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Associated Press Of Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 (APP):Pakistan Railways is planning to rehabilitate as many as 119 old diesel electric locomotives, laying of new and upgrade …
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84-year-old volunteer looking forward to Spike150
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Darrell Lewis, 84 talks about the way the pistons work on the locomotives and the way they drive the train. Eighty-four-year-old Darrel Lewis has …
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Bruce Campbell and Mark Winfield: Train derailments continue as Alberta readies to ship more oil by rail
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Not until yet another train derailment resulted in death, this time near Field in early February, did Transport Canada mandate the application of …
El Paso, TX
Fort Bliss celebrates St. Patrick's Day
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Video EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Many El Pasoans raised a green glass in celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Sunday. Fort Bliss was no different. Freedom …
Norfolk Southern
County police investigating after train hits pedestrian in Tarentum
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Allegheny County police are investigating after a Norfolk Southern train hit and killed a pedestrian in Tarentum. Officials confirm that the accident …
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Person killed by train in Tarentum
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A person was killed after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train in Tarentum early Sunday. The eastbound train struck the person, who was lying on …
El Paso, TX
Las Cruces police officers issue citations while dressed as superheros
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) - Is getting a traffic ticket any better if it's written by Batman? That's the approach police officers in Las Cruces are …
El Paso, TX
Crews extinguish fire at Northeast El Paso McDonald's restaurant
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The El Paso Fire Department is working to learn the cause of a fire that broke out inside a Northeast El Paso McDonald's …
Kalamazoo, MI
Vehicle drove around crossing arms in fatal train crash, police say
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KALAMAZOO, MI — Police reports show the three young adults killed when the car they were riding in was hit by a train had driven around active …
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Long after Ovid’s story of Philomela has gone out of fashion and after the testimonials of Hafiz and Keats have been smothered in comment and droned …
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Mud, sweat and cheers: The 'Big Ditch' men who spent seven long years building the Manchester Ship Canal... before Queen
dailymail.co.uk - Jack Elsom
The digging of the Manchester Ship Canal was one of the most grueling tasks a Victorian labourer could have the misfortune of working on. If the men …
Turntables
Tornado locomotive steams into city for historic journey
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By Ben Philip The Tornado locomotive steamed its way into the Granite City over the River Dee on Thursday afternoon. Affectionately named The …
Aberdeen
Tornado storms in to wow enthusiasts as Aberdeen welcomes first steam engine in 25 years
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The age of steam returned to the north-east as a railway group welcomed its first locomotive for more than two decades. Trainspotters were in their …
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Aberdeen
VIDEO: Proud Dundee piper marks arrival of iconic Tornado steam train in city
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Pictured sweeping majestically through Invergowrie, a famous steam engine made a whistle-stop trip to Tayside yesterday on a grand tour of the east …
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Railroads
New Hampshire’s Mountain-Climbing ‘Railway to the Moon’ Turns 150
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The Mount Washington Cog Railway is still chugging. In 1852, the entrepreneur and inventor Sylvester Marsh got lost in a storm and nearly died on the …
NFL
Bears agree to terms with Patterson
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Patterson, who will turn 28 on St. Patrick’s Day, was selected by the Vikings with the 29th pick in the first round of the 2013 draft out of …
Grand Canyon
Slow Down & Enjoy the Ride — Grand Canyon Railway’s ‘Iron Horse’ Gallops On
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The steam engine changed everything. It created time zones, kick-started the Industrial Revolution and 150 years ago the Transcontinental Railroad …
Aberdeen
Here's where you can see steam train Tornado in the north-east
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Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A steam train is on its way to Aberdeen today. The Tornado is running “The Aberdonian Service” between …
Ankara
Freight train derails in Ankara suburb
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ANKARA A freight train derailed in Ankara’s suburban district of Sincan at around 1 a.m. local time on March 14. Two drivers of the train, carrying …
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Israeli Technology
Rail Vision Announces $10 Million Investment From Knorr-Bremse
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The announcement confirmed a previous report of the investment by Calcalist
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Taunton
Train hit and killed two people in separate incidents on same day
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The train was on its way for repairs after the first fatal collision when it hit a second person A train hit and killed two people in separate crashes …
Italy
Italy Inc needs Rome to stay on the rails over Turin-Lyon train link | Financial Times
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Just as it emerged last week that Italy was about to become the first G7 economy to endorse China’s flagship infrastructure investment programme, the …
El Paso, TX
La Fe Clinic hosts Blood Drive in Segundo Barrio Wednesday
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe and Vitalant are holding a blood drive in the heart of Segundo Barrio Wednesday afternoon, and …
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VR selects Stadler to supply diesel locomotives
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FINLAND: Stadler has been selected for a contract to supply 60 diesel shunting locomotives, national railway VR Group announced on March 11. The …
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Workers put brakes on wrong train in BHP iron ore train derailment-regulator
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An emergency crew called out to manually apply handbrakes to a 268-car iron ore train in the Australian outback mistakenly put the brakes on the wrong train, according to a preliminary
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Maintenance workers 'applied wrong brakes' on derailed runaway train
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Maintenance workers accidentally applied brakes to the wrong locomotive when they tried to help the driver of a runaway BHP iron ore train, which …
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Siemens unveils Dual-Mode Vectron
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GERMANY: The first of two prototype Vectron Dual-Mode locomotives was formally unveiled at the Siemens Mobility plant in München-Allach on March …
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ÖBB orders 61 more Siemens Vectron locomotives
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Article WebPage https://www.railjournal.com/locomotives/obb-siemens-vectron-locomotives/ https://www.railjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OBB-Vectr …
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BHP rail crew applied brakes to wrong train before runaway crash
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BHP rail maintenance crews applied brakes to the wrong train just minutes before the brakes of another iron ore train on the adjacent track failed, …
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire Release“Baby Mine" Cover for Tim Burton's Upcoming "Dumbo"
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Arcade Fire just released their cover of "Baby Mine" from the upcoming soundtrack for Tim Burton's "Dumbo"Turns out their was a personal connection …