Watch the Retired ‘Big Boy’ Steam Train Rescue a Stalled Freight Train in Nebraska
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The Drive ^
| 10 July 2023 | LEWIN DAY
Once one of the heaviest steam locomotives in the world, the Big Boy 4014 recently stumbled into a mission. The
famous Union Pacific Big Boy was the heaviest steam locomotive ever built when it became operational in the 1940s. An icon of the American railroads, it was retired from service in 1959 as the diesel age took hold. Recently, however, the last running Big Boy was tasked with the important mission of rescuing a freight train stalled in Nebraska. The video shows the 4014 gently pulling up and coupling with the freight train ahead. After a spell, it roars into...
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California takes aim at freight train emissions, bans non-electric train engines
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FOX NEWS ^
| April 28, 2023 | By Thomas Catenacci
California is taking action to curb locomotive emissions operating within its borders as part of the state's sweeping climate agenda. On
Thursday, the California Air Resource Board (CARB), a state agency tasked with protecting air quality and reducing harmful pollution, announced that it would pursue aggressive regulations to limit freight train emissions. The so-called In-Use Locomotive Regulation makes California the first state to tackle freight train emissions which represent just 0.5% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to federal data.
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Train-loving toddler, 3, killed by freight train after he and his two-year-old sister sneaked...
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DAILY MAIL UK ^
| August 8, 2018 | DM reporter
FULL TITLE: Train-loving toddler, 3, killed by freight train after he and his two-year-old sister sneaked away from home and went to the railroad tracks An Indiana family has been left devastated after their three-year-old son and his two-year-old sister were hit by a freight train after sneaking out of their home.
Caleb Wilson was killed on impact when he was struck by the train around 9.30am on Tuesday. His sister Ellie was hospitalized in critical condition. The children's parents have been identified as Kelsey Benson and Jacob Wilson. Family members said Caleb adored trains and that Ellie adored her...
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Amtrak passenger train collides with freight train in SC, injuries reported
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ABC ^
| 2/4/2018 | ABC
An Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina early Sunday morning, causing injuries, the national passenger railroad service said. Amtrak
said in a statement, "Amtrak Train 91, operating between New York and Miami, came in contact with a CSX freight train at around 2:35 am in Cayce, South Carolina." The statement continued, "The lead engine derailed, as well as some passenger cars. There were 8 crew members and approximately 139 passengers, with injuries reported. Local authorities are on the scene responding. More information will be provided as available."
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The great train heists of the 21st Century: Thieves armed with bolt cutters and crowbars are clambering aboard lumbering freight locomotives laden with Amazon boxes and staging brazen raids that shame Los Angeles
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Daily Mail ^
| 2.10.2024 | Will Potter
California cops have been left scrambling as gangs of thieves armed with bolt cutters and crowbars are clambering aboard mile-long trundling freight trains to loot expensive electronic goods, high-end clothing and jewelry. Sometimes
the robbers strike while the lumbering locomotives are still moving, while others brazenly trigger the emergency brakes so that their accomplices can hack their way into the metal containers. LA is the undisputed 'capital of cargo theft' with trains ferrying goods from the major ports, but the spate of train thefts have almost doubled across the nation since 2019. The issue of mass cargo theft shot into...
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Why Inflation Is A Runaway Freight Train
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Nation & State ^
| 11-30-2021 | Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog
The value of these super-abundant follies will trend rapidly to zero once margin calls and other bits of reality drastically reduce demand.Inflation, deflation, stagflation–they’ve all got proponents. But
who’s going to be right? The difficulty here is that supply and demand are dynamic and so there are always things going up in price that haven’t changed materially (and are therefore not worth the higher cost) and other things dropping in price even though they haven’t changed materially. So proponents of inflation and deflation can always offer examples supporting their case. The stagflationist camp is delighted to offer a compromise case:...
