Morning round-up

News and happenings for July 16, 2009:

Mlive reports that an illicit campfire in the Flint area damaged tracks owned by the Canadian National. No injuries reported. In other fire-related news in Flint, a homeowner set his garage afire attempting to disperse unwanted rats with a smoke bomb.
The Kalamazoo Gazette has a good write-up of events happening this week to commemorate the Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw Railway. Yesterday a memorial was held in Delton on the 100th anniversary of a fatal rail crash, and on Saturday will occur the first annual CK&S Railfan Festival in Barry Township Park, noon to 5. Yours truly will be on hand to see what’s up.
Two stories on hometownlife.com about the Canton crash: one about efforts to find the Fusion’s “black box” to determine whether the driver attempted to stop and one about the first responders on the scene.
Hometownlife.com also reports that the U.S. House Appropriations committee approved $1.3 million for a new multi-modal transportation center in Birmingham. You can read more about this project at 15 Mile Transit.

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