Merry Christmas
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THE TRAIN CREW The seven steel-ribbed coaches Draw smoothly to the shed. And you and other passengers Now hurry home to bed; You’ve done your easy hundred miles In ninety minutes clear— Then thank the man who brought you, The old gray engineer, Your hope, your...Durbin, Illinois representatives concerned about proposed CP-NS merger
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Dec 3, 2015
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S. 1004 Would Establish Two Minutes of Silence on Veterans Day to Honor Those Who Served Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) yesterday announced their bipartisan Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act...House Approves Extension of Surface Transportation Programs and Positive Train Control Deadli
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