Category: railroad

57th Death Has Railroad Pleading to Stop Dangerous Crossings

February 16, 2022
BrightlineBusiness & EconomyBusinesses in COVID-19CompaniesCrime and IncidentscrossingsDEATHFloridaLocal NewsrailroadRegional-Local NewsUSUS News
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Brightline trains killed one person and seriously injured another in separate accidents less than 12 hours apart, the latest in a spate of collisions plaguing the higher-speed passenger trains since the railroad recently resumed operations. Tuesday night’s death was the ninth involving Florida’s privately-owned passenger railroad since it resumed operations in November after…

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Despite Theft Concerns Union Pacific Won’t Yet Leave Los Angeles

January 25, 2022
Crime and IncidentsLos AngelesrailroadTrain RobberyUnion PacificUSUS News
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Union Pacific (UP) threatened to end rail traffic through Los Angeles County in response to widespread train burglary, but it has deferred a decision for the near future. The company told The Epoch Times that it would continue to work with Los Angeles law enforcement over the issue for several months. “We brought in dozens…

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LA County Cargo Trains Raided by Thieves, See 160 Percent Increase in Rail Thefts

January 14, 2022
Local NewsLos Angeles CountyRail theftrailroadRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
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Thieves are raiding cargo trains carrying packages in Los Angeles County and littering the railroad with thousands of opened, discarded boxes. The issue of abandoned stolen goods went viral with nearly 50,000 likes and 40,000 combined shares on Twitter on Jan. 14 by CBS 2 photojournalist John Schreiber after posting videos of thousands of discarded packages…

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Florida Passenger Train Kills Man Weeks After Reopening

December 8, 2021
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A train belonging to Florida’s higher-speed passenger rail service struck and killed a man walking on the tracks just weeks after the company reopened from the pandemic. The Brightline train struck the pedestrian Tuesday morning in North Miami Beach as the man didn’t move as the train sounded its horn, officials said. North…

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US Rail Freight Feels Global Supply Chain Pinch

October 11, 2021
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A product’s path from manufacturer to store shelf is currently an obstacle course of chokepoints within the interconnected global supply chain, and U.S. rail is among the industries feeling the pinch. U.S. railroads moved 1,167,682 carloads of freight in September 2021, the Association of American Railroads Weekly Rail Traffic Report shows. That’s up 4.3 percent…

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Railroad Industry Worried About Biden Executive Order

July 22, 2021
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An executive order signed by President Joe Biden that could force railroads to allow other operators to use their tracks could reduce competition and increase costs, according to industry experts. Biden’s order last week in part called on the independent Surface Transportation Board to consider what the Association of American Railroads calls “forced switching” rule….

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Romantic Aspirations, Vision, and Viaducts

May 10, 2021
Architecture & InteriorsArts & LettersBaltimore and Ohio RailroadBlue Ridge MountainsCharles Carroll of CarrolltonChesapeake and Ohio CanalHistoryJames River and Kanawha CanalLifestylePotomac RiverRadiant Liferailroadrailroad tracksrailroad tunnelrailroadsrailwayrailwaysroman architectureVirginiaWashington D.C.West Virginia
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton might well have been the Elon Musk of his day. The last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence was certainly an influencer. Carroll sponsored advances in agriculture, and, encouraged by his partnership with John, George, and Andrew Ellicott, Carroll promoted the use of crop rotation and pulverized limestone on his…

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