Press (subscription) - Salem,OR,USA... Valley's rich agricultural and timber history is riding the rails thisholiday season on the historic Snoqualmie Valley Railroad's popular SantaTrain. ...

http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=782&ArticleID=37874&TM=4268.795

Fairchance man displays model railroad for 52nd yearUniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown,PA,USAHe also worked three years for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad beforemoving to Virginia. And the Baileys still take train trips. ...

http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19139659&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6

First Christmas train Best Friend of CharlestonThe News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USAHis famous blind horse teams were used to remove trees, haul ballast, anddrag the rails to construct the railroad bed. Carl Ross and Captain Kanebegan ...

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/LIFESTYLES/712230337/1013

Bar's locomotive sculpture prompts profound question: What is art?Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USAThe city, already battling with Choy over the genuine Alaska Railroad carin his parking lot, says the little locomotive is not art. ...

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/245082.html

RTD ponders barriers to protect light railsDenver Post - Denver,CO,USA11, cars on a Union Pacific Railroad coal train derailed south of ArapahoeCommunity College in Littleton, sending mangled wreckage A coal trainderailed in ...

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7789368

Playing Santa with the Santa FeChicago Tribune - United StatesShe was in a terrible fix: She needed railroad track. Right now. A dealerin the city had run out of the good stuff. If she didn't get it in time,...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-071220trainlady-story,1,6081284.story

17-year-old boy killed crossing train tracks near Tri-CitiesSeattle Post Intelligencer - USAAn Amtrak passenger train struck and killed a 17-year-old boy while he wastrying to cross a railroad track in Finley, southeast of Kennewick. ...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_train_fatal.html

Amtrak Downeaster: Successful train faces uncertain futureChristian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA"Among elected officials, there's enormous ignorance about the benefits ofrailroad transport and of the situations where it's less costly in thelonger run ...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1224/p02s01-usgn.html

Train strikes in Germany suggest larger fight aheadInternational Herald Tribune - FranceManfred Schell, leader of GDL, the train operators' union that broke away from the other big trade unions representing railroad employees toforge a...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/23/europe/germany.php

Santa parks his sleigh in Bellefonte for train ride with kidsCentre Daily Times - Centre,PA,USAThe former Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from about 1940 wasrestored by Pontius, a Sunbury resident and the vice president of NorthShore Railroads ...

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/296884.html

Train Accident in ReadingWFMZ-TV Online - Allentown,PA,USAFire officials make a deadly discovery near some railroad tracks inReading. Police say the conductor of a Norfolk Southern train reported thata body may ...

http://wfmz.com/view/?id=196714

Train hits car, injuring 3News Virginian - Waynesboro,VA,USAThe car struck the crossing arm and snapped it off before being hit by thetrain. A Buckingham Branch Railroad employee said the train was bound forClifton ...

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Man Rescued From Tracks and Oncoming TrainKMPH Fox 26 - Fresno,CA,USA"There was a gentleman lying on the railroad tracks near Floral and WestFront," Pearce said. The train was only two blocks from the man when thecall came ...

http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=7537632&nav=menu612_2_6

Santa ditches sleighVentura County Star - Camarillo,CA,USA... the festively decorated vintage railroad cars. Pettus gives the "allclear," the whistle sounds and the rhythmic clicking of the train's wheelsstarts. ...

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/24/santa-ditches-sleigh/

Finley teen killed running across railroad tracksMid Columbia Tri City Herald - Kennewick,WA,USAAn Amtrak passenger train killed a 17-year-old Finley boy who wastrying torun across the railroad tracks to his home Saturday night. ...

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/9536597p-9447598c.html

Sprinter is finally ready to connect coast, inlandSan Diego Union Tribune - United StatesBy Michael Burge Railroad buffs soon will have a chance to do somethingthey haven't been able to experience for 60 years: ride a passenger trainbetween ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20071224-9999-1n24sprinter.html

Man jumps in front of LIRR train in New Hyde Park
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... about 9 pm until midnight, said railroad spokesman Sam Zambuto. No oneelse was injured, and the passengers on board were transferred to anothertrain.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-lilirr1225,0,2592737.story?coll=ny-homegarden-headlines

9 killed in train-minibus collision in Tajik capitalJerusalem Post - IsraelBy AP A mini-bus and a railroad locomotive collided Monday in the capitalof Tajikistan, killing nine people, officials said. Several otherpassengers on ...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847420517&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Train-bus collision kills nine in TajikstanXinhua - China24 (Xinhua) -- A passenger bus collided with a railroad locomotive inTajikistan on Monday, leaving nine people dead and several others injured,...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/25/content_7307678.htm

Railroad to continue $2 fare for bicyclists after '07 successAkron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USAAbout 6500 bicyclists -- mostly families with children -- paid $2 to ridethe train to or from the park and to pedal on the popular Ohio & Erie CanalTowpath ...

http://www.ohio.com/news/12810412.html

Train kills boy as he tries to cross trackSeattle Post Intelligencer - USAFINLEY -- An Amtrak passenger train struck and killed a 17-year-old boywhile he was trying to cross a railroad track in the Eastern Washingtontown of ...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/344838_train25ww.html

Some wonder if railroad crossing deaths were avoidableTrading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USANo evidence indicates that Mario Becerra and his 15-year-old son, alsonamed Mario, tried to beat the oncoming Union Pacific freight train astheir 2005 ...