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North Korea freight train en route to launch pad
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UPI ^
| Oct. 1, 2015 | Elizabeth Shim
North Korea freight train en route to launch pad The United States, South Korea and Japan have all confirmed the train is headed for the launch pad. By
Elizabeth Shim | Oct. 1, 2015 at 9:55 PM Follow @upi SEOUL, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A freight train has begun moving in the direction of North Korea's Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan province. The train, headed for North Korea's rocket launch pad was first spotted on Thursday, an unidentified source told Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Yonhap reported the contents of the freight train were unknown, but it was...
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#MeToo Freight Train Now Speeding Toward President Trump
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Canada Free Press ^
| 12/14/17 | Judi McLeod
Not only can they assassinate the characters of your loved ones and leave your family in heartbreaking ruins—they have been getting away with it Republican candidate Roy Moore didn’t lose the Alabama election last night. We
the People did. The national #MeToo spotlight Freight Train, where 59 female Democratic politicians, including the likes of Senators Lizzy Warren and Kristen Gillibrand, who left an empty cowboy hat on the station platform, are now on their way to mow down bigger game.
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Freight train begins first journey from Britain to China
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oman times ^
| 04/10/2017 | reuters
The 7,500-mile (12,000 km) journey from eastern England to eastern China will take three weeks, around half the time needed for the equivalent journey by boat. The
first freight train from China arrived in Britain in January. The bright red train left a depot at Stanford-Le-Hope in Essex for Barking in east London, hauling dozens of containers. From Barking, it will pass through the Channel Tunnel into France and on to Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan before ending up in Yiwu in China.
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China's first direct freight train to UK arrives in London
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ITV ^
| 1/18/2016
The first freight train service from China to the UK arrived in London on Wednesday completing its 18-day trip. Some
34 containers packed with mainly clothes and other high street goods completed the 7,456-mile (11,999km) journey in east London. The train departed east China's Yiwu City in Zhejiang Province on New Year's Day and is scheduled to arrive in Barking just after lunchtime. The 7,400-mile journey passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France before entering the UK via the Channel Tunnel. It is hoped the China Railway train will become a cost-efficient and time-saving way of transporting...
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Freight train derails while crossing the Potomac at Harpers Ferry
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UPI ^
| Dec. 21, 2019 | Christen McCurdy
Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A CSX freight train derailed off a bridge while crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, W.V., Saturday. No injuries were reported in the derailment, which sent several cars into the river at about 2:50 a.m. Saturday. No cause has been announced. A
press release from the Washington County Department of Emergency Services said a road near the bridge is closed and is expected to stay closed until at least midnight, possibly longer.
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McConnell puts big government freight train back on track
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Powerline ^
| Feburary 8,2018 | Paul Mirengoff
Skepticism is always in order on the substance of any agreement between Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats, especially if the subject is spending. When
it comes to the spending deal Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer reached, skepticism should probably give way to alarm. The deal raises spending caps on discretionary spending by nearly $300 billion over two years. According to Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, this means a 14 percent annual spending increase over current levels. I agree with Michael Needham of Heritage Action. Such an increase in spending is “fiscally irresponsible and creates serious long-term budget...
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'Freight Train' Trump Hits All-Time High In Poll
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wnd.com ^
| February 17
Donald Trump has scored his highest numbers in a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday that found him with a 2-1 lead among Republican voters nationwide, with 39 percent. He's
followed by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida with 19 percent and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with 18 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 6 percent with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Dr. Ben Carson at 4 percent each. Nine percent are undecided. This compares to the results of a Feb. 5 survey by the independent Quinnipiac University, showing Trump with...
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Honor student, 17, is struck by freight train and loses both feet after lying down....
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daily mail uk ^
| march 3, 2017 | Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
FULL TITLE: Honor student, 17, is struck by freight train and loses both feet after lying down with legs draped over the tracks A 17-year-old Georgia high school senior has lost both his feet after being struck by a freight train in suburban Atlanta. Lilburn Police Captain Thomas Bardugon say the victim,
identified as Jacob Ohl, was lying alongside the train tracks near Shelly Lane with his feet draped over the rail when he was struck by a northbound CSX train at 1pm Thursday. It took the locomotive between half a mile and three quarters of a mile to stop...
