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Rosedale train derailment leads to suit against truck driver
The rail transport company CSX is suing the truck driver involved in last month's Rosedale train crash, arguing that he did not take proper care when crossing the railroad tracks. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, names John...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Railway Accidents, Justice System, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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What brought down TWA Flight 800? Group wants investigation reopened
Federal officials are weighing a request to reopen the investigation of the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. A group of former investigators, interviewed in a...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Boeing Co., Explosions, Epix (tv network), Career and Workplace
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Federal agency launches app to aid rail-crossing safety
Less than a month after a fiery train derailment in Rosedale, the Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday launched a smartphone mobile application to provide safety information about more than 200,000 highway-rail grade crossings. The free app, Rail...
Tags: Railway Accidents, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), New Products, Transportation Accidents, Ray LaHood
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Vacation travel picking up; for business, not so much
With the economy on the rebound, Americans once again are cracking open their pocketbooks to take family vacations and other leisure trips. But corporate managers in charge of spending for business conferences and conventions remain tightfisted with...
Tags: Travel, JetBlue Airways, Boeing Co., Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure
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Video Shows Plane's-Eye View of 2012 Fairbanks Crash
Channel 2 NewsAn online video is offering a dramatic look at a 2012 plane crash near the Fairbanks International Airport that left two people with minor injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board’s probable cause report on the crash of the...Tags: Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Air and Space Accidents
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Hostels getting swankier for cost-conscious travelers
The summer travel season is here, and like many people, you may be planning a getaway. According to a survey released in May by Orbitz, the travel search engine, 77percent of people expect to take a summer vacation this year. For anyone who is young and...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Greek Gods and Goddesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Atlantic Ocean, Authors, Arts and Culture
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Balto. Co. train derailment drew 911 calls from miles away
An employee at a scaffolding company next to the railroad tracks in Rosedale was one of the first people to see the train leave its tracks after it rammed into a truck last month. "There's just a train wreck in front of us and it's on fire," the man...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Railway Accidents, Explosions, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Washington Co.'s dominant area for lodging shifts from Dual Highway to Interstate 81
arnoldp@herald-mail.comFifteen years ago, Hagerstown’s eastern edge along Dual Highway near Interstate 70 was Washington County’s hotel hot spot, with four of its five busiest hotels. But these days, the locations that dominate have swung to the city’s...Tags: Travel, Economy, Business and Finance, Rentals, Corporate Officers, Trips and Vacations
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NTSB: Mo. train collision caused $11M in damage
CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) - Federal investigators say a Union Pacific freight train involved in a collision with another freight train had a signal to stop at the rail intersection where the crash occurred in southeast Missouri. The May 25 accident occurred...
Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Railway Accidents, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board
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Former Iron Dog Racer's Condition Improves after Plane Crash
Channel 2 NewsIt's been almost four months since a plane following the Iron Dog snowmachine race crashed near the Rainy Pass Lodge, badly injuring both pilot Robert Stone and his passenger, former Iron Dog racer Jason Wichman. Wichman suffered brain trauma and is now...Tags: Coma, Transportation Accidents, Auction Service, National Transportation Safety Board, Air and Space Accidents
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New details emerge in probe of Rosedale train derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board released new details Wednesday on its investigation into last month's train derailment and explosion in Rosedale, finding that more chemicals were released in the crash than originally reported. NTSB...
Tags: Broken Bones, Disasters and Accidents, Railway Accidents, Explosions, Transportation Accidents
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