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$85B Railroad Merger Would Reshape US Freight, Union Warns Of 'Monopoly In Disguise' $85B Railroad Merger Would Reshape US Freight, Union Warns Of 'Monopoly In Disguise'
$85B Railroad Merger Would Reshape US Freight, Union Warns Of 'Monopoly In Disguise' Two major rail companies are planning to merge, potentially creating the first transcontinental freight railroad in the country's history. Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced the landmark $85 billion deal on Tuesday, July 29. The combined company would stretch over 50,000 route miles across 43 states, connecting nearly 100 ports and unifying two of the largest freight carriers into a $250 billion business. The nation's coasts were linked by rail in 1869, when a golden spike was driven in Utah, connecting Union Pacific and Central Pacific's lines. Despite the con…

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by Chris Spiker
Obituaries
Community Unites To Help Family Of 14-Year-Old Girl Killed By Train Community Unites To Help Family Of 14-Year-Old Girl Killed By Train
Community Unites To Help Family Of 14-Year-Old Girl Killed By Train A 14-year-old Worcester girl fatally struck by a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter train last week had big dreams and an even bigger smile, her loved ones say. Isabella “Bella” Brady was among a group of teenagers who trespassed along a commuter rail line near Atlas Street on Thursday, June 26. She was walking along the Framingham/Worcester Line tracks with headphones in when she was hit around 8 p.m., CBS News reported.  Bella’s aunt, Ellen O’Toole, created a GoFundMe to help cover the teen’s funeral expenses. Bella was full of life—kind, funny, and deeply love…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Crash Report Reveals Heroic Dad, Son Died Trying To Save Suicidal Brother From Bristol Amtrak Crash Report Reveals Heroic Dad, Son Died Trying To Save Suicidal Brother From Bristol Amtrak
Crash Report Reveals Heroic Dad, Son Died Trying To Save Suicidal Brother From Bristol Amtrak A 110 mph Amtrak train struck a father and his two sons during a frantic struggle on the rails in Bristol Borough, Bucks County, on Thursday, April 3 at 6:02 p.m., newly released investigative records obtained by Daily Voice through a Freedom of Information Act request on Wednesday, June 11 show. Christopher Cramp, 56, and his eldest son, David Cramp, 31, were pulling 24-year-old Thomas Cramp off the tracks when all three were hit by southbound Train 85, according to the redacted Amtrak Police report. Thomas had just fallen toward an adjacent line after what officers believe was a suicide at…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Totaled By A Train, Spotted On The Parkway — Because, Jersey VIDEO: Totaled By A Train, Spotted On The Parkway — Because, Jersey
Video: Totaled By A Train, Spotted On The Parkway — Because, Jersey Got hit by a train. Still made it to the Parkway. New footage shows the same mangled Honda Civic that was slammed by an NJ Transit train in Bergen County casually cruising down the Garden State Parkway — without its bumper, trunk lid, or license plate. The Civic, which was struck at the Fair Lawn Avenue crossing on Thursday, May 22, was spotted by Ahmed Kasab near the southbound lanes near the Bloomfield toll plaza. Kasab, a mechanic in Paramus, was stunned. Click here to watch. "The whole passenger side airbag was hanging down," Kasab said, noting that driver seemed like that …

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by Cecilia Levine