A $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area has started construction.
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One union rejects deal days ahead of rail strike deadline
Passenger service Amtrak, which uses some freight tracks, has already cancelled a number of its long-distance trains this week, and said the rest of its long-distance trains would stop Thursday.
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'It smells like death:' Alabama endures NYC 'poop train'
PARRISH, Ala. (AP) — A stinking trainload of human waste from New York City is stranded in a tiny Alabama town, spreading a stench like a giant backed-up toilet — and the “poop train” is just the latest example of the South being used as a dumping ground for other states’ waste. In Parrish, Alabama, […]
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Amtrak drops plan to extend Downeaster to Rockland this summer
ROCKLAND — There will be no passenger train service between Brunswick and Rockland this summer. Amtrak was unable to conduct a risk assessment of the 58 miles of track along the route, which is necessary before service can resume, Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, said Tuesday. Quinn said […]
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Truck crashes into train in Leeds
LEEDS — A pickup truck driven by a Turner man slid into a slow-moving freight train at Routes 219 and 106 early Wednesday morning, The rented truck owned by U-Haul and driven by Danny Arnold, 47, was moving too fast for the snowy conditions, according to Maine State Police Trooper Nathan Jamo. The railroad and […]
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Amtrak train hurtles off overpass; at least six people killed
DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass at an estimated 80 mph Monday south of Seattle and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least six people, authorities said. Seventy-seven passengers and five crew members were aboard when […]
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Wilton woman crushed by train recovering at home
WILTON — Mindy Sprague likes a challenge and she’s in the midst of one of the biggest of her life. Sprague, 34, who works in the Bakery Department of the Farmington Walmart, is home recovering from devastating injuries from being crushed by a train June 28 at a Sappi Fine Paper train yard at its Somerset […]
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Sen. Susan Collins lays out ‘new agenda for America’
LEWISTON — After a campaign that’s left the country bitter and divided, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins offered four “achievable goals” Thursday to help heal the wounds and get the country moving in the right direction. Calling it “a new agenda for America,” the four-term Republican said her proposal would draw support from Democrats as well […]
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Auburn City Council talks pros, cons of rail study
AUBURN — City councilors indicated support Monday for chipping in $50,000 for a passenger rail study but were concerned about raising that amount in a short time. More than a dozen people expressed views on the topic for about an hour. The issue was not on the council’s agenda for a vote. Action is expected […]
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Funds to study passenger rail for Lewiston-Auburn survive LePage veto
AUGUSTA — A $400,000 state-funded study aimed at developing a plan to bring passenger train service to Lewiston-Auburn remains on track despite an attempt by Gov. Paul LePage to derail it. Lawmakers in both the House and Senate on Friday overturned a LePage line-item veto of the study that was part of the state’s new, […]