Date: 3/3/2009 By KEVIN FREKING and DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A commuter train engineer text messaged a promise to a teenage railroad fan — “I’m gonna do all the radio talkin’ … ur gonna run the locomotive”…
Chicago train teen puts alleged trip on MySpace
Date: 10/24/2008 2:56 PM CHICAGO (AP) _ Transportation officials in Chicago say they first learned about allegations that an 18-year-old operated a commuter train after the teen apparently put pictures of the unauthorized ride on his MySpace page. Metra spokeswoman…
Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash
Date: 10/1/2008 10:07 PM By DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing…
Rail collision altered lives in and outside train
Date: 9/20/2008 1:52 PM By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It was shaping up as a perfect afternoon when Kipp Landis climbed aboard the doomed Metrolink 111 train at Union Station. Landis had managed to get away…