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Trainnews volume 2 - issue 204
Author: Espee99
Date: 08-20-2009 - 20:02
Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 204 - 08/20/09
TODAY'S PHOTOS
TCW Cat powered 4301 at the Hopkins, MN CP Depot. TCW leases the track to get to Minneapolis, MN.
Lee Cooper Photo
Request - Please send more photos to trainnews@att.net, we are running low
Special item - Reed Jackson Obit. Thanks to Jim Fitzgerald. RIP Reed you will be missed in this community.
Conductor Reed Jackson always looked the part: dark-blue suit, white shirt, black hat and blue vest. Reed Jackson loved trains from the time he was small, and he followed his father and grandfather into the train business.
Jackson, the affable conductor on the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days train, died of a brain tumor on Saturday at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. He was 54.
A rosary is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Collins. Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church.
Jackson made friends on every trip of the steam engine, said his brother-in-law Michael Engelbert. "He could talk to anyone, whether it was a child or a 90-year-old." "He was the greatest ambassador Union Pacific ever had," said Jack Holland, a Union Pacific machinist from Cheyenne who knew Jackson for years.
Jackson had been the conductor on trips with the famous, including former President George H.W. Bush. The family excursion from Houston to College Station, Texas, was in celebration of Bush's 80th birthday. Jackson was also the conductor on the train that hauled the Olympic torch around prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He even carried the torch part of the way.
Jackson always looked the part: dark-blue suit (with brass jacket buttons featuring the Union Pacific logo), white shirt, black hat and blue vest.
In fact, among the scores of memorabilia he collected were 30 Union Pacific conductor suits. "He used several of them because his weight changed over the years," said Holland. Jackson's collection also included books, magazines, china, lanterns, ticket punchers and pocket watches.
Thousands of people asked him questions during trips and stops, said Engelbert. "He'd answer questions even at the end of a 16-hour shift," said Holland. "He was always courteous and polite and extremely sharp" about railroads and the history of the steam engine.
If anything went wrong, "he was very resourceful and could calm everyone down," said Steve Lee, Union Pacific's manager of train operating policies. "He always cared about the safety and comfort of the passengers" and "patrolled" the cars constantly.
Jackson was born in Denver on Sept. 14, 1954, and graduated from North High School. At 18, he started working as a brakeman for Union Pacific. He is survived by his wife, Martha Mazur Jackson; two daughters, Celeste Parker of Frederick and Erin Jackson of Fort Collins; one grandchild; his parents, Robert and Marylou Jackson of Lakewood; a brother, Kent Jackson of Petaluma, Calif.; and four sisters, Linda Jackson of Denver, Christina Taylor of Woodland Park, Shawn Engelbert of Denver and Stacy Birkeness of Littleton.
Domestic News
Bicyclist badly hurt when he hits Metro train
[www.sfgate.com]
UTA changes may increase commute time
[www.deseretnews.com]
Collision Of Train Cars Spills Diesel Fuel
[www.kirotv.com]
Danbury train line benefits from federal stimulus grant
[www.acorn-online.com]
3 men sought after train hits stolen tractor
[www.macon.com]
Some MetroRail runs to skip outlying stations
[www.statesman.com]
Another step toward a train in the Central Corridor
[www.twincities.com]
Train conductor reports hitting bicyclist NW of Tucson
[www.azstarnet.com]
Plaistow commuter train seems to be going nowhere
[www.eagletribune.com]
MAX riders share photos, stories from their time stranded in tunnel
[blog.oregonlive.com]
Boredom led to Caltrain bomb threat, prosecutor says
[www.insidebayarea.com]
Music City Star commuter rail to serve Lakewood in trial run
[www.tennessean.com]
Granholm Says High-Speed Rail in Michigan Will Create Jobs, Provide Another Mode of Transportation for Citizens
[www.michnews.org]
Railroads Increase Employment in July
[www.joc.com]
Railroad Crossing Maintenance Will Close Portion of Idaho 39
[www.localnews8.com]
Domestic intermodal traffic is best hope for railroad recovery
[www.glgroup.com]
CREATE partners alter program to suit CN's EJ&E acquisition
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
Patriot Rail and City of Temple Texas Announce Rail Partnership
[www.earthtimes.org]
Final impact statement out for RTD’s Gold Line
[www.bizjournals.com]
Canadian News
Amtrak's second Vancouver-Portland train begins service
[www.vancouversun.com]
VIA Issues Apology After Train Fire
[www.cfra.com]
International News
No end in sight to Metrorail strike
[www.iol.co.za]
Cape trains 'back to normal'
[www.int.iol.co.za]
Railway station staff 'quote higher fares'
[www.guardian.co.uk]
Train traffic on Lucknow-Kanpur route to be affected
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
INGATESTONE: Passengers to be compensated following train delays
[www.thisistotalessex.co.uk]
Miniature derailment injures five
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Have you seen the new Sprinter train?
