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September, 2002 (below)

 

CSX to use remote control in Port Huron yard

 

Owosso: 3 rail crossings to be fixed

 

Ashland waterfront plan gets green light

 

Man killed after pick up hits train

 

Boy hit by train in fair condition

 

110 mph train to Detroit (from Toledo) called viable

 

Mayor demands rail review

 

We coulda, shoulda built railroads but not interstates

 

Distance wide in STB filings

 

Plan for Green Bay trail leaps first hurdle

 

20 cars left the track (in Sarnia)

 

Railroading in Rochester Hills: History on track

 

Paw Paw man survives train-truck crash

 

Right on track

 

Group seeks cut of sales tax for high speed rail

 

New book from the Pere Marquette Historical Society

 

Lift at depot will help people in wheelchairs

 

Railroad settles outstanding tickets

 

US will fund study of rail corridor

 

Railway hoping for a cold snap

 

Amtrak express freight in jeopardy

 

VIA rail employees enger hall of fame

 

Soo gets closr to adding lock - for $225 million

 

Union Tank Car rail rally

 

VIA train on display in Windsor

 

People mover begins bypass

 

New train exhibit a model of accuracy

 

Public invited to meeting about passenger train

 

Without contract for 2002, Iron Range hopes DM&IR employees lend Support

 

 Hamburg celebrates locomotive past

 

CN stops moving Empire-Algoma ore pellets

 

RRTR discussions continue

 

Railroad work means detours

 

CSX waste expansion plans veiled in secrecy

 

New historical marker in Sanford

 

Workin' on the miniature railroad

 

NS Newsbreak

 

Railway stocks skid badly

 

Woman killed by train in Monroe identified

 

Swingbelly's moves to Michigan City depot

 

Commission to study rail crossings

 

Man assaults woman on PM rail-trail

 

Hesston museum pursues $250,000 expansion

 

CP Rail has strong year after September 11th

 

 

 

August, 2002 - Below

 

People Mover suspends service for RenCen changes

 

New tunnel proposed for Windsor, Detroit

 

Man's dream comes true - tinkering with toy trains

 

Windsor steam excursions

 

No serious injuries in car-train crash

 

Railroads roll out ads

 

Railroads roll out ads

 

Owosso locomotive headed for Baltimore

 

Project for new tunnel plans for future growth

 

Irked about 1st impressions of Detroit? Visit Amtrak depot

 

RRTR talks get started

 

Union says "No Tanks" to new contract

 

Two in mail truck injured in collision with train

 

City pulling for retail use of train depot

 

Train depot gets new life

 

Lake Cadillac trail OK'd

 

CN Durand derailment photo

 

Pedestrian killed in trolley-bus incident

 

Cleveland-Cliffs strikes while the iron is cold

 

Hoghead festival marks rails roots

 

Tinkering with toy trains

 

3 Arrested in June fire at railroad

 

Covering the tracks

 

City OKs closing of crossing

 

Wausean man dies in car-train crash

 

Buckley Old Engine Show starts chugging

 

State plans to repair LS&I railroad bridge under US-41

 

A star is born: Owosso locomotive may go to Hollywood

 

Railroad history chugs to life

 

Meet our News Editor!

 

Train project almost ready to roll

 

Amtrak gambles on costly, gutsy repair work

 

Pere Marquette 1223 ice cream social on Thursday

 

Detroit Connections exhibit opens at Historical Museum

 

Track repair to close part of Robbins

 

A rail plan written for us

 

Hay campaign gets more cash, rail cars

 

Commuters get seat on South Shore's governing board

 

Stopped trains in Holland slow motor vehicle traffic

 

Albion council OK's traffic rerouting survey

 

Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Board

 

Historical group adding building to Malinta museum

 

Long track ahead for train whistle ban

 

Railroad repairs block Hagadorn Road

 

Driver survives collision with freight train

 

Families lobby for safer rail crossings

 

Bear fans to Amtrak: Just get me to the game on time

 

DEQ Director visits Marquette rail yards

 

Fostoria meeting draws input on rail overpass

 

Railroad society celebrates anniversary

 

Hobby store moves to bigger location

 

Repair of county rail crossings to close roads

 

DTE Rail Services acquires Mid-States Railcar

 

 

July, 2002 (below)

 

Midland-Clare rail-trail news

 

Native of Toledo mostly unscathed in Amtrak wreck

 

Mooning Amtrak in California

 

Lake State Ry. uses new crossing technology

 

Strates Circus train loading in Ionia

 

Saginaw CSX remote control update

 

Plans suggest cure for Fostoria, Northwood train woes

 

Sale turns old railway into side yard

 

Sale of GM Defense (Locomotive Plant) not necessarily bad news

 

State to address rail yard contamination

 

Man sentenced in bid to beat train

 

Cliffs announces pellet deal with Rouge Steel

 

CSX preparing for remote control at Rougemere

 

Iron Horse Festival events (St. Thomas, ON)

 

Midwest High Speed Rail Coalition web site

 

Train crossing creates heat in Albion

 

CN improves income 17%

 

Train lover sees future for old locomotive

 

Clinton trail needs input

 

Nuclear reactor cap makes journey to Ohio

 

Carferry has mechanical problems

 

Train lover sees value in old locomotive

 

Canada-U.S. tunnel sought for trucks

 

Support growing for Detroit-Lansing train stop

 

Train-truck crash injures freeland man

 

Man's vehicle collides with train

 

Canada, U.S. tunnel sought for trucks

 

High speed ferry plans are not making progress

 

Soo Line depot open for tours in Ashland

 

Cherry processing plant served by TSBY still operates

 

How does your garden grow?

 

Ammonia leak spurs blast at Cherry growers plant

 

CP, Borealis weigh new Windsor crossing

 

Train rides offer trip back in time for festival goers

 

Strates Carnival train plans

 

Some crossings may close, others gets gates for safety

 

South Shore still delayed

 

Crane continues journey on red-eye S. S. Badger

 

Railroad Association asks for building rules

 

Hard work credited with fast reopening of CN line

 

South Shore knocked out of service

 

Rush hour slow down

 

Conrail may close FN tower

 

Plan to cleanup old CSX rail property in Ludington

 

Mourning a son

 

Strates circus train to arrive in Ionia July 10th

 

Wis. DNR to hold hearing on rail to trail abandonment

 

Mining locomotive now hauls tourists

 

South Shore line gets $2.4 million

 

Nation plagued by train wrecks

 

Iron industry museum plans expansion

 

Old UP trestle bridge burns

 

There and back again: a hobo's tale

 

Transport of nuclear waste weighed

 

Nuclear waste may be routed through area (Cadillac)

 

Fostoria rail overpass subject of July 31 hearing

 

Rebuilt Old Depot Restaurant reopens on crash site

 

Amtrak using Web discounts to raise a few bucks

 

BMWE strikes the Escanaba & Lake Superior

 

All aboard for the 4th of July

 

Busted track triggered Potterville wreck

 

E. Front Street location of recent rail death

 

Agreement reached on aid to Amtrak

 

On track to where?

 

Amtrak melodrama

 

Drivers get stuck waiting for trains in Schoolcraft

 

Broken rail triggered derailment

 

Broken rail said to have caused Potterville crash

 

Monroe truck-train crash kills driver (photo)