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First new high-speed train arrives
2015-03-12 13:52:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The first new Intercity Express train being built for the Great Western railway line arrives in Southampton from Japan.
Texting woman freight train: Distracted woman walks onto track while texting
2015-03-12 01:00:26| Railroads - Topix.net
A Florida woman is lucky to be alive after texting and walking into the path of an oncoming freight train. Lakeland Police Department investigators say Sheena Keynna Miller was slightly injured when she was clipped by a CSX locomotive.
Turlock leaders concerned with crude oil train safety
2015-03-11 06:07:14| Railroads - Topix.net
Since mid-February, four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the United States and Canada; rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways and igniting fires that burned for days. The derailments have deepened safety concerns in cities such as Turlock, where city leaders said if an oil train accident were to take place, the results could be disastrous.
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Local nonprofit receives grant to train Baltimoreans in maritime transportation field
2015-03-11 01:19:41| Logistics - Topix.net
A local nonprofit has received a grant worth more than $100,000 to expand a state-funded project providing men and women in Baltimore with training in the maritime, transportation and logistics field. That industry centers around the port of Baltimore and has been identified in recent years as having the potential for job growth - particularly for truck drivers and other workers who can qualify for a federal Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC.
Sheena Keynna Survives Being Hit By Freight Train While Texting
2015-03-10 21:53:05| Railroads - Topix.net
Police say a 27-year-old woman who was texting walked into the path of a freight train, was clipped and thrown into the air, but survived. Police say Sheena Keynna appeared to be texting Monday afternoon as she walked around the crossing gates and into the path of the passing freight train in Lakeland in central Florida.
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