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Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Midday: Best Buy, RH, Starbucks, Tenet Healthcare & More
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.
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Man Hit by Train in Southwest DC; Rail Service Delayed
A man was hit and killed by a train in Southwest D.C. Monday morning and train traffic in the area has been stopped. The man was struck in the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue SW, the D.C. fire department said on Twitter at 7:30 a.m. Amtrak, VRE and CSX trains are stopped in the area, the department said. VRE...
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CSX Train Hits, Kills Man in Germantown
A CSX freight train struck and killed a man at a MARC station in Germantown, Maryland, Wednesday night, authorities say. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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Amtrak Train, Truck Collide in Gaithersburg; Delays Reported
Authorities say an Amtrak train and a tractor-trailer have collided, leading to a diesel fuel spill and delays on all rail traffic.
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Father and 5-Year-Old Make DC Metro System Replica Using Toy Tracks
A little boy who loves the D.C. Metro built a full replica of the system using toy wooden train tracks.
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Federal Government Fines Maryland $30K for Delayed Installation of Safety System
The head of the Maryland Transit Administration is assuring riders that the Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) train service will meet a mandatory safety deadline, despite repeated warnings and fines issued by the federal government.
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DC PAC Behind ‘Surrender Donald' Message on CSX Bridge Above Beltway
The message “Surrender Donald” that popped up on an overpass above the Beltway Friday morning is apparently the work of a D.C. political action committee.
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2 Women Killed Walking Along Train Tracks in Germantown
Two women were hit by a CSX train and killed in Germantown, Maryland, Wednesday night as they walked along the tracks, police say.
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2 Women Killed Walking Along Maryland Train Tracks
Two women walking along railroad tracks in Germantown, Maryland, were hit by a train and killed Wednesday night. News4’s Chris Gordon spoke with a friend of one of the women. Neighbors say people often walk on the tracks.
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This Is How Relisha Rudd May Look Today
More than four years after 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from D.C., the search for the child continues, and investigators have a new idea of how she may look.
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Passenger Trains to Run Full Service Amid Derailment Cleanup
Officials say Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak will operate normal schedules while investigators determine what had caused a freight train to derail near Washington, D.C.
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Partial Bridge Collapse Causes Train Derailment
Fire officials say 30 freight-train cars have derailed in northern Virginia due to an apparent partial collapse of a railway bridge. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Md. Propane Tank Leak Over; Metro Service Resumes
Service on part of Metro’s Red Line has resumed after a leak from a 1,000 gallon propane tank at a Rockville, Maryland, business temporarily suspended service.
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Fire Threatens Metro, CSX Tracks in DC
Thick white plumes of smoke poured out of a warehouse in Northwest D.C. Wednesday as firefighters battled a blaze. The fire threatened nearby Metro and CSX tracks. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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‘They Did It Again': 1993 Amtrak Disaster Survivor Relives Each New Crash
In the dark of night, three travelers advanced inexorably toward tragedy. Accompanied by her parents on her first train trip, 11-year-old Andrea Chancey couldn’t sleep despite the steady rocking of the Amtrak coach. Aboard the same train after missing a flight, Ken Ivory lounged nearby. Miles away, Willie C. Odom steered a towboat as it pushed barges up a river...
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Amtrak to Stop Service on Tracks Lacking Speed Controls
Amtrak is considering suspending service on tracks that don’t have sophisticated speed controls by a Dec. 31 deadline, the railroad’s top executive said Thursday, threatening to disrupt operations across the U.S. in a push to strengthen safety after a series of deadly wrecks. President and CEO Richard Anderson told a House subcommittee that Amtrak is worried passengers are being put...
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Trump's Deregulation Drive Weakens Safety Rules: Analysis
An Associated Press review of the Department of Transportation’s rulemaking activities in Trump’s first year in office shows at least a dozen safety rules that were under development or already adopted have been repealed, withdrawn, delayed or put on the back burner. In most cases, those rules are opposed by powerful industries. And the political appointees running the agencies that...
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Even When Not at Fault, Amtrak Can Bear Cost of Accidents
Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, last weekend. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak will likely end up paying crash victims’ legal claims with public money. Amtrak pays for accidents it didn’t cause because of secretive agreements...
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Rail Industry Says Key Safety Technology Not Due Until 2020
The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end of the year. Indeed, freight and commuter rail officials speak as if there never was any plan to complete their work on the technology known as positive train control, or...