Some of the 100 to 150 passengers on the early morning Metro-North train from suburban Poughkeepsie to Manhattan said they were jolted awake around 7:20 a.m. to screams and the frightening sensation of their compartment rolling over on a bend where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet in the Bronx. When the motion stopped, four […]
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Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway rehiring workers thanks to $3 million loan
HERMON — Thanks to a recent $3 million loan, workers are being rehired by the bankrupt railway that owned the runaway train that devastated a Canadian town, killing 47 people, the railway’s court-appointed trustee said Monday. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway secured a $3 million loan from Camden National Bank to allow it to keep […]
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Amtrak considers more Brunswick trips
BRUNSWICK — New figures released last week by Amtrak show the Downeaster train from Boston to Portland and Brunswick is busier than ever, prompting officials to contemplate eventually increasing the number of trips. Ridership on the Downeaster is up 3 percent from last year, and up a “staggering” 123 percent since the service started in […]
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Train kills 2 track workers amid SF Bay strike
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area commuter train returning from routine maintenance struck and killed two workers who were inspecting the tracks Saturday afternoon — an accident that comes amid a strike that has shut the Bay Area Rapid Transit system down to riders for the past few days. The four-car train […]
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CEO of Rail World — Montreal, Maine and Atlantic parent — sits on board of company suing railway in bankruptcy
In what some experts say could be a conflict of interest, the CEO of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s parent company also sits on the board of directors of the railway’s second-largest creditor, which on Tuesday sued to ensure it is first to be paid from MMA’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. Ed Burkhardt, CEO of […]
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Full service to resume on crippled NYC-Conn. rail
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Transit Authority says full service will be restored to a crippled line of the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad. The MTA says Saturday that the line running between New Haven, Conn., and Grand Central Terminal in New York City will run at full capacity beginning Monday. The MTA says Monday’s […]
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Attorney for Lac-Megantic victims says he will sue Irving over mislabeling of oil in train cars
BANGOR — An Illinois attorney who represents the victims of the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, train disaster and their families said Friday that he will file a lawsuit against Irving Oil Co., the Canadian firm that hired the railroad to ship crude oil to its refinery in New Brunswick. Peter J. Flowers of Chicago, who represents the […]
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Attorney for Lac-Megantic victims says he will sue Irving over mislabeling of oil in train cars
BANGOR — An Illinois attorney who represents the victims of the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, train disaster and their families said Friday that he will file a lawsuit against Irving Oil Co., the Canadian firm that hired the railroad to ship crude oil to its refinery in New Brunswick. Peter J. Flowers of Chicago, who represents the […]
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Ellsworth woman escapes major injury after driving into path of oncoming train
ELLSWORTH — A woman who drove into the path of a slow-moving tourist train Monday afternoon was lucky to escape with only minor injuries, according to police and witnesses. Gabriella Just, 25, of Ellsworth had been driving east on Davis Street at 2:10 p.m. when she apparently failed to notice the Downeast Scenic Railroad train […]
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court asked to handle compensation for victims of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train disaster
BANGOR — A federal bankruptcy judge could decide how much compensation families of the victims killed by the train crash in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, receive. A motion filed last month in the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s bankruptcy petition asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louis Kornrich to appoint a committee to represent wrongful death and personal injury […]