Railroad News Menu - January - March, 2002

 
    

March, 2002 (Below)

 

Two years after blaze, the steeple rises on Soo Line depot

 

Back to work for tug-barge

 

Appeals Court: Cities can't fine CSX

 

State trying to determine direction of rails-to-trails program

 

Trail offers cycling adventure

 

Soo Locks open tomorrow

 

Railroad dining cars part of restaurant plan

 

STB says railroad must release letters

 

Crossing may get bridge or tunnel

 

Signs of the season, ore ships ready to ply Great Lakes

 

City to discuss railroad crossing closures

 

Roundhouse benefits questioned

 

CN to settle crash claims

 

Train rides role again in Wakarusa, IN

 

Transit tax plans draw fire

 

Clara's owes property taxes, City to review license

 

Love of trains, helpling others key

 

SCUDA wants ideas for Elkhart roundhouse site

 

Fostoria to be paid to close rail crossing

 

BLE ratifies agreement with CN's Wisconsin Central

 

Three dangerous rail crossings get upgrade

 

Last Minorca trains loads March 25th

 

Contact the Governor about Amtrak...

 

CN to acquire 60 new locomotives

 

Train, van collision leaves one dead

 

Engineers on CN's WC division reach deal to be paid by the hour

 

Howell station may rise where old depot stood

 

Railfans to meet near Kalamazoo March 23rd

 

NS derails west of Jackson

 

Train derailment cleared west of Jackson

 

Broken rail topples CSX train in Carleton (photo)

 

 Work begins on rail crossing improvements

 

3 freight cars derail at Blufton grain elevator

 

Survey: 91% welcome train

 

Lake State Railway gets out the snow plow

 

NS creates new loco lashup policy

 

Campaign addresses rail crossing dangers

 

Millage projected for rail operations

 

Detroit-Chicago rail still on track

 

Detroit river gondola gets US support

 

Singer worked on railroad as stardom turned elusive

 

Semi struck by train

 

February, 2002 (below)

 

Rail plaza proposed for King honors

 

Overhead line urged to move cargo in City

 

Fostoria eyes old tower as possible tourist stop

 

Line through Fostoria site of 2nd derailment

 

CN reaches tentative pact with Algoma Central workers

 

Rails to trails hiking path moves forward

 

Railfans meet in Vicksburg

 

Tug boats and barges have trouble too - check this out...

 

Teamsters pledge to support BLE

 

South Toledo rail line stays stuck at station

 

Intermodal freight terminal means jobs

 

Cross border bus detour ends for International passengers

 

Hours reduced at 70 Amtrak stations due to layoffs

 

Ypsilanti considers Depot Town for high speed station

 

Survey paints bleak picture of railroads

 

CSX derails autoracks while leaving Walbridge Yard

 

STB rules against Maroun's railroad

 

Faulty signals force engineer, conductor to jump from train

 

Edison's birthday honored in Port Huron

 

Freight train derails

 

CSX derailment at Fostoria

 

Farmers purchase rescues Michigan Sugar

 

Railfans plan to meet on 2/23 in Vicksburg

 

Amtrak begins ITCS testing

 

Consumers planning work on coal dock, river bank

 

Local man's movies detail model trains

 

Building of railroad underpass delayed

 

State's (IN) rail crossings made safer

 

Truck strikes Battle Creek railroad overpass

 

Congress: Amtrak needs competition

 

Three day stakeout nets 30 violations at train crossing

 

Ridership at 40 year high

 

CSXT paint schemes, old and new

 

High speed train chugging along

 

Toledo could loose Amtrak

 

Threatened Amtrak routes include 3 crossing Indiana

 

Proposed long distance cuts would spell end to long distance train system

 

Cause still unknown in LaPorte train accident

 

City, CSX police step up crossing patrols

 

Elkhart hearing scheduled to discuss rail overpass

 

Amtrak threatens to close down long distance service

 

Old railroad depot tracks little interest

 

NS derailment near Laporte closes main, Amtrak rerouted

 

Fast train planners say Toledo well positioned

 

Soo Line GP-30 goes to Lake Superior Railroad Museum

 

New controls get rail travel up to speed

 

January, 2002 (below)

 

Expansion, updating of City's museum to be done by 2005

 

Lobbyists protest rail sale

 

Laimbeer owes CSX for rail car rental

 

Open Amtrak to competition

 

Bus company eager to get into intercity rail business

 

Driver killed when truck hit by train

 

Railroads plan remote test

 

Conrail testing remote control locomotive in Detroit

 

CSX and NS duke it out in shared assets areas

 

Amtrak ridership up, but finances falling

 

Despite more passengers, Amtrak may need more federal aid

 

Railroading tradition lives on

 

Train travel down (VIA)

 

Railway (CN) may need yard, hearing told

 

Napannee (IN) depot renovation discussed

 

Warning gates to be installed at 8 Ohio locations

 

Amtrak International problems

 

South Shore RS-1 returning home

 

'87 Mercury picks wrong place to stall

 

Fifth Stephen Ambrose book under question

 

Johannesburg depot razed

 

Cities railroad crossings slated for improvements

 

Uncertainty enters underpass project

 

Riverview closes to trains for 4 hours due to chemical leak

 

Leak at chemical plant corrected

 

Amtrak panel proposes rail service competition

 

Depot building turns 100

 

Railroad club's open house is on track

 

Dearborn plans to launch new mass transit hub

 

Two men fight needless deaths at rail crossings

 

Ann Arbor Train Show February 17th

 

Impact study set for freight terminal

 

Rail depot could see new life

 

 

 

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