Railroad to pay $3.9M for train death of film worker
A railroad owner plans to appeal a jury’s decision that it must pay $3.9 million to the family of a movie worker killed on a Georgia railroad trestle in 2014, a spokesman for the company said.
Trial to decide if railroad shares blame in movie crew death
A movie director served jail time for trespassing onto a Georgia railroad bridge and putting his film crew in the path of a freight train that slammed into the group and killed a young camera assistant.
Conductor killed in train accident
A railroad worker was killed Sunday morning in Artesia after being run over by a train.
Section of Highway 69 to close for maintenance
A one-half mile section of Highway 69 will be temporarily closed for railroad crossing maintenance tomorrow.
Family of Lowndes teen, killed at railroad crossing, pushes for safety measures
Teen-aged girls can be persistent.
Sometimes, fathers can be, too.
Dog stable after being shot, tied to Florida train tracks
A dog that was tied to railroad tracks and shot was expected to survive Thursday after being found by police.
Hwy. 182 in west Lowndes Co. to close Thursday
All directions of Highway 182 near where the roadway meets Artesia-West Point Road will be closed for most of the day Thursday.
C&G Railroad still playing vital transport role
Wielding the blunt end of 14-inch hatchet, Harriet Blanton Theobald, known by then as the Mother of Greenville, on Jan. 5, 1878, drove the first, symbolic spike to inaugurate the Greenville, Columbus & Birmingham Railroad.
A descendant of that railroad exists still today, providing an essential freight link between Greenville and its eastern terminus in Greenwood.
Voice of the people: Allen Pepper
KCS makes case for closing of Southside railroad crossings The Dispatch’s recent editorial, “Time for railroad to do the right thing,” was misleading in saying
City officials: Railroad closures likely shelved
It is unlikely that Columbus councilmen will consider a proposal to close railroad crossings on Southside this year, but options remain on the table and the situation may be re-addressed in 2014.
Natchez depot restoration moves forward
NATCHEZ — The city of Natchez will soon hire an architect to begin design work for the restoration of the former railroad depot on Broadway
Voice of the People: Helen Pridmore
Stop making excuses Things I learned from the town meeting regarding the railroad crossing closures: Safety is very important to Kansas City Southern and to
Voice of the People: Joe Boggess
A case for the closing of some railroad closings There has been a great deal of confusion and lack of details regarding the proposed road
MDOT, railroad officials to speak at hearing
Residents who may be affected by six permanent closings of railroad crossings in south Columbus can gather more information during a public hearing Thursday.
Citizens speak out against proposed railroad closings
Many residents at a community meeting regarding the possibility of closing six railroad crossings in Southside seemed to have made their minds up before they got to the gathering. The crossings need to be repaired, they said, but closing them would be a problem.
Railroad crossing closures to be discussed at Ward 1 meeting
The first public discussions of a proposal to close some railroad crossings in Columbus will take place tonight during a Ward 1 meeting at the Townsend Community Center.
Voice of the people: Elder Sanders Weatherby Jr.
Railroad crossing closings In regards to the recent proposal made by the city council to close certain railroad street crossing on the south side of
Southside residents oppose plan to close rail crossings
Two weeks before a scheduled public hearing on the matter, some Columbus residents are already voicing their opposition to the possible closing of six railroad closing on the city’s south side.
Ask Rufus: An 1858 lawsuit and the building of the railroad
Reading the Dispatch last week one could not help but notice the problems that a potential new industry seemed to have in living up to its commitments. Such problems are not something new. When the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was constructed through this area in the late 1850s, all was not smooth sailing.