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- 2 trains on same track will be focus of probe
- CHICAGO AP -- Federal transportation officials said Saturday their main priority as they investigate a train collision on Chicago's South Side is to figure out why both trains were on the same track at the same time. People were catapulted from their seats when the double-decker Amtrak train...
- Research articles 2007-12-02
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- Research articles 2007-12-02
- World AIDS DayDeathsToday in historyBirthdaysImus returning
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- Research articles 2007-12-02
- 2 trains crash in Chicago
- CHICAGO -- An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train and crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday, injuring dozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187 passengers walked away unhurt. Passengers were hurled into the seats in front of them...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Interest in high-speed rail rising
- BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Seven hours after boarding a train in Kansas City, Douglas Lewandowski finally arrived at Chicago's Union Station -- rested after the 500-mile trip but anxious to get home to Elkhart, Ind. "How long it takes on these trains is so frustrating," said Lewandowski, 55. "I'd...
- Research articles 2007-09-09
- Cooperation keeps rail traffic going
- In times of crisis, it often comes down to neighbors helping neighbors. That's exactly what the nation's rail carriers did when the weekend floods took out tracks and railroad bridges. Between La Crosse and St. Paul, Canadian Pacific Railways and BNSF Railways operate on opposite sides of the Mississippi River....
- Research articles 2007-08-22
- Amtrak teams up with luxury company
- WASHINGTON, D.C. MAHOGANY interiors, five-course meals and personal butler service will be available on several Amtrak routes starting this fall, as the national passenger railroad embarks on a new partnership with GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. The companies have teamed up to attach seven special GrandLuxe...
- Research articles 2007-08-05
- Father rides dead on Amtrak train for 15 hours Grayslake woman didn't report his death in Colorado until arrival in Chicago.(News)
- Byline: Lee Filas Daily Herald Staff Writer A Grayslake woman rode an Amtrak train with her father for more than 15 hours Monday without reporting to authorities the man had died, Chicago police said. Daniel Stepanovich, 80, of Hammond, Ind., was traveling...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- Union Station fails security sniff test Amtrak still without bomb-sniffing dog.(News)
- Byline: Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff Writer Union Station in downtown Chicago serves as many as 50,000 passengers every day on dozens of Metra and Amtrak trains that spread like tentacles across the country. Yet despite the not-so-long-ago terrorist bombings of transit...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Empire Builder trains renovated
- Amtrak passengers traveling on the Empire Builder trains through Grand Forks later this month will enjoy renovated rail cars and new on-board services and amenities.Once the pride and joy of the former Great Northern Railway when the then dome-car equipped train was referred to as "the incomparable Empire Builder," it...
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- AREMA 2005 Annual Conference Program
- September 25-28, 2005 * The Palmer House Hilton Hotel * Chicago, ILSATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 24 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Registration for Exhibitors Only Noon-4:00 p.m. Conference Registration Introduction to Practical Railway Engineering Seminar (Day 1) 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Rally for high-speed Midwest rails coming to town.(News)
- Byline: Jon Davis Daily Herald Staff Writer These are interesting times for Amtrak advocates. More passengers rode trains in Illinois last year than in 2003, and the opportunity to run high-speed trains from Chicago to Springfield and St. Louis has never looked...
- Research articles 2005-03-17
- US transit gets increase in federal funding: many rail and bus transit operators in the United States will benefit from a 5.2% increase in federal funding. In addition, some cities will also benefit from schemes that were approved by voters last year
- WHEN President Nixon signed the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970, he set in motion a process that has since delivered tens of billions of dollars in federal matching funds to public transit systems. At about the same time, the federal government was creating Amtrak to preserve a modicum of...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Ride the 'City of New Orleans' across the heartland to Memphis.(Going Places)
- Byline: Mike Michaelson When it comes to train vs. plane, Amtrak might have caught a bad rap. With a snowstorm blanketing Chicago, flights were being canceled across the board, roads to airports slippery and slow. Yet the storied "City of New Orleans" pulled out...
- Research articles 2005-01-30
- Amtrak service will resume
- Amtrak's California Zephyr will resume service through Salt Lake City and Provo beginning Jan. 28-29, more than a week later than Amtrak officials previously predicted. The Zephyr, which provides service between Chicago and the Bay Area of California, has been operating only between Chicago and Denver since last...
- Research articles 2005-01-19
- 2005 passenger car review and outlook
- 2005 PASSENGER CAR REVIEW AND OUTLOOKThese cars were delivered in 2004 PURCHASER ...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Train killed would-be robber, authorities say.(News)
- Byline: Paula Mavroudis Daily Herald Staff Writer A westbound Amtrak train struck and killed a man Wednesday afternoon in Chicago as he was trying to load stolen auto parts into a truck that was parked on the tracks, authorities said. The accident...
- Research articles 2004-12-02
- Chicago Transit Agency Takes Next Step to Have Plastic Pay Way.
- By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--With a new CTA "smart" card debuting next week that allows riders to add money through their credit cards, the Chicago Transit Authority is moving a step closer to a fare system...
- Research articles 2004-01-16
- How the Chicago plan spells relief: Chicago's planned Passenger Express Corridor—designed by freight as well as passenger interests—will create fluidity for freight routes redesigned to improve rail service in, through, and beyond North America'
- How do you spell relief in Chicago? Echoing one of the rail industry's most critical concerns, that question recently headed a Norfolk Southern newsletter article about the monumental $1.5 billion Chicago Plan, aka CREATE Chicagoland Regional Environmental and Transportation Efficiency project. NS said the answer is better routing of passenger...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Seat-belt patrol is in full effect, police say.(News)(Commuting)
- Byline: Robert McCoppin Law enforcement agencies have started their first state-wide crackdown to pull drivers over for failing to wear a seat belt. The Click It or Ticket campaign started Sunday and will run for two weeks beyond the Labor Day weekend...
- Research articles 2003-08-25
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