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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: Union Pacific Corporation, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Railway Transportation, Railway Accidents
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Investigators probe Connecticut train crash
Federal investigators gathered Saturday at the site of the Connecticut train crash that left dozens of commuters injured Friday evening. Eight people remained hospitalized, three in critical condition, officials said. As many as 70 people were injured...
Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), South Norwalk, Transportation Accidents, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Sesenta heridos al colisionar dos trenes de pasajeros en Connecticut
ReutersPor Michelle McLoughlin FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, 18 may (Reuters) - Sesenta personas han resultado heridas cuando un tren de pasajeros con rumbo al este procedente de Nueva York descarriló cerca del suburbio de Fairfield, en Connecticut, tras...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Sharon
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Amtrak suspends New York-Boston service after train accident
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - Amtrak indefinitely suspended service from New York's Penn Station to Boston on Friday after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed and struck another train near Fairfield, Connecticut, the company said. There were no reports of...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Metro-North Railroad
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More than 20 injured as commuter trains collide outside N.Y.
NEW YORK -- A train derailment and collision during evening rush hour injured 20 to 25 people, but none of the injuries are life-threatening, police in Fairfield, Conn., said Friday as emergency workers began scouring the mangled wreckage blocking the...
Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Transportation Accidents, Manhattan (New York City), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), National Transportation Safety Board
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MARC to add weekend service to Washington
Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months. The expansion — put on hold in 2008 when the recession hit...
Tags: Penn Line, Purple Line (Maryland), Baltimore Red Line, Maryland Stadium Authority, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Amtrak replacing 35-year-old cars in Northeast, Pennsylvania
Amtrak is receiving the first of 70 electric locomotives made by Siemens AG intended to replace decades-old equipment. The first three locomotives bought with money from a $532 million U.S. Federal Railroad Administration loan are coming off the...Tags: Siemens
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In Boston, Wi-Fi response 'tremendous'
Boston's commuter rail passengers have had the benefit of wireless Internet aboard their trains for years, unlike their Metra brethren in Chicago. The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad provides Wi-Fi on 258 of its 410 coaches, through a deal signed...Tags: Boston, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Metra
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Cost has Metra leery of Wi-Fi
Reading newspapers and books or taking naps were once the prime pastimes for Metra customers. Now nearly half the riders are using personal electronic devices like laptops, smartphones, iPads and Kindles, and that percentage has doubled since 2010, a...
Tags: McDonald's, Public Transportation, Advertising, Electronics, Marketing
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Chicago overnight report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot as he was driving from his great-grandmother's home Sunday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood, according...Tags: Englewood, Shootings
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Amtrak rolls out new locomotives for East Coast routes
The first of 70 new energy-efficient locomotives destined for Amtrak's East Coast service rolled off Monday morning from a Sacramento, Calif., assembly line. The locomotives, called Amtrak Cities Sprinters and built by Siemens Rail Systems, will...
Tags: Siemens, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues
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4th pedestrian in two weeks killed by Metrolink train
For the fourth time in the last two weeks -- and the third in Orange County -- a pedestrian was killed after ending up in the path of an oncoming Metrolink train. The latest incident happened about 8:55 a.m. Tuesday when a person ran up to a rail...
Tags: Suicide
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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