NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — MAR 4, 2013 A man walking on train tracks in West Sacramento was struck and killed by a San Jose-bound Amtrak train Sunday afternoon, reports the West Sacramento Police Department. The accident occurred at about 1:50 p.m., about 300 yards east of Harbor Boulevard. “The engineer saw the victim walking along the [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — JUNE 13, 2012 – Sierra Northern Railroad has purchased 18.82 acres of land from the Port of West Sacramento to support a new rail track loop and the planned SacPort BioFuels facility. Purchase price was about $1.5 million, port director Mike Luken told the News-Ledger. The port and Sierra Northern will jointly [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 18, 2012 – A man was hit and killed by a passenger train at about 3:45 p.m. near the Ikea store and Commerce Drive on April 11. Robert LaBrash, Chief Deputy Coroner for Yolo County, said the man has been identified as a 47-year old transient who lived near the site [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 8, 2012– On Jan. 25, the Port of West Sacramento opened a new rail track extension that links the Port Main Terminal with the Cemex cement and aggregate facility near the Port. The 5,000 foot track segment is also capable of serving other rail customers. Built through a public-private partnership between the [...]
NEWS-LEDGER — NOV 2, 2011 – By St eve Marschke News-Ledger Editor A derailed train car caused a major traffic problem during the lunch hour on Oct. 21, blocking the Jefferson Boulevard/Stone Boulevard intersection and causing a detour and major back-ups. “It wasn’t a rail line issue, it was one particular car,” said Gary Fredericksen, [...]
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