DOT says RWIS system saves salt and overtime costs
Iowa DOT credits Road Weather Information System and Automated Weather Observation Stations with cutting salt use and overtime across 33 airports and statewide. RWIS provides faster storm impact data, enabling planners to act two hours earlier, while AWOS and related networks feed Weatherview. Authorities note early skepticism faded after pavement stayed warmer than air on cold days.
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Roethlisberger
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Des Moines
Weatherview
Train tragedy prompts rail defect probe
An investigation follows the death of a 69-year-old woman who traveled by train. Authorities examine rail defects, internal transverse fissures, bed stability, and possible snowmelt or saturation as contributing factors. NTSB asks Burlington Northern Santa Fe for daily and annual train counts. Authorities note uncertainty about a wheel rail interface issue.
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Turpin
NTSB
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad
A Des Moines Train Crash Victim Linked to WWII Survivor
Charlie Romstad of Colorado Springs says his mother Stella Riehl aged 69 died in a Des Moines crash while returning her brother's ashes to Colorado. The Polish immigrant survived concentration camps in World War II and had recently traveled by train. Her death follows a week in Des Moines after her brother died in a nursing home. Shaheda Ula of Laramie, a passenger badly injured, was hospitalized with a broken hip.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Associated Press
Stella Riehl
Romstad
Des Moines
Amtrak
United States
Train wreck devastates near Turpin injuring dozens
At the scene wreckage stretched across a quarter mile with two silver cars across the railroad and an overturned vehicle on a muddy bank. Nodaway Fire Chief Larry Pond noted few fatalities. Turpin said 96 passengers and crew were treated, 80 released. 12 of 15 employees injured with one hospitalized. Shaheda Ula 47 of Laramie treated for a broken hip. her husband and daughter uninjured.
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Laramie
Wyo
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha
Sadrul
Nafisa
Amtrak
Secaucus
N.J
Maryland
Silver Spring
New Jersey Transit
Associated Press
Train Derailment Near Des Moines Traps Passengers
A derailed Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to Emeryville toppled into a ditch near Des Moines. Passengers including 16 year old Mary Clare Maloney described lights flickering, a grinding boom, and a slide from their top deck as they waited for rescue. Local resident Jim Anderson reported waking to the crash and a barking dog.
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Emeryville
Calif
Amtrak
Romstad
Osceola
Jim Anderson
Mary Clare Maloney
Des Moines
Amtrak Derailment in Iowa Traps Passengers
An Amtrak train with 210 aboard derailed in rural southwest Iowa on March 17 2001 killing one and injuring 96. Passengers were taken to a community center in Nodaway then by bus to Omaha. Amtrak arranging shelter and transport.
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Iowa
Syracuse
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Moorpark
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Kan
Cumberland
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Ill
Portage
Ind
Arizona
Nodaway
Omaha
Milestones Across Years Aboard US Rail and World Events
The list recalls key dates: 1917 eight hour work day for railroads upheld. 1918 daylight saving time approved. 1920 Senate rejects Versailles treaty. 1931 Nevada legalizes gambling. 1941 Dorsey records Green Eyes and Maria Elena. 1945 Kamikaze attack on Franklin and Nero Decree issued. 1951 The Caine Mutiny published. 1976 Princess Margaret separation announced. 1979 House begins televising sessions. 2000 Clinton visits India opening South Asia trip.
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Decca Records
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Japan
Herman Wouk
Buckingham Palace
Margaret
Earl of Snowdon
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