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Connecticut commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:57 MDT

Connecticut commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals

The Associated Press

Updated May 18, 2013 10:56AM MDT

Fairfield, Conn. • Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. About 250 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City’s Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside Bridgeport, MTA and Bridgeport officials said. The train was hit by a train heading west from New Haven to Gran...

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Ogden does the locomotion on National Train Day

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:47:57 MDT

Ogden does the locomotion on National Train Day

By Paul Beebe | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 12, 2013 04:47PM MDT

Ogden • Three words seemed to sum up why hundreds of people traveled Saturday to Union Station on the west side of this important railroad town, where National Train Day was being observed. Nostalgia, power and beauty. Bill Barnhart, 64, remembers the days when he was a kid watching freight trains rumble past his hometown of Palmdale, Calif., on their way to or from destinations he could only imagine. “They would run through Palmdale, along the Mojave Desert, at speeds of 65 to 70 miles an hour....

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A Look Back: Photos of the Transcontinental Railroad and Golden Spike historic site

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:51:02 MDT

A Look Back: Photos of the Transcontinental Railroad and Golden Spike historic site

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 02:51PM MDT

Each Friday, The Salt Lake Tribune presents images from its archives in a special series called A Look Back. Today’s photos show various events at the Golden Spike National Historic Site and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869. Every gallery of the series is available at www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback. Here are some of the previous installments: Life on the Ute Reservation in early the 1900s Women’s fashion in the 1960s Dogs in Utah around 1900 Utah’s early cultural...