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Freight derailment slows LIRR evening rush
john.valenti@newsday.comEvening rush-hour commuters on the Long Island Rail Road are experiencing delays on the Ronkonkoma branch after a freight train derailment earlier Thursday just east of the Deer Park train station. As of 5:00 p.m., the LIRR advised: -Eastbound trains...Tags: Farmingdale, Queens (New York City), Ronkonkoma, Railway Transportation, Long Island Rail Road
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Freight train derailment affects LIRR service
Long Island Rail Road service between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma has been restored following the derailment of a freight train. The railroad says the derailment occurred at 9:10 a.m. Thursday east of Deer Park when a New York & Atlantic Railway train...Tags: New York, Deer Park (Suffolk, New York), Transportation, Railway Transportation, Long Island Rail Road
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Management knew about train engineer's texting, lawyers say
Lawyers for victims of the Chatsworth Metrolink crash alleged Tuesday that officials with the contractor that provides crewmen to the commuter rail service knew that the engineer involved in the deadly crash had a history of sending text messages while on...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Railway Transportation, Transportation Industry, Los Angeles, Justice System
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Icy roadways blamed for fatal crash
Icy roads are being blamed for numerous accidents in southern and central Indiana, including one that killed a Petersburg woman on Indiana 57 about 30 miles north of Evansville. The Gibson County Sheriff's Department says a northbound white Pontiac...Tags: Vehicles, Indiana
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Lawyer: Train engineer in deadly LA crash regularly used cell phone; employer knew that
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for more than a dozen victims in a deadly commuter rail crash accused the engineer's employer of ignoring complaints that he regularly used his cell phone while operating trains. Another employee said he called managers...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, San Fernando, Los Angeles, Justice System, Lawyers
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2008 a year of highs -- and lows -- for LIRR
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comIf a movie were made about the Long Island Rail Road's tumultuous past year, the climactic scene could take place on the tracks of Jamaica Station in the days just before Thanksgiving. A derailment -- the second train accident in four days at Jamaica and...Tags: State Budgets, Long Island Rail Road, Vehicles, Retirement, Long Island
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For LIRR, was 2008 a year of highs - and lows
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comIf a movie were made about the Long Island Rail Road's tumultuous past year, the climactic scene could take place on the tracks of Jamaica Station in the days just before Thanksgiving. A derailment - the second train accident in four days at Jamaica...Tags: State Budgets, Long Island Rail Road, Road Transportation, Vehicles, Helena Williams
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1809: Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille raised-dot reading system for the blind, was born in Coupvray, France. 1821: The first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, Md. 1904: The Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v....Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Lyndon B. Johnson, Government, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups
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Freight train derails on Florida Panhandle
South Florida Sun-SentinelAuthorities say a CSX freight train carrying petroleum, wine and fruit has derailed in the Florida Panhandle amid heavy fog. A spokeswoman for Santa Rosa County says about 12,000 gallons of petroluem leaked from one tanker. But county spokeswoman Joy...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Florida
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Milton: Freight train derails in fog
Authorities say a CSX freight train carrying petroleum, wine and fruit has derailed in the Florida Panhandle amid heavy fog. A spokeswoman for Santa Rosa County says about 12,000 gallons of petroleum leaked from one tanker. But county spokeswoman Joy...Tags: Energy Resources, Dining and Drinking, Natural Resources, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Florida
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Freight train carrying wine, fruit and petroleum derails on Florida Panhandle
MILTON, Fla. (AP) — A freight train carrying petroleum, wine and fruit has derailed on the Florida Panhandle amid heavy fog. A spokeswoman for Santa Rosa County in the far western part of the Panhandle says about 150 to 200 gallons of petroleum...Tags: Energy Resources, Beverage Industry, Dining and Drinking, Natural Resources, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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