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LET IT BURN? First responders train for disaster like one in Texas
scollins@amnews.comTo hear the words “let it burn” is kind of odd when they come from a fire chief, but that’s what Danville chief Woody Ball said will happen if many of the agricultural companies were to catch fire. Local fire, police and medical...Tags: Lebanon, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators...Tags: Amtrak, Transportation Industry, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Government, New York City
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Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
ReutersBy Greg McCune May 18 (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were...Tags: Amtrak, Railway Accidents, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, Dannel P. Malloy
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Amtrak crash limits service between New York and Boston
Amtrak service between New York and Boston was limited Saturday as investigators gathered evidence from Friday's collision between two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains in. The crash involving about 700 passengers in Bridgeport, Conn., injured...Tags: Amtrak, Metro-North Railroad, Union Pacific Corporation, Transportation Industry, Manhattan (New York City)
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Get Out: A few ways to make Sunday the best day of your week
If Cher could turn back time: For a woman who turns 67 on Monday, Cher seems to be turning back time in the aging department. The Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club is throwing her a birthday brunch and bash a day early. Although Cher will not be attending,...
Tags: Vegetarian Diet, Transportation, Navy Pier, Travel
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Roaming the neighborhoods around Pimlico
Roaming the streets that encircle Pimlico Race Course, I discovered so many places that I had trouble going back to the same locale twice. Outer Northwest Baltimore is a fascinating, at times geographically bewildering, place. When the Maryland Jockey...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Pimlico Race Course, Transportation, Hampden, Druid Hill
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20 to 25 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. Police say that 20 or more people were injured, but that there were no fatalities. LIVE VIDEO: WCBS aerials of train collision in Bridgeport,...
Tags: Metro-North Railroad, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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A Journey To A Windswept Island In Goodwin State Forest
The Hartford CourantMaybe it's because I read "Treasure Island" too many times as a kid. Or maybe it was the islands of grass -- known as "witches heads" -- we would hop across as kids to get to the other side of the swamp. Whatever the reason, I love islands. Whether I...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Politics, Executive Branch, Transportation, Lakes and Ponds
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Target date set for sale of Napa-Platte rail route
Months after many expected the deal would be completed, the state Railroad Board now expects to sell the old Napa-Platte line to Iron Horse Development Company at the board’s June 19 meeting. Company representative Tobin Morris and state...Tags: Biofuels, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Target
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SD to apply for $20 million grant for rail line
Congress made another $500 million available this year in TIGER grants for railroad projects and the state Railroad Board agreed Wednesday that South Dakota should pursue some of it. An application for $20 million will be filed yet this month by state...Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Transportation chief says infrastructure is at risk
The federal government must invest in the country's transportation infrastructure because aging highways, waterways and railroads are "at the tipping point," U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster told an audience in Allentown Tuesday. "There are some in Washington who...Tags: Allentown, Mack Trucks, Inc., U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Charlie Dent, Adam Smith
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Train Safety Awareness Week may bring warnings and citations for drivers and trespassers
Staff writerThirteen people were killed in 57 rail crossing crashes in Florida in 2012, and 27 people died during trespassing incidents, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority/Tri-Rail says. Florida ranks 4th in the U.S. in trespass fatalities, and...Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Amtrak, Boca Raton, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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