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New details emerge in probe of Rosedale train derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board released new details Wednesday on its investigation into last month's train derailment and explosion in Rosedale, finding that more chemicals were released in the crash than originally reported. NTSB...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Broken Bones, Explosions
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No. Virginia airports authority says lobbying ban doesn't apply to it
Bob Calhoun, a former state lawmaker said last week the Virginia Port Authority violated the spirit of a lobbying ban he helped craft in 1994. Calhoun for seven years worked as the state lobbyist for another Virginia-based transportation authority,...Tags: Washington, DC, Freedom of Information Laws, Politics, U.S. Congress, Lobbying
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People Express: Previous fine did not affect sale
Daily PressThe Idaho-based airline acquired Wednesday by People Express agreed in October to pay up to $300,000 for violating federal rules meant to protect passengers when public charter flights are suddenly canceled. However, the president of People Express said...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Punishment, Fines, Vision Airlines, Air Transportation Delays
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Another quality control issue delays new CTA cars
Delivery of the CTA's new rail cars was suspended for the past month because of another quality-control problem at the Bombardier Transportation manufacturing plant in upstate New York, the Tribune has learned. The stoppage May 3 followed a halt to...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work, Science and Technology, Chicago Transit Authority, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Bob Hope Airport in effort to raise diversity percentages
A study commissioned by Bob Hope Airport to ensure its compliance with federal diversity mandates found that while the airfield is doing a better-than-expected job contracting with businesses owned by white women, its use of minority-owned firms is...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Google Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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Rosedale train derailment creates explosion that broke windows; smoke visible for miles
A freight train smacked into a truck carrying garbage and careened off the tracks in Rosedale Tuesday afternoon, triggering an explosion felt throughout the region and sending up a plume of black smoke visible for miles. Authorities identified the...
Tags: Railway Accidents, Baltimore County, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Disasters and Accidents
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Train derails in Rosedale area
A freight train smacked into a truck carrying garbage and careened off the tracks in Rosedale Tuesday afternoon, triggering an explosion felt throughout the region and sending up a plume of black smoke visible for miles. Authorities identified the driver...
Tags: Small Businesses, Google Inc., CSX Corporation, Railway Accidents, Transportation Industry
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Derailed train carried toxic chemicals
The freight train that derailed Tuesday in Rosedale carried one chemical classified as hazardous by the U.S. Department of Transportation and another that also posed risks for firefighters and others at the scene even though not similarly classified....
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Local Government, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health and Safety at Work, Health
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Police on lookout for DUI drivers, no seatbelts
Laguna Beach police officers will be at various checkpoints throughout the city this weekend to intercept alcohol and drug-impaired drivers, according to a police-issued news release. Officers will staff areas with high frequencies of DUI-related...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Transportation Accidents
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Illinois infrastructure needs a makeover
The time has come for Springfield to pass the 2013 Natural Gas Consumer, Safety and Reliability Act and allow Peoples Gas to move forward with its Accelerated Main Replacement Program. Illinois’ natural gas infrastructure creates concern for the...Tags: Springfield, Energy Resources
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County applying for grants for Rockwood train station
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERThe Somerset County commissioners authorized planners to apply for federal and state grants that would pay for a new Amtrak train station in Rockwood Borough. The estimated cost of the train station is about $2 million,Somerset County Planning...Tags: Amtrak
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Passenger forced to pay airline bag fee twice
Airline baggage fees still might not be popular, but fliers have been forced to accept them as an added cost of their flight. I bet most of us, though, wouldn't be onboard with having to pay two fees for the same bag, as Allegiant Air charged John...
Tags: Allentown, Career and Workplace, Employees, Media Industry
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