ELLERSLIE — Allegany County authorities are investigating the deaths of two people hit by a CSX freight train in the western Maryland town of Ellerslie. The sheriff’s office says 23-year-old Jonathan Soult and 18-year-old Amanda Smith were pronounced dead at ...

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is marking the 10-year anniversary of the train derailment and fire in the Howard Street tunnel. Rawlings-Blake will speak with Baltimore first responders and CSX representatives Monday about the anniversary. Rail cars burned for five days underground ...

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Photos taken at the 136th Preakness Stakes on May 21, 2011, including the InfieldFest and Train's concert performance, the Beer Garden, the final Preakness race, the grandstands and The Preakness Village. (Photos by Rich Dennison/The Daily Record)

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers and representatives of the French national railroad say they’ve reached a deal that would force a greater accounting of the railroad’s role in the Holocaust and allow its subsidiary to seek a lucrative MARC train contract. ...

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The Maryland Jockey Club is expecting to increase the attendance at this year’s Preakness to around 110,000 by bringing in two major musical acts to the infield. The jockey club announced Monday that singer Bruno Mars and adult contemporary band ...

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CUMBERLAND — The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is reporting a 22 percent ridership increase last year. The Cumberland Times-News reported Tuesday that the numbers were included in the railroad’s recent budget request to the Allegany County Commissioners. Superintendent Frank Fowler ...

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A bill that could require the French national railroad to fully disclose its role in the Holocaust was passed unanimously by a Senate committee Thursday, setting it up for a vote in the full chamber next week. The Education, Health ...

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Leo Bretholz escaped from an SNCF train en route to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. Nearly 70 years later, the same company that owned that train is seeking a contract to run two MARC lines. Bretholz and others testified Thursday in support of legislation that would require SNCF to fully disclose its role in transporting Jews and other prisoners during the Holocaust.

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WASHINGTON  — Senators from Maryland and Delaware are asking the federal transportation secretary to redirect high-speed rail funding rejected by Florida’s governor to projects in the Northeast corridor. Maryland Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin announced Monday that they sent ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Leo Bretholz wants the French national railroad SNCF to own up to its participation in the Holocaust if it is to win a lucrative state deal to run a pair of MARC commuter rail lines. Bretholz escaped from ...

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