Copper theft nets $12; cost to fix, $2,500
Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian - 0 KB- Found: 17 hours ago
Though a Cambridge man received $12 for copper ground wiring he allegedly removed from a railroad crossing, the cost to replace the wiring could be nearly $2,500.

Trains on the Brain
Burlington Times-News - 0 KB- Found: 17 hours ago
On May 10, 1869, workers from the east and west met in Promontory Summit, Utah, and drove the last spike in the transcontinental railroad. For the first time, America had a coast-to-coast transportation system.

Walking railroad tracks more dangerous than ever
The Journal News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 07:41 GMT
Last year, 486 people across the United States were killed on railroad tracks. That's more than one person dying every day.

Caught In The Act
Williamson Daily News - 0 KB- Found: 23 hours ago
The Williamson Police Department assisted Norfolk-Southern Railroad Special Agent J.D. Farley with the arrest of 26-year old Billy Joe Wallace III of Aflex, Ky. (right) Wednesday. Wallace was charged with grand larceny.

Trail of Fame reminds visitors of Old West era
The Dodge City Daily Globe - 0 KB- Found: 20 hours ago
Dodge City Trail of Fame The Dodge City Trail of Fame wends its way through the Dodge City historic district from the newly restored Santa Fe Depot, sundial park and railroad caboose on the east to the Convention and Visitors Bureau and Boot Hill Museum on the west.

Man apparently asleep on railroad tracks but unharmed
The Pantagraph - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 06:56 GMT
BLOOMINGTON -- A man who was apparently asleep on railroad tracks Monday was not in danger of being run over by an approaching train, police said.

The problem of Meralco
Malaya - 0 KB- Found: 20 hours ago
NE might ask how "Meralco" got is name. Hardly anyone who is still around know that the name comes from Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company. The power firm once operated the electric trams traversing Manila, the predecessor of todays mass rail transport system.

Icahn holds stake in Amylin, drops Macy's and CSX
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-15, 23:20 GMT
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reported a new stake in Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. as of March 31 but no longer owned shares of department store chain Macy's Inc. and railroad operator CSX Corp., according to a quarterly regulatory filing Thursday.

NTSB: Railroad To Blame In New Brighton Derailment
KDKA Pittsburgh - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-14, 05:08 GMT
A fiery train derailment near Pittsburgh in 2006 was caused by the railroad's inadequate rail inspection and maintenance program, the National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday.

Streetscaping Work Is Delayed Again
The Lakeland Ledger - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-16, 11:03 GMT
HAINES CITY | The downtown streetscaping project has been mired in paperwork and delayed for another month.The 2.36 million project, which involves North Sixth Street, parts of Jones Avenue and the Railroad Park area, was supposed to begin April 1.