The Railroad

Amtrak Safety Lapses Cited

Edit Wall Street Journal 11 Apr 2016

The April 3 crash that left two track workers dead and 30 passengers injured is raising new questions about labor relations and safety practices at the passenger railroad ... ....

Phase 1 of Construction of the Westlake Protected Bike Lane completed

Edit The Examiner 11 Apr 2016

Phase I of the Westlake Protected Bike Lane is open ... Seattle’s come a long way with bicycle infrastructure in the three years since SDOT presentation in the the gymnasium of B.F ... The “Missing Link” continues to be the uncompleted portion of the Rails-to-Trails Blue Ribbon Burke-Gilman Trail ... Phase 2 between Railroad Park and the north end of the corridor is under way....

Sacred Heart opens doors, but one question remains

Edit Tampa Bay Online 11 Apr 2016

TAMPA — It is difficult to see when walking into Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tampa, but roughly 70 feet above the altar rests a pair of angels on glass-stained windows ... Margaret Mary in the center ... And the story behind each one and how it got there is known ... As its congregation grew in the late 1800s, because of the impact of railroads on the cigar industry, the church moved and opened its new doors at 509 N....

'Springfield monorail of Australian politics': how a Very Fast Train is a very pre-election promise

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 11 Apr 2016

If Australia's high speed train is as reliable as the rate at which it is promised by politicians, it will be a truly remarkable service ... Of course, the saga goes back much further ... Indeed, in an ABC radio interview last month, Mr Turnbull explained that 19th century railroad projects were "in effect property deals" because they boosted the value of surrounding land....

How to make your neighbors jealous of your perfect lawn

Edit New York Post 11 Apr 2016

We’re talking digging in the earth. The countdown to frost-free days has started, and with it the right mag to buy that’ll make your neighbors green with envy ... Great Gardens by Garden Gate magazine is meant for the serious gardener — not the weekend dabbler ... Apparently one of its parks, which is built on a raised railroad bed, beat out the Big Apple’s High Line in a design competition by Urban Open Space ... Just for the record....

Along the Trail in Arrow Rock

Edit The Examiner 11 Apr 2016

Back then one followed the Santa Fe Trail, a trail thousands still seek out and explore. To discover the Santa Fe Trail and its most famous frontier city set the GPS for Arrow Rock. Arrow Rock, perched on a high flint bluff overlooking the Missouri River ... After the Civil War, along with a shift in the Missouri River and being bypassed by the railroad Arrow Rock declined but was never forgotten....

Nation’s water systems rife with lead issues

Edit Detroit news 11 Apr 2016

Galesburg, Illinois — This railroad town promotes its ties to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and the poet Carl Sandburg ... Aging pipes have been leaking lead into the drinking water for decades ... One in 20 children younger than 6 in Knox County had lead levels exceeding the state standard for public health intervention, a rate six times higher than the Illinois average, in 2014 ... Your browser does not support the iframe HTML tag....

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Where to watch for detours, delays

Edit Herald Tribune 11 Apr 2016

Drivers in Sarasota and Manatee counties can expect detours or delays in the following areas where the Florida Department of Transportation says road crews are working this week. ... Expect nighttime/overnight lane closures, when necessary, at the bridges while crews are working ... DN Higgins is the contractor ... Construction began on March 4, 2015 and is expected to be complete by the Spring 2016 ... Stay alert and use caution in the work zone....

Amtrak sues Kansas feed yard over damaged tracks, derailment

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 10 Apr 2016

In the suit filed Friday by Amtrak and BNSF, the plaintiffs allege Cimarron Crossing Feeders failed to notify the railroad or law enforcement after one of the company's trucks slammed into the railroad road bed and displaced the tracks by more than a foot. The lawsuit claims the truck was being loaded with grain when Cimarron's employees left it unattended on March 13, out of gear and without any brakes applied....

(AP) — BNSF Railway says human error caused a train derailment in November that sent more than 20,000 gallons of ethanol into the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. In an accident report filed with the Federal Railroad Administration, BNSF says a train operator applied the dynamic brakes too rapidly, causing 25 cars to jump the tracks near Alma ... ....

Two hospitalized after shots fired, crash in Barrington

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 10 Apr 2016

About a block away, a car could be seen crashed into a railroad crossing at Route 14 and North Avenue Sunday morning....

Where will Josh Jackson go? Analysts make their predictions

The world looks away as blood flows in Burundi

SpaceX delivers world's first inflatable room to ISS

NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Probe Goes Into Emergency Mode

Indian Temple Fire Caused By Fireworks Kills About 100

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