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Trainnews volume 2 - issue 5
Author: Espee99
Date: 01-06-2009 - 20:48
Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 5 - 1/6/09
Editor's Note -
Please send newsworthy photos to trainnews@att.net, please include name, location and narrative so folks know what, where and why it is newsworthy.
Opening weekends' popularity is evident in this photo of METRO light rail in Tempe, Arizona. December 27-28, 2008 saw over 150,000 riders try out the new 20-mile train service linking Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. LRV 114B leads a westbound train out of the Tempe Transportation Center, just steps from Arizona State University's Sun @#$%& Stadium, which saw another 70,000 Kansas-Minnesota football fans crowding on and near the train for New Years Day's Insight Bowl! This portion of the METRO light rail is quite historic as the mainline was build within the former "Creamery Branch" railroad right-of-way. Originally built through Tempe as a far flung-Santa Fe Railway subsidiary Phoenix & Eastern, the mainline from Phoenix to Tempe and eventually Winkleman, Arizona, was turned over to Southern Pacific control in 1908. Downgraded over the years to a spur line known locally as 'The Creamery Branch" due to the traffic generated by the still standing 8th Street Dairy Creamery (Four Peaks Brewery today), the spur was abandoned by Union Pacific in 1997 when the Hayden Flour Mill in downtown Tempe closed. METRO light rail bought the right of way in 2003 and the new Tempe Transportation Center was built upon the site of the original P&ERR depot! What is old is new again!
Marc Pearsall Photo
Domestic News
Train engineer regularly used cell phone
[www.google.com]
and
Attorneys in Metrolink crash promise 'explosive' new details
[latimesblogs.latimes.com]
Woman struck by Blue Line train
[www.suntimes.com]
Obama train trip worries some
[www.swamppolitics.com]
Light rail adds caution at busy Tempe intersection
[www.azcentral.com]
Report On Delayed Amtrak Train Turned In
[wsjm.com]
Queens Business Owners Say 7 Train Is No. 1 Problem
[www.msnbc.msn.com]
More women may have been secretly photographed by Stamford train station janitor
[www.stamfordadvocate.com]
Man Takes Gun On RT Train
[www.kcra.com]
Railroad car company stops production but SMART trains on track
[www.pressdemocrat.com]
and
SMART must find new builder for rail cars
[www.marinij.com]
Lawsuits continue in wake of deadly Graniteville train wreck
[www.thestate.com]
Man struck by Metro train at Braddock Road station
[www.wtop.com]
Metro-North Train Derailed at Cold Spring
[www.pcnr.com]
BART eyes cuts in off-peak train service
[www.contracostatimes.com]
All Aboard! Train Days at the County Museum
[www.inlandempire.us]
Train derails in Milton
[www.srpressgazette.com]
Martinsburg trainspotters watch trains go by
[www.wvpubcast.org]
Cohoes looks to quiet train horns
[www.troyrecord.com]
Bringing Salt To West Virginia
[www.wboy.com]
Fare zones approved for light-rail stops
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
Monorails: the idea that will not die
[crosscut.com]
Asleep at the switch?
[www.silive.com]
Roads, rails up for billions in upgrades
[www.whittierdailynews.com]
Amtrak plans onboard credit sales
[www.philly.com]
Railroad Companies Look to Derail New Safety Plan In Louisiana
[www.ksla.com]
Village plans appeal of STB railroad decision
[www.newlenoxpatriot.com]
Elk Grove police plan railroad safety sweep
[www.sacbee.com]
Metro-North testing bike hooks on trains
[www.newsday.com]
Federal officials OK rail spur for quarry
[www.mysanantonio.com]
CenterPoint project rolling along
[www.suburbanchicagonews.com]
Kalispell revitalization plan moves forward
[www.montanasnewsstation.com]
Labor official 'Brokenrail' dies
[www.pacificshipper.com]
International News
Cracked line causes train delays
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Train timings go haywire again
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Alstom’s call for boycott of train export groundless
[english.rednet.cn]
Signal problem delays GO Transit trains
[www.thestar.com]
Canadian Group Bombardier Lands German Train Deal
[www.dw-world.de]
Virgin Trains Rolls with New First Class 'Best of British' Menu
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
Commuters to see no longer carriages, platforms
[old.thejakartapost.com]
Delays mar start
[www.straitstimes.com]
LRTA allows barefoot passengers on Black Nazarene Day
[www.abs-cbnnews.com]
No deal yet on Agawa Tour Train rail cars
[www.saultthisweek.com]
Editor's Note -
Please send newsworthy photos to trainnews@att.net, please include name, location and narrative so folks know what, where and why it is newsworthy.
