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  Authorities in upstate New York are investigating the death of an Amtrak passenger apparently dragged by a train after being kicked off for drunkenness.

• Teen hit by train, survives in San Diego County

  Teen hit by train, survives in San Diego County

  San Diego County authorities say a man walking on the tracks was hit by an Amtrak passenger train, but when Amtrak employees found that he not only survived but didn't seem to be seriously injured, they put him aboard the train for a ride to an ambulance.

• Woman hit by Amtrak train in central Fresno

  Woman hit by Amtrak train in central Fresno

  A woman was hospitalized after being struck by an Amtrak train Tuesday afternoon in central Fresno.

• Officials stand by high-speed rail estimate

  Officials stand by high-speed rail estimate

  State rail officials are defending as reasonable their estimates that passengers will take at least 29 million trips a year on high-speed trains between San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2040.

• Fix L.A. rail route

  Fix L.A. rail route

  My family and I just took a round-trip Amtrak ride from Fresno to Anaheim to go to Disneyland. It was a terrific ride and it was so nice not to have to drive in Los Angeles' infamous freeway traffic.

  The only downside was having to switch to a bus for the trip over the Grapevine and then back to a train in L.A. While the Amtrak buses are very comfortable, this arrangement probably adds an hour to the journey each way.

  Having also ridden Amtrak round trip to Sacramento, I can say that if we must have high-speed rail, start with the segment between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. I have to wonder if the folks who designed the high-speed rail routes spent any time on Amtrak in California.