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Amtrak identifies pedestrian killed by train in Edison

2015-06-10 11:37:39| Railroads - Topix.net

EDISON - The pedestrian struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train near the MetroPark station on Friday has been identified as Thomas Kilroy Jr. of the Avenel section of Woodbridge.

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Amtrak train collides with truck south of Chicago, no injuries

2015-06-06 07:11:23| Railroads - Topix.net

An Amtrak train collided with a vehicle around 4:00 p.m. Friday in the U.S. town of Wilmington, Ill., about 60 miles south of the city of Chicago, according to Amtrak. In a phone interview with Xinhua, Amtrak spokesman Craig Schulz said there were no serious injuries to passengers or crew, but did not have any information on the driver of the truck seen at the scene.

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Why Does Amtrak want to expand Penn Station for New Jersey Transit?

2015-05-30 19:16:43| Railroads - Topix.net

The recent crash of Amtrak Train 118 in Philadelphia on May 12th set off a series of rhetorical contortions that tried to "blame" this crash on a lack of funding for the Northeast Corridor . As it turned out the crash was the result of human error.

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Amtrak Crash Quells Railroads' Effort to Reduce Crews on Trains

2015-05-28 10:20:47| Railroads - Topix.net

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. The Amtrak crash that killed eight people this month raised questions of the safety of one-engineer trains, thwarting the idea of reducing freight crews for now, Union Pacific Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lance Fritz said.

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