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Trainnews volume 2 - issue 133
Author: Espee99
Date: 06-04-2009 - 20:41
Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 133 - 06/04/09
The new Drake Cement, LLC plant is nearing completion in tiny Drake, Arizona on May 30, 2009. Nearly 100 years after Santa Fe , Prescott & Phoenix Railway subsidiary Verde Valley Railway built a new junction at Cedar Glade in 1912, Drake’s yard and wye have been completely rebuilt to serve the new plant. Nearby limestone mines, abundant water in the Chino Aquifer and adjacent access to the BNSF’s Phoenix Line (aka the Peavine) were the primary reasons the Peruvian-based Cementos Lima SA company petitioned to build their plant here. Once the plant opens in late 2009/early 2010, BNSF Railway, Arizona Central Railroad (owners of Clarkdale’s Verde Canyon Railroad) and Drake Cement will share trackage rights at the Drake wye.
Photo by Marc Pearsall
Request - Folks please send more photos to trainnews@att.net, include a description so that others will be able to share your reason for submitting the newsworthy or scenic photo.
Domestic News
Bus, light rail train collide in downtown Phoenix
[www.bizjournals.com]
and
Light rail train and city bus collide in Phoenix
[www.kswt.com]
and
Light Rail Train Collides With Bus in Phoenix, Eight Hurt
[blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com]
Caltrain declares fiscal emergency
[www.mercurynews.com]
NYC Transit sending Express 4 train speeding up thru Bronx
[www.nydailynews.com]
High-speed rail: Biden praises Midwest plan to enhance passenger train system
[www.chicagotribune.com]
Runaway train derails above Cantara Loop
[www.mtshastanews.com]
and
Siskiyou County Train Derailment Update
[www.khsltv.com]
Train strikes pedestrian, injuring him, mother
[www.thenewsstar.com]
High-Speed Train Board Swears in New Members, Approves Oversight Contract and Examines Progress in Southern California
[www.businesswire.com]
Operation Lifesaver Looks To Increase Train Safety Programs
[www.wjactv.com]
Light-rail line from Seattle to Tukwila gets preview
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Goverments Spent $18M On Commuter-Train Land
[www.wesh.com]
Michigan Governor: Use Car Factories To Make Trains
[www.infrastructurist.com]
Snohomish may get Railroaded
[www.snohomishtimes.com]
Operation Life Saver train returns June 14
[www.deltacountyindependent.com]
ACE trains to get new air conditioning; Tracy platform to be extended
[www.tracypress.com];
Railroad shipping: AAR reports another tough month for volumes in May
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Intermodal Traffic Falls for Week, Month
[www.ttnews.com]
Thomas the Tank Engine to visit Tweetsie Railroad
[www.citizen-times.com]
Delay in CO2 legislation may not affect declining railroad coal traffic
[www.glgroup.com]
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Launches First GPS Tour Train Experience in America Using AudioConexus Technology
[www.pr.com]
Stimulus dollars funding clean-diesel projects
[www.bizjournals.com]
BNSF Touts Service Gains as Hub Moves Away
[www.joc.com]
Locomotive rolls through Novato on test run
[www.marinij.com]
No. 844 to steam through Gothenburg, Brady twice in June
[www.gothenburgtimes.com]
Future of area’s rail lines in question
[www.desototimes.com]
CRANDIC bridge replacement work continues
[www.gazetteonline.com]
Winery plans ‘Twice the Trains’
[www.lockportjournal.com]
Canadian News
Destroyed beaver dams blamed for train derailment, fuel spill into Ottawa River
[www.cbc.ca]
International News
Train drivers forced back to work
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Network Rail profits dip but spending rises and train performance goes up
[www.railnews.co.uk]
Two elephants run over by train in Kerala
[www.hindu.com]
Israel Railways attempts to ban green reps from Jerusalem train discussion
[www.jpost.com]
The new Drake Cement, LLC plant is nearing completion in tiny Drake, Arizona on May 30, 2009. Nearly 100 years after Santa Fe , Prescott & Phoenix Railway subsidiary Verde Valley Railway built a new junction at Cedar Glade in 1912, Drake’s yard and wye have been completely rebuilt to serve the new plant. Nearby limestone mines, abundant water in the Chino Aquifer and adjacent access to the BNSF’s Phoenix Line (aka the Peavine) were the primary reasons the Peruvian-based Cementos Lima SA company petitioned to build their plant here. Once the plant opens in late 2009/early 2010, BNSF Railway, Arizona Central Railroad (owners of Clarkdale’s Verde Canyon Railroad) and Drake Cement will share trackage rights at the Drake wye.
Photo by Marc Pearsall
Request - Folks please send more photos to trainnews@att.net, include a description so that others will be able to share your reason for submitting the newsworthy or scenic photo.
Domestic News
Bus, light rail train collide in downtown Phoenix
[www.bizjournals.com]
and
Light rail train and city bus collide in Phoenix
[www.kswt.com]
and
Light Rail Train Collides With Bus in Phoenix, Eight Hurt
[blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com]
Caltrain declares fiscal emergency
[www.mercurynews.com]
NYC Transit sending Express 4 train speeding up thru Bronx
[www.nydailynews.com]
High-speed rail: Biden praises Midwest plan to enhance passenger train system
[www.chicagotribune.com]
Runaway train derails above Cantara Loop
[www.mtshastanews.com]
and
Siskiyou County Train Derailment Update
[www.khsltv.com]
Train strikes pedestrian, injuring him, mother
[www.thenewsstar.com]
High-Speed Train Board Swears in New Members, Approves Oversight Contract and Examines Progress in Southern California
[www.businesswire.com]
Operation Lifesaver Looks To Increase Train Safety Programs
[www.wjactv.com]
Light-rail line from Seattle to Tukwila gets preview
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Goverments Spent $18M On Commuter-Train Land
[www.wesh.com]
Michigan Governor: Use Car Factories To Make Trains
[www.infrastructurist.com]
Snohomish may get Railroaded
[www.snohomishtimes.com]
Operation Life Saver train returns June 14
[www.deltacountyindependent.com]
ACE trains to get new air conditioning; Tracy platform to be extended
[www.tracypress.com];
Railroad shipping: AAR reports another tough month for volumes in May
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Intermodal Traffic Falls for Week, Month
[www.ttnews.com]
Thomas the Tank Engine to visit Tweetsie Railroad
[www.citizen-times.com]
Delay in CO2 legislation may not affect declining railroad coal traffic
[www.glgroup.com]
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Launches First GPS Tour Train Experience in America Using AudioConexus Technology
[www.pr.com]
Stimulus dollars funding clean-diesel projects
[www.bizjournals.com]
BNSF Touts Service Gains as Hub Moves Away
[www.joc.com]
Locomotive rolls through Novato on test run
[www.marinij.com]
No. 844 to steam through Gothenburg, Brady twice in June
[www.gothenburgtimes.com]
Future of area’s rail lines in question
[www.desototimes.com]
CRANDIC bridge replacement work continues
[www.gazetteonline.com]
Winery plans ‘Twice the Trains’
[www.lockportjournal.com]
Canadian News
Destroyed beaver dams blamed for train derailment, fuel spill into Ottawa River
[www.cbc.ca]
International News
Train drivers forced back to work
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Network Rail profits dip but spending rises and train performance goes up
[www.railnews.co.uk]
Two elephants run over by train in Kerala
[www.hindu.com]
Israel Railways attempts to ban green reps from Jerusalem train discussion
[www.jpost.com]
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 Trainnews volume 2 - issue 133 |
Espee99 | 06-04-2009 - 20:41 |