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Study: Squeeze on spending could lead to mass-transit meltdown
If you are a CTA or Metra rider who is miffed about paying more to ride buses and trains next year, those higher fares represent only one relatively minor worry for Chicago-area transit customers, according to a new study by DePaul University. It...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Chicago Tribune, Renovation, URS Corporation, Budgets and Budgeting
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Immaculate Conception High to convert to artificial turf
Elmhurst's Immaculate Conception High School plans to become the latest area high school to convert its athletic fields to artificial turf, joining Elmhurst neighbor York High School and Glenbard East High School in Lombard in abandoning natural grass....Tags: Metra, Football, Sports
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Trains of Christmas at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum excites young and old alike
alnotarianni@aol.comThe room goes dark. The lights of the mini-village glow as the whistle blows and the trains roll along the track, their audio footprints trailing off as they enter a cave into a mountain. Children and adults alike point with wide-eyed wonder. Trains of...Tags: Empire State Building, Museums, Religious Festivals, Holidays, Arts and Culture
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Driver of Texas float is 'traumatized' by train crash, lawyer says
The driver of a truck involved in a train crash that killed four servicemen is a veteran himself and is “severely traumatized” by the event, an attorney representing the driver’s employer told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday. Dale Andrew...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Government, Public Officials, Railway Accidents
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First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is taken to the decrepit library of the Eloi race. "I can learn all I want about you from books,"...
Tags: George W. Bush, Books, Where the Wild Things Are (movie), Chicago Tribune, Tom Joyce
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W. Parker Lyon and his Pony Express Museum
FrameworkW. Parker Lyon, former mayor of Fresno, builds the Pony Express Museum in Arcadia.... -
New train safety system unveiled with '08 Metrolink crash in mind
L.A. NOWTransportation officials are scheduled to unveil a safety measure Monday morning designed to keep trains from colliding even in case of human error.... -
Freight train strikes big rig trailer in Montebello
L.A. NOWA Pacific Union freight train clipped a big-rig truck in Montebello on Tuesday morning, sending it careening into an auto body shop and causing delays for commuters using the Riverside train line.... -
CTA trains on normal schedules this morning after extra-alarm fire
Tribune reporterCTA trains were running on normal schedules on the Red, Brown and Purple lines this morning, a day after an extra-alarm fire at a furniture store along the tracks halted service for nearly three hours during the evening rush. Heavy construction equipment...Tags: Fires, Metra, Disasters and Accidents, Ravenswood, Chicago Transit Authority
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NTSB: Lights, warnings worked properly in Texas veterans crash
Investigators have yet to find any mechanical problems linked to the collision that killed four military veterans Thursday, when a train slammed into their parade float in Midland, Texas. The investigation is underway, but at news briefings this weekend,...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Festive Events, Los Angeles Times, Transportation Industry, Accidental Death
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