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 WHO THEY ARE 

   DO NOT BECOME RAIL YARD ENGINEERS, DINKEY OPERATORS, AND HOSTLERS

 WHAT THEY DO 

   Drive switching or other locomotive or dinkey engines within railroad yard, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location.

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RR provides economic engine for south Louisiana
ADDIS, La. (AP) - The rows and columns of multicolored numbers and characters on Errol Troxclair's computer screen seemingly never end. They are there every day when he arrives at the Addis rail yard where he works as an operations manager for Union Pacific Railroad. As locomotives, pulling as many as 130 rail cars, come in and out of the rail yard, Troxclair interprets the characters on the ...
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Waste-by-rail may be delayed
For more than two decades, local trash engineers have been planning for the day when the Puente Hills Landfill near Hacienda Heights would close, and thousands of tons of municipal garbage would ride the rails to Imperial County. But the $450 million trash train, also known as waste-by-rail, is being derailed by a sluggish economy.
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CP Rail considering regional terminal
Canadian Pacific Railway is looking to build a rail terminal on a 275-acre site, about a mile west of Bruderheim. Karen Tsang, a CP Rail marketing department manager, said the railway is looking to build the terminal to handle increased traffic at the company’s other yards in the region.
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RR provides economic engine for south La.
ADDIS — The rows and columns of multicolored numbers and characters on Errol Troxclair's computer screen seemingly never end.
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Westminster OKs pursuing rail-noise study
WESTMINSTER -- Selectmen authorized Town Planner Stephen Wallace to meet with town counsel Kopelman & Paige in regard to questions revolving around the layover station for the West Fitchburg commuter-rail station and the town's plans to conduct
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Bristol Evening Post commented Rail depot receives backing of planners despite protests
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Layover station a hot topic in Westminster
WESTMINSTER -- After months of questions as to whether the layover station would provide freight rail access to other parcels at the Westminster Business Park, representatives from the Montachusett Regional and Massachusetts Bay transit authorities
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Bristol Evening Post commented Controversial rail depot at Stoke Gifford recommended for...
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Engineer of Amtrak that derailed in Jackson likely "had fear in his mind," retired engineer says
Engineers see too many crashes like Wednesday's; many are much worse. The average Amtrak engineer is involved in 10 to 15 crashes over the span of a career, Crowl said. Most are fatal.
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A look at the MBTA tunnels under repair in Cambridge
This wasn’t the speed the Red Line usually travels, barreling downhill from Porter Square to Davis Square, but on Sunday morning it was about the only way to get down the track. Accompanied by two MBTA officials and a Wicked Local Cambridge photographer, I tramped through the quiet tunnels to see the work that has shuttered this stretch of the line to commuters every weekend this winter.
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