DM&E backers: Stop delays
Winona Daily News - 0 KB- Found: 20 hours ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Several South Dakota groups that support the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad expansion have challenged opponents in Rochester, Minn., to stop trying to scuttle the project.

Teen killed by train in O'Fallon
St. Clair County Journal - 0 KB- Found: 18 hours ago
As of Monday morning, investigators were still trying to determine the circumstances under which a 13-year-old Fulton Junior High School was struck by a freight train and killed at the Lincoln Avenue railroad crossing in OFallon.

Reservoir Avenue relocation at issue
Corvallis Gazette-Times - 0 KB- Found: 19 hours ago
A plan to reroute a street and reestablish a creek will have a public airing Wendesday before the Corvallis Planning Commision. The plan calls for moving the intersection of Southwest Reservoir Avenue with 53rd Street from a troubled junction near a railroad bridge to a spot just south of the fairgrounds.

Learnin' on the railroad
The Saginaw News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 06:33 GMT
North Saginaw Charter Academy fifth-graders are taking their classroom on the road. Thirty-two students embark on a nine-day, 5,600-mile train ride to the West Coast today to learn about westward expansion in the United States during the 1800s.

Police: Carjacker Strikes Oncoming Train, Flees
NBC4 Washington, D.C. - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-11, 00:08 GMT
A carjacker escaped with his life Saturday after driving across a railroad track and into the path of an oncoming train in Bladensburg, police said.

Freight car leaking compound on railroad track; Lawrence neighborhood evacuated
The Eagle-Tribune - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-08, 22:50 GMT
LAWRENCE A leaking railroad tanker car dropped a white granular substance down about 300 feet of track, prompting the evacuation of dozens of neighbors. The tanker car, which appears to be ripped open, is now sitting behind Diamond Ironworks at the corner of Blanchard and Andover streets. It is still uncertain whether the car derailed, causing the leak of sodium chlorate, which is not ...

Gas prices send surge of riders to mass transit
International Herald Tribune - 0 KB- Found: 10 hours ago
Cities with long-established public transit systems and areas with a strong driving culture are both reporting increases in ridership on trains and buses.

SD Rail Supporters Tell Foes To Stop Delays
KELO Sioux Falls - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 21:24 GMT
South Dakota groups that support the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad expansion are trying to delay the project.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
Erie Times-News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 22:12 GMT
On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

Reports say GE close to Bosnia rail deal
Erie Times-News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-10, 22:11 GMT
International business reports say GE is close to a multimillion-dollar deal to modernize Bosnia-Herzegovina's railroad network.