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New cars may ease MARC crowding
Sun reporterThe O'Malley administration plans to announce Wednesday that it has negotiated the purchase of 13 double-decker rail cars from a Virginia railroad as part of an effort to reduce crowding on the MARC system, where capacity has been strained by an influx of...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Vehicles, Transportation, Martin O'Malley, Passenger Cars
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'Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar' by Paul Theroux
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIN 1973, an expatriate American novelist possessed of great ambitions, pretty good reviews and slender means set out from London's Victoria Station to circumnavigate the great Eurasian land mass, mostly by train. Two years later, he published an account...Tags: Fiction, Transportation, Marco Polo
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
Police say a man killed his wife and then himself in their home in Edgerton. Chief Tom Klubertanz says in a statement autopsies show Shaun Vordermann shot his wife, Jennifer, at least once and then turned the gun on himself. Four shots were fired in the...Tags: Environmental Politics, Government, Transportation, Economic Policy, Mining
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Slowing On Rough Surface Won't Hurt Brakes
Q: Way back when I was 16, I went on a backpacking trip with my pal Cliff. We took my venerable '68 VW Squareback. As we were approaching a stop sign with railroad tracks in front of it, I braked while crossing the tracks. Cliff informed me that it is bad...Tags: Transportation
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Coca-Cola director swaps $4M mansion with railway boss
Forum Publishing GroupJames D. Robinson III and his wife, Linda, sold their six-bedroom, 8.5-bath at 2708 Sheltingham Drive in Wellington for $4 million to E. Hunter Harrison and his wife, Jeannie, on June 16. The Robinsons paid $2,778,643 for the property in Jan. 2001. The...Tags: Revlon Incorporated, Government, Business Enterprises, Ronald Reagan, Burlington
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U.S. airlines cite gender gap in plea for drug-test delay
Bloomberg NewsU.S. airlines want to delay implementation of a new rule forcing them to observe urine collections for employee drug tests, saying employers need time to hire and train more workers. Airlines need more test-sample collectors who are the same gender as...Tags: Employees, Mesa Air Group Incorporated, Burlington, Transportation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
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Rusk County jury hears 1976 police interview
A Rusk County jury heard a police interview from 32 years ago in which a man told of accidentally finding a woman's body on railroad tracks, a story his attorney acknowledges wasn't truthful. Roy Beaulieu's second-degree murder trial continued for a...Tags: Employees, Prosecution, Transportation, Murder, Trials
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Giving CN proposal a second thought
As someone who travels frequently through the northwest suburbs of Des Plaines and Mount Prospect, I can sympathize with the concerns raised by communities along the EJ&E railway that is the subject of a proposed acquisition by CN. The existing CN line...Tags: Vehicles, Mount Prospect, Transportation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Des Plaines
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Official: Woman hurt by felled tree branch an accident
steve.ritea@newsday.comThe felled tree branch that critically injured a woman walking through Queens' Ridgewood neighborhood Sunday was an accident, an official responsible for the property said yesterday, although residents and shopkeepers say they've complained about the...Tags: Bay Ridge, Ridge, Middle Village, South Ozone Park, Injuries
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Backlot cruise, Twiggy's back, Porsche cruise
Tribune staffBACKLOT CRUISE Vehicles from 1983 and older are invited to the free Cruise the Backlot Classic Car Show in Aug. 20 and Sept. 17 in Skokie. The show, from 6 to 9:00 p.m., will be at the Skokie Village Green on Oakton Street. Spectator admission is free....Tags: Sales, Vehicles, Transportation, Railway Industry, Cancer
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Track problem disrupts westbound LIRR service
john.valenti@newsday.comA track problem is disrupting westbound Long Island Rail Road service Monday, a railroad spokesman said. But the railroad has not detailed the exact nature of the track condition. The situation caused a temporary suspension of all westbound service...Tags: Transportation, Long Island Rail Road
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Book club at Elkridge
The Elkridge library, 6540 Washington Blvd., will hold a meeting of its Elks Parent-Teen Book Club for youngsters ages 11 to 17 and their parents from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The book to be discussed is Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank B. Gilbreth....Tags: Elementary Schools, Game Playing, Transportation, Clubs and Associations, Book
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