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The fucker oughta be locked inside a hot boxcar...
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...to teach him a lesson he won't soon forget. Then lock his ass away with Mexican criminal gangs! http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Mexican-Nationals-Found-Locked-Inside-Hot-Railroad-Boxcar-CBP-390234011.html
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Big railroads, BAD nooz!
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Bigger isn't better. In most cases. Take the railroads for instance... http://www.nasdaq.com/article/railroad-industry-stock-outlook-aug-2016-cm664401
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So what is a "sleeper"?
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Well my first thoughts are a "sleeper" passenger car. Then next would be that car that doesn't show on your train list that pretty much clerks to train crews called a "sleeper". How a car can get from Chicago to Everett without no one noticing it. So my step daughters husbands folks from Australia are vi...
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Alaska. (Cuz nobody cares about Poland!)
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The port at Skagway wants ta build a bigger dock, for ever larger tour boats. But the city comission needs permission from the Yukon narrow gauge railroad first, because the White Pass & Yukon controls the tidelands! http://www.ktoo.org/2016/07/17/skagway-assembly-proposes-lease-neg...
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Passenger train head-on crash kills 20. Officials don't understand why two trains were on the same track. Yeah, we get that. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/europe/italy-train-collision/
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Amtrak again
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Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:30pm EDTRelated: U.S. Five killed in Colorado Amtrak train-car crash: state policeDENVER | By Keith Coffman Five people were killed in Colorado on Sunday when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a car in Las Animas County in the southern part of the U.S. state, state police sa...
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Buffalo. Not bison. The city of...
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This time it's NOT the railroad's fault. Nope. But CSX hadda shut operations down outside Buffalo after some fuckin' dope launched his vehicle in the air, and landed smack on the tracks! http://www.wkbw.com/news/rollover-crash-shuts-down-csx-railroad-tracks -- Edited by Uke on Friday 24th...
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Oregon asks Feds ta ban oil trains moving through...
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...meanwhile Uncle Pete tries to come up with a plan ta respond... But what with the public opinion running against BIG rail, anything John Q. Public wants... The Feds may be overwhelmed. For now. http://tinyurl.com/z78r4gj
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Washington moves on track, and train inspections...
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...and it's really no surprise. Although it is a bit late, after the latest UP derailment on this side of the big river. http://www.king5.com/news/local/washington-state-ramping-up-inspections-of-railroad-tracks-trains/244303539
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Dakota. North Dakota.
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Few details released in railroad death near Grand Forks Amtrak stationBy Herald Staff Report Today at 11:26 a.m. Grand Forks police officers and Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department deputies investigate the scene near the Amtrak Station Friday . (Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald) Law enforc...
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A BIGGIE from mntman...
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http://koin.com/2016/06/03/reports-train-derailment-in-the-gorge/ Now yers truly isn't so lonely out there on the 'high iron'!
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Thanks NO'bama!
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Thousands no longer working on the railroad after coal industry crashBy Mike Landis | Updated: Thu 2:57 PM, Jun 02, 2016 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - David Wilkerson worked on the railroad for almost 30 years. He said there were a lot of good times during his career with the Frisco, later Burlington No...
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More about the Royal Gorge incident
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There's still no explanation as to why the conductor aboard the train fell, and why she was there when she fell UPDATE: Conductor instantly killed when train ran over her, officials sayBy KKTV | Posted: Sat 8:09 PM, May 28, 2016 | Updated: Sun 1:38 PM, May 29, 2016 CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KKTV) Fremont...
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This just in!
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And Gus is not at all pleased! http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/fired-bnsf-whistle-blower-awarded-1.6-million-by-jury/ Ouch! Uncle Warren is none too pleased that his "Golden Boy" didn't fight harder to reverse the award!
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Now this makes NO sense at all!
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http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/05/dont_take_selfies_on_railroad.html
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More Amtrak stuff
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Man killed by Amtrak train walked around railroad crossing gates, witnesses say(MLive file photo)Print Email By Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com Follow on Twitter on May 23, 2016 at 2:00 PM, updated May 23, 2016 at 2:13 PM WESTLAND, MI -- The Westland man struck and killed by a passenger train Sunday...
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Another former BNsf dood opines on 'saphety'...
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...at today's 2LARRCO. The guy happens ta be a phriend of ours from Interbay, now retired. 1 hr · Warning to my friends still at BNSF: Another example of the Company preaching safety, but punishing you practicing it in today's Seattle Times 5-17 page B2. A conductor was fired for going to the FRA bec...
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Lost
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He was distracted, that's what it was. Ever get distracted? Ever have a second someone say, hey, what are we doing? (Oh, I've got this) Oh, he didn't have that second someone, did he.The Amtrak engineer whose speeding train ran off the rails in Philadelphia last year was apparently distracted b...
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More from Krinkistan
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http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article77301367.html
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Amtrak over LAMCO rails
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Two people killed in last 10 days in same stretch of railroad tracks Updated: May 11, 2016 - 5:16 AM http://tinyurl.com/gmrhhdj LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. Neighbors in a local community have a warning after trains have hit and killed two people there Channel 2s Carl Willis spoke with neighbors Tuesd...
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"TransCon" completed...
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In 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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Somebody phukked up!
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How in the hell does shit like this happen? ALL school buses are required ta STOP! Open the exit door, look, wait, and listen before crossing tracks, even if they appear unused. So WTF applies here? http://ktla.com/2016/04/26/railroad-crossing-arm-ends-up-in-kids-lap-after-impaling-sch...
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Railroad histry leson
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From our frenz in Columbus. Ohio. http://tinyurl.com/jjm6rp7
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Coal news
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Top coal companies begin laying off workers in Wyoming 5Getty ImagesBy Devin Henry - 03/31/16 02:24 PM EDT Two of the countrys biggest coal companies have begun laying off workers at their Western coal mines, a region that so far has seen fewer industry job losses than Appalachia. Peabody Energy C...
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Fire! Fire! Fi...
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Never mind. It's been extinguished, or brought under control! Fire causes $100K in damage to eastern Iowa railroad bridgePublished 4:55 PM CDT Apr 16, 2016 SHERRILL, Iowa Authorities say fire has caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to a Canadian Pacific railroad bridge in eastern Iowa....
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