Month: March 2005

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CSX

Side Tracks

Short-line rail companies continue to carry their weight on routes that otherwise might have been abandoned.

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Miscellaneous

February 2005 Wreck Roundup

The man charged in a deadly January Metrolink derailment pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of murder, according to various news sources. California authorities initially said Juan Manuel Alvarez parked his SUV on train tracks to commit suicide, but changed his mind and abandoned his vehicle. Eleven people were killed in the wreck and hundreds more injured. One person was killed and at least 50 others injured when an express passenger train derailed Feb. 28 in eastern Bangladesh, The Associated Press reported. According to reports, the Joyantika Express derailed en route Dhaka. The train was traveling from Sylhet, a city in northeastern Bangladesh. The derailment, which remains under investigation as

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CSX

FRA: CSX Fined for Violations of Grade Crossing Safety Regulations

The Federal Rail- road Administration (FRA) has assessed civil penalties against CSX Transportation, Inc. for multiple violations of highway-rail grade crossing safety regulations related to a Feb. 3, 2004 accident in Henrietta, N.Y., where a train struck a vehicle and killed an elderly couple.