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Commuter Trains Collide After Derailment In Bridgeport; More Than 60 Injured
The Hartford Courant— More than 60 people were injured, five seriously, when an eastbound Metro-North commuter train derailed near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line Friday night, colliding with a train heading in the opposite direction. About 60 people on the trains were...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , National Transportation Safety Board, Amtrak, Grand Central Terminal, Transportation Industry
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George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck
According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as another tea party attack on the president’s health care law. But you would be wrong. This statement was...Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Judges, Labor Legislation
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Commuter Train Derails Near Fairfield-Bridgeport Town Line
A New Haven Line commuter train derailed Friday afternoon near the Fairfield-Bridgeport town line, police said. The incident occurred near Commerce Drive and I-95. At about 6:10 p.m., the 4:41 p.m. eastbound train out of New Haven due at Grand Central...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Accidents, Stamford, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Two commuter trains collide, derail in Connecticut
NEW YORK -- Two commuter trains collided in Connecticut during rush hour Friday after a Manhattan-bound train derailed and hit the second train, officials said. Some cars of the second train also derailed in the incident near Fairfield, about 50 miles...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Metro-North Railroad, Transportation Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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More than 20 injured as commuter trains collide outside N.Y.
NEW YORK -- A train derailment and collision during evening rush hour injured 20 to 25 people, but none of the injuries are life-threatening, police in Fairfield, Conn., said Friday as emergency workers began scouring the mangled wreckage blocking the...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), National Transportation Safety Board, Amtrak, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Grand Central Terminal
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Red Line derailment stops trains for several hours
A Red Line train car derailed near Armitage Avenue on Thursday, halting trains and sending at least one person to the hospital. Service was restored around 3 p.m., according to the CTA. The derailment had halted trains between the Belmont and Grand...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Transit Authority
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Railroad trespassers in Palm Beach County get an expensive message
Thursday was no day to mess around at railroad crossings in Boynton Beach. Motorists who stopped their cars on the railroad tracks got hit with a $166 ticket. Those who decided to stroll across the tracks where there were no crosswalks were headed to...
Tags: Judges, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Transportation Accidents, Florida Highway Patrol, Palm Beach County
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Tunisian man charged in terrorist case
NEW YORK — A Tunisian citizen who prosecutors say radicalized one of the men accused of plotting to derail a Toronto-to-New York passenger train tried to obtain a U.S. work visa so he could help carry out terrorist attacks in this country, law...Tags: Kennedy Airport, Police Arrests, Transportation Accidents, Interior Policy, Lawyers
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SPRING FLOODING-WASTEWATER Grand Rapids: 429M gallons of wastewater released (Information in the following story is from: The Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/grand-rapids) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Grand Rapids says recent flooding sent...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, The Associated Press, Government, National Government, Executive Branch
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Derailment of train cars hauling corn leaves mess
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — The derailment of train cars hauling corn left a big mess in one Michigan community. The Saginaw News reports (http://bit.ly/ZZ5MnO ) the two train cars from the Lake State Railway tipped over Wednesday near the border...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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CP Rail blames derailments on 'internal flaws,' investing in safety
ReutersBy Solarina Ho TORONTO, May 1 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway said on Wednesday the recent derailments of trains carrying crude and potash were caused by broken wheels and a broken rail, and the company was investing in technology to prevent such...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Toronto (Canada), Cerebral Palsy, Railway Transportation
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Ind. man sues over wife, son's 2011 deaths in collision between car and train during festival
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. (AP) — A north-central Indiana man whose pregnant wife and 10-month-old son were killed in a car-train crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two railroad companies. Thomas A. Janero's suit filed Monday in Blackford...Tags: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Transportation Accidents, Labor Day
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