'Promote railroad project, S.D. lawmaker urges (Casper Star-Tribune) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A state lawmaker says South Dakota should expend the same energy lobbying for a 6 billion expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad that it put into its efforts to turn the former Homestake Mine into an underground science laboratory.
'Train kills teenage graffiti artist (CNN.com) NEW YORK (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy had just finished painting graffiti near railroad tracks when he was struck and killed by a commuter train, authorities and friends said Saturday.
'Railroad crossing on court agenda Monday (Del Rio News Herald) A railroad crossing where a woman?s truck was hit by a train last month will be the focus of a discussion by county commissioners court Monday. The January regular term meeting of Val Verde County Commissioners Court begins at 9 a.m. Monday in the old county court-at-law building, 207 E. Losoya St.
'Volunteers help historical society raise railroad poles (Los Angeles Daily News) The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society recently raised three poles that were acquired along with the Saugus Train Station 26 years ago. These poles - the wigwag, order delivery pole and semaphore - had all been stored on the ground in the train yard behind the depot.
'TIBURON / Celebrating a railroad's centennial (San Francisco Chronicle) Historians will celebrate the 100th birthday of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad at the landmark rail and ferry depot in Tiburon today with a ceremony that looks both backward and forward. "The railroad used to be a big presence in Tiburon,'' said...