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MTA: Man found on fire atop Metro-North train

2014-11-09 18:27:06| Railroads - Topix.net

A 21-year-old man is hospitalized after catching fire on top of a New York City-bound commuter train in Connecticut. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials say the man was found on fire atop a Metro-North train shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday at the Riverside station in Greenwich, when crew members were performing an inspection after the train loss power.

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MTA: Hicksville man stole copper cable from LIRR

2014-11-01 23:07:44| Railroads - Topix.net

A Hicksville man was arrested Friday after Metropolitan Transportation Authority police said he stole or damaged more than 1,100 feet of copper cable from the Long Island Rail Road during a two-week period in October. Eight times over the past two weeks, Bernard Jenkins, 58, stole the cable from an LIRR substation and other railroad properties, MTA police said.

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MTA hires federal executive as chief safety officer

2014-10-28 06:52:53| Railroads - Topix.net

David Mayer, second from right, is seen at a NTSB hearing in Washington, D.C. in 2010. He will join the MTA on Dec. 1. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has hired the top executive at the National Transportation Safety Board to serve as its first chief safety officer.

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Great Neck bridge, LIRR track extension clear MTA panel

2014-10-27 23:08:16| Railroads - Topix.net

A key MTA committee Monday approved a $24.9 million plan to replace a 115-year-old bridge near Great Neck and extend a track used to store Long Island Rail Road trains there. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Island Rail Road Committee Monday voted in favor of the contract, which will go before the full Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board for final approval Wednesday.

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MTA New York City Transit Celebrates 110 Years of Subways

2014-10-27 19:04:38| Railroads - Topix.net

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is celebrating the 110th anniversary of the New York City subway system with two days of opportunities for the public to take the train as generations of customers have done in the past. The first subway line, which connected City Hall with Harlem, opened on Oct. 27, 1904.

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