Trainnews volume 2 - issue 23
Author: Espee99
Date: 01-26-2009 - 18:57

Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 23 - 1/26/09
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.


Editor's Request Trainnews is again out of newsworthy photos. Folks time to search for pics and send them in.


http://trainnews.webhop.org/trainnews/012609_0001.jpg
BNSF 2339 awaits its crew and next assignment as BNSF 7669 leads Amtrak Train No. 11, Coast Starlight, to the station at Vancouver, Wa. Sorry, I don't know why the 7669 was in the lead.

Photo by Charles Stookey


Domestic News


NJ bill: No texting while operating train, bus
[www.newsday.com]


Officials eye rapid rail service from N.C. to Atlanta
[www.usatoday.com]


New train tunnel from NJ to NYC largely on track
[www.newsday.com]


Disabled train forces DART delays
[www.wfaa.com]


Making trains and buses more energy efficient
[lohud.com]


Port's 'ship to train' model saves time, money, environment
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
and
Georgia port opens container transfer facility
[www.progressiverailroading.com]


Beaverton to Wilsonville, via Chi-town
[blog.oregonlive.com]


Drunk Coon Rapids Man Charged After Collision with Train
[www.myfoxtwincities.com]


Proposal to reroute train tracks ran out of options
[chronicle.augusta.com]


Stats Show Decline In Subway Crimes
[www.ny1.com]


Rail congestion part of overall transit issue in area
[www.fwbusinesspress.com]


Metro North customer survey shows aging cars, cleanliness top concerns
[www.greenwichtime.com]


Loma Linda to discuss Amtrak station
[www.redlandsdailyfacts.com]


Poll finds support for FasTracks tax hike
[www.denverpost.com]


Utah agency adds more FrontRunner service to Pleasant View
[www.progressiverailroading.com]


‘Railroad to nowhere’ among Michigan stimulus proposals
[michiganmessenger.com]


Railroad crossing quiet zone meeting scheduled
[www.coloradoan.com]


Railroad reconstruction on track
[www.nj.com]


Railroad To Move Boxcars In Thornton This Week
[cbs4denver.com]


Little engines of fun: Oceano Depot’s Model Railroad Day
[www.sanluisobispo.com]


Barrington won't soon be ruled by extra freight trains rolling by
[www.chicagotribune.com]


Recession rides the rails
[www.pacificshipper.com]


Linn County rail line getting rehab
[www.oregonlive.com]


Updates from Viterra, Unitrac, GATX and Apollo Video Technology
[www.progressiverailroading.com]


MT may get additional train service
[www.kpax.com]


Seneca Group to serve FRA as RRIF program financial advisor
[www.progressiverailroading.com]


Riding the rails again in the Torrington area?
[www.registercitizen.com]


Portion of Fruitridge Road to be closed for two days
[www.sacbee.com]


2009 Rail Workers’ Alcohol- and Drug-Testing Rates Set
[www.shrm.org]


Regional freight rises in 2008
[www.poconorecord.com]


CSX Corp. reports earnings decline
[www.courierpostonline.com]


Rail authority awards contracts for repairs
[www.marinij.com]


International News


Mexico City man dragged by subway, survives
[www.google.com]


Train derailed in Canmore
[www.calgaryherald.com]


Train cancellations affect one in 100 services
[www.telegraph.co.uk]


‘Shahanshah’ on heritage run
[www.hindu.com]


Passenger numbers up ten per cent at Belper Train Station
[www.belpernews.co.uk]


South Coast train derails at Unanderra
[www.illawarramercury.com.au]


Improvements would get commuters on track
[www.canada.com]


Transport Ministry will lay off employees and reshuffle Romanian Railroads
[english.hotnews.ro]


Brazil Stocks Rise as Petrobras’ Spending Plan Spurs Optimism
[www.bloomberg.com]




Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Trainnews volume 2 - issue 23 Espee99 01-26-2009 - 18:57
  Re: Trainnews volume 2 - issue 23 Bruce Kelly 01-27-2009 - 11:24
  Re: Trainnews volume 2 - issue 23 Albany & Eastern K-12 01-27-2009 - 17:12


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