Amtrak agrees to run Calif. commuter trains
Rail officials tentatively agreed Friday to hire Amtrak engineers to operate commuter trains and replace a private company that employed an engineer who was at the throttle during a 2008 crash that killed 25 people in the San Fernando Valley. More News Metrolink's board approved a memorandum of understanding...
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The most ambitious rail transit construction project in the United States, Denver’s FasTracks, is continuing on schedule despite the economic downturn and budget overruns. FasTracks will construct two new light rail lines, expand three existing light rail lines, construct new commuter rail lines to Denver International Airport, ...
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- News Source: The Orange County Register | about 1 month agoThe proposed contract would pay Amtrak $28 million in its first year to provide crews for the commuter trains that run through Orange County and across Southern California. Rail riders would see Amtrak crews on the trains starting next July, after...
- News Source: San Francisco Chronicle | about 1 month agoRail officials tentatively agreed Friday to hire Amtrak engineers to operate commuter trains and replace a private company that employed an engineer who was at the throttle during a 2008 crash that killed 25 people in the San Fernando Valley. More...
- News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month agoSouthern California's commuter rail system is expanding a safety system that automatically stops a train if it's on a collision course. Metrolink spokeswoman Angela Starr said Thursday that the agency has been installing automatic train braking...
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- Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.comSouthern California's commuter rail system is expanding a safety system that automatically stops a train if it's on a collision course.
- Blog Source: www.pennsylvaniapersonalinjuryblog.comHowever, data from the train showed the engineer applied the service brake for six seconds, instead of immediately hitting the emergency brake. It was the deadliest rail disaster in California history until last year, when a Metrolink ...
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