Railroad News

SECAUCUS A woman was killed when she jumped off a platform at Secaucus Transfer Station into the path of a New Jersey Transit train today at 12:48 p.m., an official said.

Drivers are about to pay more to use many New York City bridges and tunnels. Tolls are set to rise by 10 percent at 3 a.m. Sunday on the nine crossings controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Two lawsuits were filed Friday in relation to a Rockford train derailment that killed one woman and allegedly caused an estimated 55,000 gallons of ethanol to spill into the surrounding soil and water supply last month.

A La Pine man was killed early today when he was struck by a Burlington Northern - Santa Fe train at the Wickiup Junction intersection, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are CSX Corp., Fastenal Co.

The spring numbers suggest the summer will not be a robust one for tourism in Fairbanks.

Fire crews were called to Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte to put out a fire in a rail car just hours after another fire in it was extinguished.

This week, the Colorado Department of Transportation started an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project that will replace four bridges on I-76 over State Highway 224 and over the Union Pacific Railroad , mileposts 7.653 to 8.693. The existing bridges, originally constructed in 1967, are in poor condition and in great need of replacement.

KOBE West Japan Railway Co. President Masao Yamazaki was charged with negligence Wednesday over the 2005 train crash in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, that killed 107 people and injured 562.

Richard Ravitch, right, speaks while New York Governor David Paterson watches during a new conference in New York in 2008.

Alaska Railroad officials have identified Brett P. Miller, 42, of Anchorage, as the man killed this weekend along with his dog after both were struck by a passenger train near Montana Creek north of Wasilla.

The Toronto stock market was sharply lower for a second session Tuesday morning as doubts about the strength of an economic recovery persuaded investors to step back and take some more profits from the spring rally.

A pair of bus crashes in Philadelphia and a nearby city have left more than two dozen people with minor injuries, according to the Associated Press.

Atlantic Yards - a project to build a Nets arena, housing and other development in downtown Brooklyn - also holds out hope of local jobs, better Long Island Rail Road facilities and a much-needed financial boost for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority .

Slumping oil prices hit the TSX Monday. Canadian stocks were roughed up on Monday, as resource stocks tumbled on falling prices for oil and other commodities.

At approximately 7:25 p.m., an Alaska Railroad Corporation southbound passenger train struck a pick-up truck after it became stuck on the tracks near ARRC milepost 141, located near the village of Eklutna.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - The Greenbrier's new owner has hired a Connecticut architect with southern West Virginia roots to design a casino for the historic resort.

The Toronto stock market plunged about 300 points late Monday morning in a broadbased selloff led by commodity stocks amid fresh worries about an economic recovery.

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