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Back Story: Restoring historic stretch of railroad
For quite some time now, enthusiastic volunteers have been whacking brush, clearing debris and replacing ties and rails on the old Pennsylvania Railroad's Northern Central Division, one of the nation's most historic stretches of railroad, which courses 10...
Tags: Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Transportation, Elgin, Wars and Interventions, York County (Pennsylvania)
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Official: State railroad board to sell southeast SD abandoned rail line next month
Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Railroad Board is planning to sell 54 miles of an abandoned railroad line in the far southeast part of the state next month. The former freight line was built around 1900 and runs east of the Missouri River...Tags: Renewable Energy, Transportation, Environmental Issues, Politics, Biofuels
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Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good
As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Labor Markets, Rick Scott, Mark Twain, Natural Disasters
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Chinese bullet train leader charged with corruption
As Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to build California's own high-speed rail system, he's pointed to the example set by China, where 5,000 miles of track have been laid in recent years. During his visit there this week, he will ride one of those bullet trains from...
Tags: Political Corruption, Jerry Brown, China, Railway Transportation
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Eric Lomax dies at 93; ex-POW's act of forgiveness set stage for memoir 'The Railway Man'
"Some time the hating has to stop," reads the last line of "The Railway Man," a moving tale of wartime torture and forgiveness by former British prisoner of war Eric Lomax. Lomax was a British army officer when he was captured by Japanese forces during...Tags: Transportation, Movies, Entertainment, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees
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Remarkable Woman: Elaine Silets
If Elaine Silets ever writes her autobiography — and we can only hope she does, and soon — it will have to be published in a couple of volumes. The woman has stories. Born in Chicago to a lawyer father (the Marx Brothers were among his...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Lawyers, Neiman Marcus
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Restaurant inspections for March and April 2012
The following food service establishments were inspected by the Washington County Health Department in March and found to have sanitation violations that must be corrected within 30 days: Bavarian Pretzel Bakery, 17301 Valley Mall Road — Three...Tags: Water, Pizzas, Bars and Clubs, Marketing, Sandwiches
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African-American Involvement In Roanoke's Railroad History
ReporterThe contributions African-Americans made to Roanoke's rich railroad history are equally as rich. This weekend you can take a trip back in time to explore those contributions. It’s all part of the 14th annual African-American Norfolk and Western...Tags: Transportation, Christianity, Employees, Culture, Religion and Belief
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Letters to the Editor - March 19
Former railway could be used for commuter service To the editor: I see that fourth on the City of Hagerstown’s list of transportation priorities is the recreational trail following the old rail right-of-way from Hagerstown to Weverton. I think...Tags: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Transportation, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Carrollton, Commuting
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Former Virginian Railway station in Roanoke is getting a makeover
WDBJ7 ReporterA Roanoke landmark heavily damaged by fire is getting a major makeover. The former passenger station of the Virginian Railway is on Williamson Road not far from Community Hospital. If you've driven by here the last few years, you've seen nothing but a...Tags: Transportation, Railway Transportation, Travel
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Sen. Kirk faces a potentially long recovery from stroke
Chicago TribuneFirst-term Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk faces a potentially long road back from a weekend stroke that his neurosurgeon said could leave the lawmaker with lasting physical damage but also a full mental recovery. The 52-year-old North Shore politician...Tags: Elections, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mark Kirk, Parties and Movements, Dick Durbin
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Pastry and Paris sights become one and the same
Special to Tribune Newspapers"Pastry Paris: In Paris, Everything Looks Like Dessert" Little Bookroom, $19.95 This book takes its subtitle literally because, according to author and graphic designer Susan Hochbaum, everything in Paris does indeed look like dessert. Maybe part of...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Claude Monet, Pistachios, Contemporary Music (genre), Santiago Calatrava
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