[blogs.dailyrecord.co.uk]
Passengers flee burning train
[www.abc.net.au]
Rail operator offers 7-36 percent discounts
[www.thanhniennews.com]
TODAY'S PHOTOS
TCW Cat powered 4301 at the Hopkins, MN CP Depot. TCW leases the track to get to Minneapolis, MN.
Lee Cooper Photo
Request - Please send more photos to trainnews@att.net, we are running low
Special item - Reed Jackson Obit. Thanks to Jim Fitzgerald. RIP Reed you will be missed in this community.
Conductor Reed Jackson always looked the part: dark-blue suit, white shirt, black hat and blue vest. Reed Jackson loved trains from the time he was small, and he followed his father and grandfather into the train business.
Jackson, the affable conductor on the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days train, died of a brain tumor on Saturday at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. He was 54.
A rosary is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. today at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Collins. Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church.
Jackson made friends on every trip of the steam engine, said his brother-in-law Michael Engelbert. "He could talk to anyone, whether it was a child or a 90-year-old." "He was the greatest ambassador Union Pacific ever had," said Jack Holland, a Union Pacific machinist from Cheyenne who knew Jackson for years.
Jackson had been the conductor on trips with the famous, including former President George H.W. Bush. The family excursion from Houston to College Station, Texas, was in celebration of Bush's 80th birthday. Jackson was also the conductor on the train that hauled the Olympic torch around prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He even carried the torch part of the way.
Jackson always looked the part: dark-blue suit (with brass jacket buttons featuring the Union Pacific logo), white shirt, black hat and blue vest.
In fact, among the scores of memorabilia he collected were 30 Union Pacific conductor suits. "He used several of them because his weight changed over the years," said Holland. Jackson's collection also included books, magazines, china, lanterns, ticket punchers and pocket watches.
Thousands of people asked him questions during trips and stops, said Engelbert. "He'd answer questions even at the end of a 16-hour shift," said Holland. "He was always courteous and polite and extremely sharp" about railroads and the history of the steam engine.
If anything went wrong, "he was very resourceful and could calm everyone down," said Steve Lee, Union Pacific's manager of train operating policies. "He always cared about the safety and comfort of the passengers" and "patrolled" the cars constantly.
Jackson was born in Denver on Sept. 14, 1954, and graduated from North High School. At 18, he started working as a brakeman for Union Pacific. He is survived by his wife, Martha Mazur Jackson; two daughters, Celeste Parker of Frederick and Erin Jackson of Fort Collins; one grandchild; his parents, Robert and Marylou Jackson of Lakewood; a brother, Kent Jackson of Petaluma, Calif.; and four sisters, Linda Jackson of Denver, Christina Taylor of Woodland Park, Shawn Engelbert of Denver and Stacy Birkeness of Littleton.
Domestic News
Bicyclist badly hurt when he hits Metro train
[www.sfgate.com]
UTA changes may increase commute time
[www.deseretnews.com]
Collision Of Train Cars Spills Diesel Fuel
[www.kirotv.com]
Danbury train line benefits from federal stimulus grant
[www.acorn-online.com]
3 men sought after train hits stolen tractor
[www.macon.com]
Some MetroRail runs to skip outlying stations
[www.statesman.com]
Another step toward a train in the Central Corridor
[www.twincities.com]
Train conductor reports hitting bicyclist NW of Tucson
[www.azstarnet.com]
Plaistow commuter train seems to be going nowhere
[www.eagletribune.com]
MAX riders share photos, stories from their time stranded in tunnel
[blog.oregonlive.com]
Boredom led to Caltrain bomb threat, prosecutor says
[www.insidebayarea.com]
Music City Star commuter rail to serve Lakewood in trial run
[www.tennessean.com]
Granholm Says High-Speed Rail in Michigan Will Create Jobs, Provide Another Mode of Transportation for Citizens
[www.michnews.org]
Railroads Increase Employment in July
[www.joc.com]
Railroad Crossing Maintenance Will Close Portion of Idaho 39
[www.localnews8.com]
Domestic intermodal traffic is best hope for railroad recovery
[www.glgroup.com]
CREATE partners alter program to suit CN's EJ&E acquisition
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
Patriot Rail and City of Temple Texas Announce Rail Partnership
[www.earthtimes.org]
Final impact statement out for RTD’s Gold Line
[www.bizjournals.com]
Canadian News
Amtrak's second Vancouver-Portland train begins service
[www.vancouversun.com]
VIA Issues Apology After Train Fire
[www.cfra.com]
International News
No end in sight to Metrorail strike
[www.iol.co.za]
Cape trains 'back to normal'
[www.int.iol.co.za]
Railway station staff 'quote higher fares'
[www.guardian.co.uk]
Train traffic on Lucknow-Kanpur route to be affected
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
INGATESTONE: Passengers to be compensated following train delays
[www.thisistotalessex.co.uk]
Miniature derailment injures five
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Have you seen the new Sprinter train?
[blogs.dailyrecord.co.uk]
Passengers flee burning train
[www.abc.net.au]
Rail operator offers 7-36 percent discounts
[www.thanhniennews.com]
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 Trainnews volume 2 - issue 204 |
Espee99 | 08-20-2009 - 20:02 |