Provides the latest RSS feeds for Transportation News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Manufacturing Mirror.com http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/cat/b580ed40e5e1483a/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 20:33:51 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:33:51 -0400 30 CHAFFEE, Mo. (AP) -- A highway overpass in southeast Missouri collapsed early Saturday when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after a cargo train collision, authorities said. Seven people were injured, though none ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214764764/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 19:18:06 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214764764/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Emergency personnel respond to the scene where of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo. Saturday. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763870/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 17:19:40 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763870/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a HELENA -- The Montana Transportation Department is spending millions of dollars this spring, summer and fall to build and repair highways and ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763871/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 17:12:18 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763871/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763846/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 17:06:49 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763846/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Seven people were hurt when two trains collided near an overpass in Missouri, damaging a bridge two cars were driving on at the time, officials said. The two freight trains were on a section of track in Chaffee, Mo., early Saturday when they collided. One of the trains struck a pillar for the Highway M overpass, causing the bridge to buckle, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walters said. Five people ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763873/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 16:58:53 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763873/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said.None of the seven people hurt in the fiery crash - two train workers and five people who had been in the two cars on the overpass - suffered life-threatening injuries, Scott County sheriff Rick Walter said in a statement."One train T-boned ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763288/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 15:56:31 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763288/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a resolution on May 21 in strong support of a comprehensive transportation investment package, including direct funding and funding options for local ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763289/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 15:46:54 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214763289/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Two freight trains collided, struck a highway support pillar, and collapsed the overpass, injuring several people, though no one suffered severe ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762924/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 15:11:46 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762924/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a By Tom Costello, NBC News Correspondent The TSA announced a dubious record this week, reporting that it had seized 65 firearms at airport security checkpoints.The seizures buried the previous mark of 50 guns, the TSA reported, and included 54 loaded weapons -- 19 of which at rounds chambered.Among the seizures was a firearm strapped to the prosthetic leg of a male passenger at Salt Lake City ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762906/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:51 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762906/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Emergency responders view the damage from an overpass that collapsed Saturday after two freight trains collided at a rail intersection. The collision injured seven people ignited a fire and triggered the collapse of the overpass they were passing under dispatcher ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762064/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 13:27:56 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762064/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a CHAFFEE, Mo. - A federal agency has sent investigators to southeast Missouri, where seven people were injured when two cargo trains collided on tracks under a highway overpass, causing the overpass to partially collapse.Scott County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Clay Slipis said the collision happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday near Chaffee when a Union Pacific train hit a Burlington Northern ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762109/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 13:26:30 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214762109/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a sent out a mayday call just before 1pm saying it had run aground at Little Sound, part of Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast and was taking on ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214761355/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 12:39:52 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214761355/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a The Banff Springs Hotel presents a remarkable picture for tourists in the Bow Valley. It has evolved from the original wooden building to the iconic stone structure ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214761357/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 12:30:52 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214761357/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a The ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214761354/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 12:12:46 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214761354/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in southeastern Missouri on Saturday, injuring seven people, igniting a fire and triggering the collapse of an overpass under which they were traveling, a county sheriff's dispatcher said.Dispatcher Clay Slipis of the Scott County Sheriff's Office said that five people who had been traveling in cars on the overpass were injured as were ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214760309/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 10:47:24 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214760309/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Police said Sarah McClay was attacked at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, near Dalton in Furness. She was taken by air ambulance to Royal Preston Hospital following the attack, where she later ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214760310/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 10:40:32 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214760310/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a SCOTT COUNTY, Mo. (KSDK) - Two freight trains collided early Saturday morning causing extensive damage to a Highway M overpass. The collision occurred on a stretch of tracks between Scott City, Missouri and Chaffee, Missouri. Officials with the Scott County Sheriff's Department say that the trains struck each other at an intersection of two railroad tracks. Several fire departments ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214759748/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 09:41:59 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214759748/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a ? ????????????, ?????????????, ????????????, ??????????, ?????????? ????? ?????? ? ????. - ??????????? ????? ???????? ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214758002/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 07:33:53 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214758002/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Michael Adebowale, one of the suspects in the Woolwich murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, saw a friend "literally sliced to pieces" when they were both ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214758003/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 07:33:12 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214758003/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a The temptation to hold onto an official bungalow 'illegally' in the Capital is not exclusive to bureaucrats and political leaders. Even Indian Railways officials are attracted by the prospect of living in New Delhi localities.They refuse to let go of their accommodation even after transfers and retirements, especially when it comes to living in VIP areas such as Sardar Patel Marg and ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214758004/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 07:19:25 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214758004/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a THERE is much hope for motorbike transport (bodaboda) to become safe, thanks to whoever is supporting on- going initiatives meant to make bodaboda operators comply with road safety regulations. In the past majority of boda bodas seem to have been going to the roads without any knowledge on road safety regulations. As a result the nation has witnessed increased road accidents associated with ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214756966/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 06:41:19 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214756966/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a KABUL, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Monday's cargo plane crash which took place in Bagram district, eastern Afghan province of Parwan claimed the lives of all seven people aboard, a provincial source said Tuesday. Bagram, lying some 50 km north of Afghan capital Kabul, is the main military base of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The sources also said that five of the victims were Americans. Police ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214755664/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:34 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214755664/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Members of Korea Coast Guard retrieve a piece of an Asiana Airlines cargo plane that crashed into the sea off Jeju Island, South Korea, on July 28, 2011. (Xinhua/Korea Coast Guard via ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214755665/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:21 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214755665/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a A freight train derailed on Wednesday afternoon near Palmdale in Southern California, with nearby residents evacuated, local authorities said.Although nobody had been injured, authorities were "initiating evacuations" as the wreckage raised concerns about a possible chlorine leak from one or more of the overturned carriages, Inspector Matt Levesque of the Los Angeles County Fire ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214754995/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 03:17:37 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214754995/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a By Li HongmeiTo many Chinese, having the world's fastest trains running on the world's longest high-speed rail is a pronounced symbol of China's modernization and its galloping economy. But the bullet-train crash which happened Saturday plunges the whole nation into a chilly nightmare in which at least 43 people killed when a stalled train was struck from behind by another train, ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214754996/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 03:17:35 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214754996/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a It is widely seen as an unaffordable luxury where - to the irritation of vexed commuters - supply still seems to outstrip demand.Canny regular travellers already know that at the first sign of major overcrowding on peak-time trains, perhaps due to the cancellation of other services, the train manager is likely to "declassify" one or two first class coaches to standard.Now first class ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214754436/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Sat, 25 May 2013 02:30:16 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214754436/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) is advising road users that the fourth weekend work BLITZ for the Champlain Corridor has been POSTPONED due to ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214750771/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:53 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214750771/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a The foot-dragging on studying environmental impacts of coal trains is holding up a major rural economic-development opportunity in Cowlitz County, writes guest columnist Mike ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749728/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:09 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749728/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a The anti-shark's fin campaign is crusading on in Asia Pacific. Air New Zealand has become the latest airline to stop flying shipments of shark's fin to Hong Kong, the shark's fin capital of the world. The decision came about after the New Zealand Shark Alliance revealed the airline's shipments in local media. "Air New Zealand has taken the decision to suspend the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747644/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 17:27:18 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747644/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a It's not terribly uncommon for trucks to strike bridges in Washington state - it's just that such accidents don't usually cause the structures to ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747182/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:31 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747182/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a And now for a tale of two cars going in opposite directions.Hyundai's Elantra compact continues to eke out small sales gains month after month in 2013, while sales of the Honda Civic have spent the last four months sliding in a downward direction. As a result, the Elantra leads the race for the title of Canada's best-selling ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745089/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:38 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745089/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Matt Lauer , Christie said on NBC's "Today" show recovery from the storm's devastation was "an eight in some places and a four in others" on a scale of 10. "Here on the boardwalk, people will see it as an eight out of 10 when they start coming here in June, but for a lot of the homeowners of the state, it's going to take the better part of the next year to ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745671/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:20 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745671/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a your32.com . The pledge received an important boost this week as Mayors McCallion and Morrison joined eight other Peel Region elected officials who have taken the pledge. Their pledges show leadership in moving ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743730/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:07 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743730/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a A quarter-million more bicycles were sold in Italy in 2012 than automobiles, the transport undersecretary said, calling it a revolution in commuting. Bicycle sales outpaced those of cars by 2,000 in 2011, but last year 1.65 million bicycles were sold in the country, compared to 1.4 million cars, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday, adding it has been 48 years since more bicycles than ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743747/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 13:46:08 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743747/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Auckland transport agency has been accused of targeting students with public transport fare rises that will also affect thousands of Hop and multi-trip ticket buyers. Auckland Transport - which waited until late yesterday to announce changes approved by its board two months ago - will lift cash fares for tertiary students by between 7c and 40c a trip on June 3. Adults who use Hop ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743901/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:02 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743901/scat/b580ed40e5e1483a