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Wednesday, 09 August 2023

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Train derailment in town of Amsterdam sparks broader rail safety, environmental concerns

The Daily Gazette 10 Aug 2023

State troopers stand by near derailed train cars are strewn across railroad tracks in the town of Amsterdam near the village of Cranesville Friday, Aug. 4, after more than a dozen cars from the nearly mile-long CSX freight train derailed in the early morning ... At least 13 cars left ...

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All aboard: State orders up orders up 60 new coaches for Metro-North lines

Republican American 10 Aug 2023

HARTFORD – Some newly ordered state-of-the-art rail cars could be assigned to the Waterbury branch line of Metro-North Railroad.The governor’s office Wednesday announced the state Department of Transportation is purchasing…. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED. LOG IN. REGISTER to access your a week. ACTIVATE Home Delivery Access ... Password ... * ... .

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Westmoreland 250: 10 unique things in Latrobe

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 09 Aug 2023

Pennsylvania Railroad agent Oliver Barnes favored the site as a possible rail yard ... He named it for a friend — Benjamin Latrobe, who was the chief engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ... The former ticket and luggage areas serve as a tap room, and a full-size railroad dining car is featured inside the restaurant.

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Today in history: One seriously injured in car/train crash in Wexford County

Cadillac News 09 Aug 2023

Wexford County Ambulance Service personnel administered emergency treatment to a Cadillac woman following a car-train collision at Boon Road and the Penn Central Railroad tracks Wednesday in which two other persons were injured.

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Final orders wrapping up at McDonald Steel

The Vindicator 08 Aug 2023

The mill produces multiple steel shapes, from expansion joints and decking for bridges to parts used for tracks and on railroad cars in the railroad industry ... door hinges, spigot sections and a number of applications in the rail and rail car industry, according to its website.

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Tracks restored, Route 5 reopened after CSX freight train derailment

The Daily Gazette 08 Aug 2023

A state trooper, upper right, surveys the damage to several derailed train cars that are strewn across railroad tracks in the town of Amsterdam near the village of Cranesville near the eastbound lane of Route 5 Friday ... The Montgomery County Hazmat Team confirmed there were no hazardous materials at the scene or in overturned tank cars.

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Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on ...

The Huntsville Item 08 Aug 2023

During this period, Midwestern farmers worked long hours to harvest grain that they were then forced to sell for low prices to elevators, while paying high prices to the big railroad companies and banks ... Being a porter on a Pullman railroad car was one of the few jobs open to Black men.

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Smiley: The tale of the flying comedian

The Advocate 08 Aug 2023

'You think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?' from 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.' (Sundance says that when Butch blows up a railroad car.) ... "Then he’d reach out and hand me his car keys, saying, 'And change the air in my tires the spare is in the trunk.' ... 8.Shoot that car!.

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This day in history Aug. 8

The Keene Sentinel 08 Aug 2023

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 1973 ... NEW YORK — N.Y ... EXETER — Eight railroad freight cars, including one carrying hazardous chemicals, derailed Friday in Exeter, prompting the quick evacuation of a school, along with several private homes in a nearby residential area. .

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Voters Could Legalize Abortion in Ohio — Unless Republicans Change the Rules

Politico 08 Aug 2023

History Dept ... Darron Cummings/AP Photo ... Unsurprisingly, those who governed were increasingly removed from a rising population of urban workers, many of them non-Protestant immigrants who clamored for better public services, regulation of public utilities — like railroads, power and street cars — and new worker and consumer safety protections ... ... Nice.

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A Proclamation on Establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon ...

The White House 08 Aug 2023

Remnants of these structures, such as the foundation of a one-room school house constructed from two converted box cars, building platforms, domestic trash scatters, and railroad beds can still be seen today and help tell the story of Apex and its outlying camps, which between 1928 and 1936 provided a home for lumberjacks and locomotive crews.

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Steam train excursion planned through Smoky Mountains

Kingsport Times-News 07 Aug 2023

16, “is a wonderful opportunity to relax and enjoy the beauty of Western North Carolina while riding the rails behind a steam engine in vintage passenger railroad cars,” according to the Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society ... The one-day excursion will cover most of the operating trackage of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.

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Berkshire Hathaway stock scales record as operating profit tops $10 bln

Reuters 07 Aug 2023

Rising interest rates helped Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire in the second quarter generate more profit from fixed-income investments, including a cash stake that grew to $147.4 billion, while fewer accident claims bolstered Geico car insurance.

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Egyptian Cabinet issues report on progress rate of railways development

Egypt Today 06 Aug 2023

As the plan equally includes the development of the freight fleet, 133 new well cars were supplied ... Speaking of railroads, 653 of those were overhauled, and 857 kilometers were renovated. Also, some railroads are being transferred into railway bridges.

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REGULATORS PRESS FOR MORE INSPECTORS

Ravalli Republic 06 Aug 2023

Pinocci said railroad bridge inspection was one of the jobs he wants PSC staff to be doing ... The commission was originally created in 1907 as a railroad board ... "We have had our inspectors discover problems with railroad cars, namely the wheels before, long before, there was ever an accident that occurs," Brown said.