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Train plows through excavator, trailer after truck driver stops on tracks
After a truck driver stops short and leaves his trailer with an excavator on a set of active train tracks, a train inevitably barrelled through the excavator.
April 11, 2019
Roadbuilding
Motor grader operator killed when machine is hit by train in Oklahoma
A worker for Nowata County in Oklahoma died Wednesday after the motor grader he was operating was hit by a train. The Tulsa World reported that 71-year-old Cleo Standefield was driving his machine from one worksite to another when a 43-car train barreled into the grader at 41 mph. Standefield was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s […]
December 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Pets to ride Amtrak lines in Chicago
Amtrak riders in Chicago, Illinois could soon start commuting with man’s best friend. Related: Teaching Dogs to Fly The company will start testing its new pets-on-board policy May 5, allowing travelers to pay a fee of $25 to take their small cats and dogs on board, Chicago Sun-Times reports. Any pet on the train would need […]
May 1, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: The Polar Express-inspiring steam train hits the tracks again
The steam locomotive that inspired the train in the 2004 Warner Brothers film The Polar Express is back on the tracks. The train, known as the Pere Marquette 1225 Locomotive, is now back on the tracks after a federally-mandated four-year rebuild. The 72-year-old 2-4-8 Berkshire locomotive is 16 feet tall and 101 feet long with […]
December 23, 2013
Roadbuilding
Amtrak anticipates new long distance passenger rail cars to begin arriving next summer
Amtrak has announced that it is planning to begin field testing its new long distance passenger rail cars this winter. More than 400 employees are performing the manufacturing and final assembly work at the company’s CAF USA facility in Elmira, New York. [youtube fHAGdl5J0uw nolink] Amtrak is spending $298.1 million on 130 single-level long distance […]
October 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Trains are public places. Who knew?
A former National Security Agency (NSA) chief learned Thursday that trains are public places — really public places, with people who can overhear and disperse information from private phone conversations. Michael Hayden, who directed the NSA and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under President George W. Bush, disclosed off-the-record comments to reporters during several phone […]
October 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Amtrak PD launches text reporting for passengers, employees
Amtrak passengers and employees will soon be able to report suspicious activity to the Amtrak Police Department (APD) with just a text message. APD is launching APD11 “Txt-aTip,” a program that will allow passengers and employees to send an SMS text message to the Amtrak Police Department’s National Communications Center. “Contacting the Amtrak Police Department […]
October 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Amtrak offers electric locomotive facility preview, discusses new train’s power
Amtrak on Wednesday offered Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) a preview of its Wilmington Maintenance Facility, where the company is testing its new electric locomotives, according to Delaware’s WDDE. The facility is in the final stages of testing the Siemens-manufactured Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64), which debuted in Sacramento, California, in May. Amtrak ordered 70 of the locomotives […]
August 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
Trains to Embody Scotland
When I think of Scotland, I envision castles, kilts, breathtaking nature and an array of fresh produce. But I guess I should now add trains to my list. The country is updating its Caledonian sleeper franchise, adding “quality of service” as an important point for bidders to address. So instead of just taking the lowest […]
August 22, 2013
Safety
Train crashes into construction equipment as crew scrambles out of the way
This video is a few years old, but its quickness and shock value haven’t diminished. The footage is from a mounted camera inside a train and shows as it attempts to quickly brake as a construction crew and a few machines appear out of the fog after rounding a bend. You can see a few […]
August 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Slow trains going faster
Anderson Cooper upsets people. I like that. It’s a big part of what he’s supposed to do. This time it’s the high speed rail folk (and it’s not their first time because Cooper has been here before). Their complaint is that Cooper and some of his CNN colleagues are on a mission to undermine high […]
April 12, 2013
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