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TRAINS News Wire
Posted by Bergie on Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:07 PM
TRAINS News Wire is our online news source that’s updated every weekday. How often do you read the News Wire? Please vote then share your comments below.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:53 PM
I check it out everyday for information.
stay safe
Joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, October 31, 2003 12:37 PM
Please keep up the good work. If I waited for the local media to deliver the information that interests me, we still might be waiting for news on the invention of the first practical steam locomotive...

Mudchicken
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Posted by brilondon on Friday, October 31, 2003 8:10 PM
I try to look at it every day but I really don't have alot of time to read the News Wire. I would have to give up playing a round of golf and I will not golf less then five times a week!!!
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Posted by jchnhtfd on Friday, October 31, 2003 8:22 PM
The only really usable source for current railroad news... I regard it as an indispensable part of my daily news-gathering (along with the BBC, Toronto Globe and Mail, ABC News, Montreal Gazette and Edinburgh Evening Star (we can't all be perfcet!))
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 1, 2003 6:19 AM
I always read it every week on the recap. They usually provide me with breaking news if something major happens
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Posted by smarts on Saturday, November 1, 2003 6:32 AM
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEWS EVERY DAY.
B&O STEAM WENT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE
EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS A KID.
TRAINS IS MY HOME PAGE.
THANKS
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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, November 1, 2003 7:01 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by smarts

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEWS EVERY DAY.
B&O STEAM WENT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE
EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS A KID.
TRAINS IS MY HOME PAGE.
THANKS
STEVE

Steve
Welcome to the forums! We moved to Defiance the B&O was 1/2 block away,steam was gone but it was still nice[:)]
stay safe
Joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 1, 2003 8:01 AM
My son, he's 4, has been a train fanatic since he was born. His love for trains has made train lovers of the whole family. We became members of the Ill. Railway Museum for him and now taylor at least one of our vacations, every year, to trains.
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Posted by RAILFANUSA on Saturday, November 1, 2003 8:44 AM
---The number one reason I look at the Trains.com website is to check the news wire...I probably wouldn't bother with the website if there was not an almost daily news update of some kind...I rarely look at the forums---
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 1, 2003 1:47 PM
Read it every time it is posted. Only way to keep up with the news on railroading events. Al
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Posted by SilentSandy on Saturday, November 1, 2003 7:23 PM
Now living so far away from any form of rail, I look forward to the News Wire each week in order to see what's going on in the real world!
Fred Harvey dining cars was the last great food on the rails!
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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, November 2, 2003 8:26 AM
....News Wire: It is an important location to gather railroad news. Can't depend on newspaper or TV news to relate accurate railroad happenings. Reporters just don't grasp the reality of rail news and know less of terminology. So I consider News Wire important for me.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 2, 2003 2:36 PM
I like kepping up the RR news
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Posted by dknelson on Monday, November 3, 2003 7:34 AM
The one way the newswire could be improved is if it had links to available photos of the events. However I understand that links to local newspapers are frustrating because they take stuff down so fast.
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Posted by eastcoast on Monday, November 3, 2003 7:50 AM
On top of it,at least every week. I find it very informative to
update my current events in between the humdrum job.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 10:17 AM
DAILY
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 3, 2003 12:26 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dknelson

The one way the newswire could be improved is if it had links to available photos of the events. However I understand that links to local newspapers are frustrating because they take stuff down so fast.
Dave Nelson


I agree, I also think a great improvement would be links to other sources that discuss the same topics, but I do understand that for most of the news, the only news source is Trains. I sometimes wish articles were bigger, I look for the news on the web and can't find it anywhere else. It's certainly a part of my everyday life.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 9:56 AM
I'm a daily reader of the Newswire column. I appreciate that this site edits out the goofy references that are often in original articles. I do, however, miss the longer articles that were part of this column at one time.

Carl

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 10:13 PM
Also look at the BLE and UTU web suites each day- thay have good news sections too- some overlap, but a lot of different stories too. Also get to read the jabs at each other, too.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 10:14 PM
Newswire is good. One of about eight or nine RR news sites I check frequently.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 6, 2003 3:53 PM
The Newswire is great. It keeps me up to date on the UP and its happenings...good or bad! Thanks
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 6:33 AM
Great source of information you cant find in other medias. I can read and re-read articles all week and pick up new and interesting facts and information. Thank you
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 9, 2003 2:16 AM
As a foreigner, I rely on newswire and Trains to keep me updated on the latest news about railroads, as our railroads usually follow trends in the U.S. around 5 years later
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:20 PM
I read every chance I get. I especially love the articles on steam , which by the way as most people who keep up with trains at any length, is Far from dead

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