A rash of train derailments, one of them resulting in a significant public health and environmental threat, do not reflect an overall breakdown in railroad safety, including along the network of railway lines that run through the Riverside metropolitan area, officials from two major rail operators insisted Friday.
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Two Union Pacific workers are dead after a train collided with equipment on the tracks just east of Mecca.
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Amtrak’s Southwest Chief line originated from L.A. Union Station and passed through Riverside and San Bernardino
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(CNN) — Travel this long holiday weekend will be busy — and not only by pandemic standards. Experts expect it will rival the busiest Independence Day weekend of the pre-coronavirus era. Lines at airports and jams on the highways will be back with a vengeance, they say. AAA forecasts a record number of Americans are […]
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Riverside County Transportation Commission member and Indian Wells Mayor Pro Tem Dana Reed was chosen to lead the rail corridor agency that manages the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, it was announced Wednesday. Reed was unanimously selected to serve as chairman of the Los Angeles- San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency Board of Directors for […]
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PALM SPRINGS (CNS) – An alleged carjacking outside the Amtrak Station in Palm Springs spurred a multi-city police chase and the arrest of a 25-year- old felon from Banning who remains in jail Thursday on $100,000 bail. Richard Felix Garcia was arrested in Redlands about noon Wednesday on suspicion of felony evading, possessing a stolen […]
