On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as "the day the music died," rock 'n roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
Commuter rail service in Catalonia, Spain, was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona train crash killed one person and injured 37 others. The crash happened Tuesday night when a train hit a retaining wall near Gelida. This incident follows Spain's worst railway disaster since 2013, which occurred Sunday in southern Spain, raising the death toll to 43. Authorities are investigating both crashes. Rail disruptions Wednesday caused significant traffic jams into Barcelona. Spain's railway operator said heavy rainfall likely caused the retaining wall to collapse. Three days of national mourning are underway as officials continue their investigations.
Survivors and families of the victims of a deadly train crash in southern Mexico are demanding answers as the government vows to investigate what caused a train to derail on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen people, including a teenager, died when the Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz — with 250 people on board — went off the rails on Sunday as it passed by a curve in near a town in Oaxaca. Nearly 110 people were injured. President Claudia Sheinbaum, told reporters on Monday she was heading to the region and promised an investigation. She said "our first priority is taking care of the victims."
President Donald Trump's administration is taking control of Washington's Union Station from Amtrak, marking another federal intervention in the nation's capital. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the move Wednesday during the launch of the NextGen Acela high-speed train. Duffy says Union Station has "fallen into disrepair" when it should be a "point of pride" for the city. The federal government owns Union Station, which is near the Capitol. Mayor Muriel Bowser says upgrading the transit hub that serves various rail lines and buses would be an "amazing initiative" for the federal government to take on because the city cannot afford the cost.
I have lived within 60 feet of a raucous railroad crossing in the city of San Mateo for 36 years. I experienced years of daily horn blasts and…
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Sixty years ago, the city of Burlingame laid out plans for a new highway interchange and railroad grade separation at Broadway and California Drive.