Opening weekends' popularity is evident in this photo of METRO light rail in Tempe, Arizona. December 27-28, 2008 saw over 150,000 riders try out the new 20-mile train service linking Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. LRV 114B leads a westbound train out of the Tempe Transportation Center, just steps from Arizona State University's Sun @#$%& Stadium, which saw another 70,000 Kansas-Minnesota football fans crowding on and near the train for New Years Day's Insight Bowl! This portion of the METRO light rail is quite historic as the mainline was build within the former "Creamery Branch" railroad right-of-way. Originally built through Tempe as a far flung-Santa Fe Railway subsidiary Phoenix & Eastern, the mainline from Phoenix to Tempe and eventually Winkleman, Arizona, was turned over to Southern Pacific control in 1908. Downgraded over the years to a spur line known locally as 'The Creamery Branch" due to the traffic generated by the still standing 8th Street Dairy Creamery (Four Peaks Brewery today), the spur was abandoned by Union Pacific in 1997 when the Hayden Flour Mill in downtown Tempe closed. METRO light rail bought the right of way in 2003 and the new Tempe Transportation Center was built upon the site of the original P&ERR depot! What is old is new again!
Marc Pearsall Photo
Domestic News
Train engineer regularly used cell phone
[www.google.com]
and
Attorneys in Metrolink crash promise 'explosive' new details
[latimesblogs.latimes.com]
Woman struck by Blue Line train
[www.suntimes.com]
Obama train trip worries some
[www.swamppolitics.com]
Light rail adds caution at busy Tempe intersection
[www.azcentral.com]
Report On Delayed Amtrak Train Turned In
[wsjm.com]
Queens Business Owners Say 7 Train Is No. 1 Problem
[www.msnbc.msn.com]
More women may have been secretly photographed by Stamford train station janitor
[www.stamfordadvocate.com]
Man Takes Gun On RT Train
[www.kcra.com]
Railroad car company stops production but SMART trains on track
[www.pressdemocrat.com]
and
SMART must find new builder for rail cars
[www.marinij.com]
Lawsuits continue in wake of deadly Graniteville train wreck
[www.thestate.com]
Man struck by Metro train at Braddock Road station
[www.wtop.com]
Metro-North Train Derailed at Cold Spring
[www.pcnr.com]
BART eyes cuts in off-peak train service
[www.contracostatimes.com]
All Aboard! Train Days at the County Museum
[www.inlandempire.us]
Train derails in Milton
[www.srpressgazette.com]
Martinsburg trainspotters watch trains go by
[www.wvpubcast.org]
Cohoes looks to quiet train horns
[www.troyrecord.com]
Bringing Salt To West Virginia
[www.wboy.com]
Fare zones approved for light-rail stops
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
Monorails: the idea that will not die
[crosscut.com]
Asleep at the switch?
[www.silive.com]
Roads, rails up for billions in upgrades
[www.whittierdailynews.com]
Amtrak plans onboard credit sales
[www.philly.com]
Railroad Companies Look to Derail New Safety Plan In Louisiana
[www.ksla.com]
Village plans appeal of STB railroad decision
[www.newlenoxpatriot.com]
Elk Grove police plan railroad safety sweep
[www.sacbee.com]
Metro-North testing bike hooks on trains
[www.newsday.com]
Federal officials OK rail spur for quarry
[www.mysanantonio.com]
CenterPoint project rolling along
[www.suburbanchicagonews.com]
Kalispell revitalization plan moves forward
[www.montanasnewsstation.com]
Labor official 'Brokenrail' dies
[www.pacificshipper.com]
International News
Cracked line causes train delays
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Train timings go haywire again
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Alstom’s call for boycott of train export groundless
[english.rednet.cn]
Signal problem delays GO Transit trains
[www.thestar.com]
Canadian Group Bombardier Lands German Train Deal
[www.dw-world.de]
Virgin Trains Rolls with New First Class 'Best of British' Menu
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
Commuters to see no longer carriages, platforms
[old.thejakartapost.com]
Delays mar start
[www.straitstimes.com]
LRTA allows barefoot passengers on Black Nazarene Day
[www.abs-cbnnews.com]
No deal yet on Agawa Tour Train rail cars
[www.saultthisweek.com]
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