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Freight train derails in Pa., causing evacuations, road closures: reports
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Pennlive ^
| 17 July A.D. 2023 | Chris Mautner
A freight train derailed in Montgomery County early Monday morning, according to police and news reports. The
incident occurred at around 4:50 a.m. near the intersection of Stenton Avenue and Joshua Road in Whitemarsh township, according to 6ABC, NBC10 and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Whitemarsh Township Police Department said on Facebook that residents and businesses that were located closest to the accident have been evacuated, but that further evacuations are not believed to be necessary at this time. The police department also said the only thing that leaking from any of the rail cars is silicone pellets, which do not...
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Chaotic Pittsburgh freight train derailment blocks light rail tracks
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Fox News ^
| August 5, 2018 | Frank Miles
A freight train derailed in Pittsburgh Sunday, officials said, uprooting seven rail cars and sending shipping containers tumbling down a hillside onto light rail tracks below. No
injuries have been reported, authorities said, and no hazardous materials were involved. Norfolk Southern spokesman Jim Glass said the westbound train heading from northern New Jersey to Chicago consisted of three locomotives and 57 loaded intermodal rail cars, and was 7,687 feet long and weighed 4,838 tons. Such trains primarily carry consumer goods such as appliances, clothes, electronics and food, he said. The cause of the derailment was under investigation. Glass said the...
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Two dead and 70 passengers are injured as Amtrak train smashes into freight carriages in South...
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DAILY MAIL UK ^
| Feb 4, 2018 | Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com and Alexander Robertson For Mailonline
FULL TITLE: Two dead and 70 passengers are injured as Amtrak train smashes into freight carriages in South Carolina At least two people have died and dozens more are seriously injured after a passenger train smashed into freight carriages in South Carolina. Officials said more than 70 people had been transported to
local hospitals after the Amtrak service flew off the line. Several of those injured suffered broken bones. It's still unclear if any of the passengers are being treated for life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred around 2.30am when the Amtrak service, traveling between New York and Miami, collided with...
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Climate activists seen in video trying to block freight train hauling coal, tweet claims
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Fox News ^
| December 16 2019 | Edmund DeMarche
An environmental reporter in Massachusetts posted a video on Twitter late Monday that she said showed a freight train hauling coal being met with a group of climate change activists on a dark track. The
train was seen moving slowly through Worchester, Mass., and about a dozen activists with small lights could be seen surrounding the tracks. The train’s horn was blaring, but the activists appeared to continue to give it chase. The train was headed to New Hampshire, the reporter wrote.
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Former Special Assistant to President Trump Reveals ‘A Freight Train’ of Election Audits Are Coming
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Conservative Brief ^
| 4/29 | Martin Walsh
A former Special Assistant to Donald Trump revealed on Thursday that a "freight train" of election audits are coming. Boris
Epshteyn joined Steve Bannon on The War Room and began discussing Joe Biden’s speech to a limited joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. Epshteyn told the War Room audience that, thanks to the courage of the Arizona patriots, a “freight train” of election audits are coming in in Maricopa County.
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Huge ten-car freight train derailment in Tempe, Arizona sparks fireball and bridge collapse and fears of a toxic leak from tanker marked 'hazardous materials'
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Daily Mail ^
| 10:35 EDT, 29 July 2020 | LAUREN FRUEN
A freight train derailed in Tempe, Arizona Wednesday morning, sparking a huge fire and causing part of a bridge to collapse. Pictures
from the scene show the blaze over Tempe Beach Park after up to ten cars derailed, including a tanker labeled with a hazardous materials sign. The incident happened at around 6am local time. Lumber and debris can be seen in the water. None of the train’s crew members were hurt but there was a report of someone suffering from smoke inhalation, said Tim McMahan, a spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad. McMahan said two tanker cars on the ground...
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