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• 'Railroad plans Oredock safety actions (The Ashland Daily Press)
  The Canadian National railroad has announced that it will institute a number of measures designed to protect public safety in the wake of a structural condition assessment report issued earlier this week revealing dangerous conditions on the abandoned Ashland Soo Line Oredock superstructure and its approaches.



• 'Railroad crossings on N.I. agenda (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)
  NEW IBERIA - A New Iberia City Councilman wants the city council to ask the federal government for funds to improve safety at Acadiana railroad crossings.



• 'News : Railroad Days are a big success (Plumas County News)
  After years of sporadic attendance, this year's Railroad Days was a proud success for the organizers and the City of Portola. Ann and Ralph Taylor, indefatigable members of the Railroad Days Association, said that crowd estimates for the weekend ran between 7,000-10,000 people.



• 'Railroad engine derails north of Skagway; worker killed (Channel 2 News Anchorage)
  One railroad worker died and several others were injured on Sunday when a train engine derailed and tipped on its side just north of Skagway.



• 'Blast at railroad crossing in Ingushetia, no one injured - source (Interfax)
  NAZRAN. Sept 5 (Interfax) - An explosion from an unidentified source has occurred at a railroad crossing in the town of Karabulak, Ingushetia, a source in Ingush law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Tuesday.



• 'Grandson of Columbia crash victims pleas for railroad crossing signal (WIS News 10 Columbia)
  (Columbia) September 5, 2006 - Edward Murray remains in the hospital. His wife is dead. A train hit their car on railroad tracks after they left church. The railroad crossing on Farrow Road in Columbia has no lights or safety gates.



• 'Grandson of Columbia crash victims pleas for railroad crossing signal (WIS News 10 Columbia)
  Only half of the 2,700 railroad crossings around the state have signals like flashing lights or safety gates. This weekend, a Midlands grandmother died at a crossing without any of those signals. Her grandson says if there was a signal, his grandmother might be alive.

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