LIFTING RAIL BRIDGE STUCK

A bridge that became stuck open along the Connecticut shoreline disrupted train service on the Metro-North Railroad as well as Amtrak, early in October. According to the New York Metropolitan...

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LIRR IN TROUBLE

This was supposed to be the year that the troubles on New York's Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) came to a halt. A $56 million state-of-the-art computerised signal system was installed last autumn at the...

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LIGHTNING KNOCKS OUT PARTS OF LIRR

On 30 September, lighting struck power lines near Jamaica station on the busy Long Island Railroad (LIRR) during peak rush hour, suspending service from Penn Station in Manhattan to most Long Island...

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Amtrak Breakdown

An Amtrak passenger train that left Stanley, North Dakota, in the morning of 21 September ran into a series of problems that caused it to arrive 15 hours late in St Paul, Minnesota, before continuing...

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COMMUTERS DELAYED BY FREIGHT BREAKDOWN

On 22 September, a disabled Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) freight train caused delays of up to 85 minutes for Metra commuter trains running into Chicago. Train nos 1200, 1202, 1204, 1206 and...

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CHICAGO DERAILMENT

On 15 September, the derailment of a locomotive near Elburn, a Chicago suburban station, resulted in commuter trains having to turn short at LaFox. Buses were brought in to take passengers from there...

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CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR - MULTIPLE PROBLEMS

The California Zephyr had been temporarily out of commission, but partial service resumed during the first weekend in September. Eastbound Train 6 left Emeryville, California for Denver on 3...

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PASSENGER TRAIN HITS CONTAINER ON THE LINE

At about 21:00 on 3 September, an Amtrak train en route from Chicago to Pontiac with 29 passengers on board hit a shipping container lying on the line in Ferndale. Amtrak spokeswoman Danelle Hunter...

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TROPICAL STORM LEE - TRAINS RESUME

In the first week of September, Amtrak passenger services in the south of the United States were disrupted by flooding caused by Tropical storm Lee. Trains were restored gradually, beginning with the...

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AMTRAK DERAILMENT IN NEBRASKA

On 26 August, Amtrak's San Francisco-Chicago California Zephyr derailed in rural Nebraska. The leading locomotive fell onto its side. According to the press 'Fortunately, there were no reports of...

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