Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 100 - 04/28/09

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Today is the 100th issue this year, while I didn't think this would work out when I started Trainnews has become part of my daily routine and I look forward to keeping it going. Thanks for the support and photos.
Espee99

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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.

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April 28, 2009, approximately 14:30 hrs, at Portland's Union Station south bound Coast Starlight with Beech Grove 10001 business car in tow; the Willamette River Steel Bridge (lower level = railroad & peds, upper level = rubber tired vehicles & light rail) is in the background.

Arlen Sheldrake Photo

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Domestic News

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Meetings set on fast Las Vegas-California train
[www.mercurynews.com]
and
High-speed Vegas to Victorville train line to be unveiled
[www.lasvegassun.com]

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Firefighters contain NJ fire that delayed trains
[www.philly.com]

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Blue Line fire evacuates train
[abclocal.go.com]

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Semi accident snarls train, highway traffic
[abclocal.go.com]

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DM&E trains to pause on day of mourning
[www.ktiv.com]

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Decision In Train Derailment Class Action Suit
[www.katc.com]

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Train halted for Highway 273 wreck
[www.redding.com]

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Train derailment
[www.thetimestribune.com]

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Our view: Cuts in train service should be off the table
[www.salemnews.com]

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Riverside working on education campaign to improve safety at train tracks
[www.pe.com]

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Commissioners resist vote on new transit tax
[www.charlotteobserver.com]

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All Aboard Railtown’s Wildflower Train! Final Date May 2nd
[thepinetree.net]

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Supreme Court ends railroad discrimination, April 28, 1941
[www.politico.com]

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Silence coming to troublesome railroad crossing
[ems.gmnews.com]

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2nd Annual Railroad Days at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum
[www.prweb.com]

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Rail freight, thought to be stable, is falling again
[www.glgroup.com]

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Residents hear plans for Halfmoon rail yard
[www.dailygazette.com]

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Proposed RR could connect ports, east Mississippi
[www.wxvt.com]

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Union Pacific Settles with Utah
[www.joc.com]

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Pittsburgh firms with rail ties hope for boost from stimulus projects
[www.pittsburghlive.com]

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SEMCOG appears to be indifferent to rail passengers' safety
[www.mlive.com]

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FRA approves draft environmental work for southern California-to-Vegas high-speed line
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

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FEVR on track to bring Thomas back
[www.fremonttribune.com]

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Railway preservation group will host tours of B&O Roundhouse
[blog.cleveland.com]

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Canadian News

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Citigroup downgrades railway companies
[www.canada.com]

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Few opportunities for OVR
[www.nugget.ca]

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International News

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Container of swine virus explodes on Swiss train
[uk.reuters.com]

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Train with 60 onboard evacuated
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Train Operator In Dispute With Government
[news.sky.com]

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Regularise summer special trains, say commuters
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]

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Virgin Trains Get T-Mobile Broadband
[uk.i4u.com]

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No AC, no water, so people stop train
[www.expressindia.com]

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Q150 TRAIN STEAMS INTO EMERALD ON HISTORIC JOURNEY AROUND STATE
[media-newswire.com]

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Cancelled Cairns tilt train still takes bookings
[www.news.com.au]

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Price of train ticket could rise by 6 percent
[www.radionetherlands.nl]

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Crews douse explosives train fire
[www.abc.net.au]

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Maintenance problems behind major train delays
[www.news.com.au]

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Railroad to link Iraq, Syria to be launched in June
[www.zawya.com]

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Grain on Rail makes sense: CBH Group
[fw.farmonline.com.au]

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TABLE-China Railway 2008 net profit down 45.7 pct
[www.reuters.com]

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Uganda: Railway Transport to Kenya Resumes
[allafrica.com]

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Tornado to make North Yorkshire Moors Railway debut in May
[www.thepress.co.uk]

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Finance releases Rs 1.5 billion to Railways
[www.pakwatan.com]

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