It’s awfully easy to grumble when services we take for granted are interrupted. For instance, once in a while – and I have no idea why – there is no mail delivery. That irritates me, even though most days the mail contains nothing by circulars and appeals for money. (I refuse to accept the possibility…
After much prodding of state, local and federal governments – and Amtrak, too – rail service between Boston and Portland, Maine, was begun in 2001. Since then, ridership on the Downeaster has steadily increased with new records being set every year … more than 475,000 last year with projections for yet another increase this year….
Two new grade crossing accidents to report today … both unfortunate and both all-too-typical. In Pinole, California (near Martinez in the Bay Area), a man and his dog were killed when hit by an Amtrak train. This accident is still being investigated, but there is speculation that the man could have been trying to save…
This one has happened just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, where an Amtrak train hit a truck carrying some new cars. News reports don’t say which train it was, but the accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. so I’d guess was the Piedmont which runs between Charlotte and Raleigh. The truck driver was unhurt and there…