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/940802/

LIFE ON THE TRACKSSequim Gazette - Sequim,WA,USA... Dowling said he was born into a railroad family and he cannot escapeeven if he tries. "When I left I thought I didn't want to ever see atrain again," ...

http://www.sequimgazette.com/Article/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2007-12-25_LIFE_ON_THE_TRACKS/

Germany's postwar labor peace in jeopardy as train engineers strikeInternational Herald Tribune - France... representing train engineers that has until recently played no role intrade union politics, has paralyzed Germany's passenger and railroad systemover ...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/25/europe/germany.php

LIRR gaps still a wide problemamNewYork - New York,USASo far, the railroad has physically shortened gaps on 64 of 113 platformswhere the space measured greater than 9 inches. In all, the LIRR has fixed59 ...

http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-gaps1226,0,844849.story

Oceanside train accident details released
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
A fatal Christmas Eve train crash took place after a driver bypassed alowered railroad crossing gate, the Sheriff's Department said. ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2007/12/train_crash_details_released_1.html

Massacre memory still haunts after nearly 85 yearsPalm Beach Post - FL, United StatesThe truth, Mortin says, is that Fannie Taylor was beaten by a whiterailroad man with whom she'd been carrying on for a while. He would jumpoff the train ...

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2007/12/26/m1a_rosewood_1226.html

'All aboard' Time running out to view Richmond's Christmas Train ...Palladium-Item - Richmond,IN,USABY RACHEL E. SHEELEY Two former Richmond-based Pennsylvania Railroademployees recently pulled their uniforms out of the closet and manymemories came ...

http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/NEWS01/712260304/1008

Marine ID'd as victim of car-train collision
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
He was a passenger in a Chevy Blazer that drove around a lowered railroadcrossing gate on Wisconsin Street and was hit about 9 pm, the Sheriff'sDepartment ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20071226-9999-1m26pubsafe.html

Train could raise $31.5M with state's helpMainebiz Daily - USAThe Downeaster's federal subsidy, which now generously pads the train'sannual $13 million operating budget, is set to expire in 2009. ...

http://www.mainebiz.biz/daily_stories.html?id=368

JR Tokai to build maglev train system at own expense
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... yen in the 10 years through fiscal 2035, the Nagoya-based railroadoperator said. A maglev train floats slightly above the guideway on amagnetic field. ...

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/941886/

Marine killed in Oceanside train collision ID'dNorth County Times - Escondido,CA,USA... drove onto the grade crossing, where it was struck by a northboundAmtrak train, said Cpl. Mark Cook, of the county sheriff's railroadenforcement unit. ...

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/12/26/news/breaking/10_59_8812_26_07.txt

Jasper Co. train derailment leaves some Montrose families blocked inBiloxi Sun Herald - MS, USAA railroad crew was expected Wednesday night to open the road. The trainderailed on County Road 20, about 15 miles north of Bay Springs. ...

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/267008.html

Train horns silencedDallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USAMurphy is the latest in a growing list of North Texas cities to establish"quiet zones" at railroad crossings. Within these zones, trains areprohibited ...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-murphytrains_27met.ART0.North.Edition1.36de35e.html

Court Stands by Female KTX CrewKorea Times - South KoreaBy Kang Shin-who A court has ruled that female crewmembers of the KTX,Korean bullet train, are employees of the state-run Korea Railroad(Korail). ...

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/12/113_16275.html

Wide gaps remain at 36 LIRR stationsNewsday - Long Island,NY,USASo far, the railroad has reduced gap widths on 64 of 113 platforms where
the space measured greater than 9 inches. In all, the LIRR has fixed 59
percent of ...

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/transportation/ny-ligap265515606dec27,0,3365453.story

Sprinter frequency prompts focus on safety
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Until recently, drivers have been known to stop on the railroad tracks, Until recently, drivers have been known to stop on the railroad tracks, andpedestrians crossed the rails with little regard for safety because trainswere ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20071227-9999-1mi27safe.html

Film explores Pa.'s restored train stations
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Yet to some, the local train station is arguably just as iconic. While theydiffered in size, style and location, railroad depots in the early 1900sserved ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07361/844639-55.stm

Scranton-Hoboken railroad - who pays?NJ Blog - New Jersey,USAIncluded in that list is the Scranton to Hoboken passenger train - $1.3million was earmarked to continue planning the somewhat controversial railline. ...

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2007/12/scrantonhoboken_railroad_who_p.html

Engineer says railroad span over town road could failHillsdale Independent - Hillsdale,NY,USAA recent Safety Advisory from the Federal Railroad Administration warnedrailroads about adequate maintenance of their bridges. The FRA examined 52train ...

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19150354&BRD=248&PAG=461&dept_id=462341&rfi=6