Ron Medvescek

Scott Ryan kisses his daughter Juliauna as she het up with him following his truck/train collision at Old Nogales Highway and Teton Rd. on Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Ryan was driving the truck alone and did not see the train coming until it was too late. The train hit his pickup and turned it …

Tucson Oddity: Local monument defines on-track

The Epes Randolph Plaza near Hi Corbett Field honors a man who was instrumental in rail development here.

Tucson Oddity: Local monument defines on-track

Catch a glimpse of a large bust of a man flanked by what look like gargantuan barbells and you might well wonder, is this a monument to Arnold Schwarzenegger or some other bodybuilder?

Tucson Oddity: Boxcar in air has pulled in shoppers for 4 decades

A towering railroad boxcar on pillars still turns the heads of motorists traveling down a busy commercial street in midtown. The yellow freight car reads - "Excalibur Center" - and it overlooks East 22nd Street, just east of South Craycroft Road.

Tucson Oddity: Boxcar in air has pulled in shoppers for 4 decades

A railroad boxcar hoisted onto two pillars bears the name of a small-business complex started nearly 40 years ago by Virgil Dile, owner of a store that formerly sold usable merchandise from damaged freight cars.

Spotlight on National Train Day

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Acid trip inspired Matos to break up Tucson band

For Mark Matos, the decision to break up his popular Tucson band Campo Bravo came in the form of an enlightening acid trip.

Number of jobs aided by stimulus found to be inflated

WASHINGTON — A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Obama's economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000.

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Around the w o rld

Road runner: Downtown lights jam traffic

The east end of downtown has become a gridlocked mess during morning rush hour when people are heading west on Congress Street.

Road runner: Downtown lights jam traffic

Mexico revives plans for deep-water Baja port

YUMA — Mexico is reviving plans for a deep-water shipping port on the Baja California coast south of Ensenada — and the possibility that Yuma County could be on the route of a rail line that would serve the port.

Deaths

The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are stated when available.

Unos cuantos ladrillos con mucho valor

Es tan sólo un viejo edificio de ladrillos, con ventanas cubiertas con tablones y letras más bien despintadas en la pared. ¡Ah, pero lo que éste representa!

Unos cuantos ladrillos con mucho valor

These are four of the neighborhoods that will be featured at NeighborFest this Sunday afternoon.

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No Social Security hike next year

WASHINGTON — Social Security recipients won't get a cost-of-living increase next year for the first time in more than a third of a century, and that could boost President Obama's plan to send seniors another round of $250 payments before the congressional elections.