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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) - He's missing a lot of hair, but a Siberian husky has a new name and a new life, thanks to a construction worker and police officer who rescued him from a railroad track ...
Rail agencies use heat, sometimes with flames, to thaw tracks Railroad agencies warm up switch points to prevent frozen or clogged switches, allowing trains to link to other tracks.
The repair project would restore the Richland railroad to Class II status, allowing trains to move at 25 mph. The grant ...
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVD) -- Think it's cold in North Carolina? Well, states to our north and northwest are experiencing temperatures that are much, much worse. Temperatures at Chicago's O'Hare Airport ...
Trains in both directions were delayed beginning about 6:30 a.m. because of frozen switches near Cicero and Congress Parkway. A broken rail also was reported on the same line, according to Metra.
The train cars that are not being used are visibly parked on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks and wrapped for storage ...
However, keeping railroad tracks free of debris of any significant size is a safety imperative, not just for trains but also for homes or whatever else of any importance that might be near the tracks.