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Trainnews volume 2 - issue 236
Author: Espee99
Date: 09-25-2009 - 20:23
Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 236 - 09/25/09
Notice - Trainnews is looking for more news worthy and hostoric photos, Please send them to trainnews@att.net. Remember the caption so that others can tell what, where and why your photo is significant.
Today's Photos
Providing storage for unneeded railcars in the current down economy is an important source of revenue for many shortline railroads these days. On Aug 14, 2009 the Eastern Washington Gateway RR handled a 121 car coal train for storage. It is seen here along highway 2 west of Davenport.
Steve Gibson Photos, collection of Bruce Butler.
Domestic News
US man linked to 9/11 train plot
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Alaska's ski train falls victim to hard times, cancels spring trip
[latimesblogs.latimes.com]
Reid, Gibbons, spar over train funding
[www.mercurynews.com]
Towns fight for a train of their own
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
CSX adds coal train through Plant City starting in December
[www2.tbo.com]
DART Green Line's arrival feted at State Fair
[www.dallasnews.com]
DM&E to increase train speeds
[www.ktiv.com]
The ol' train gets a new coat of paint
[www.gazettetimes.com]
Train speeds increasing at some Birmingham metro RR tracks
[www2.nbc13.com]
Air board to weigh train pollution measures
[www.pe.com]
Train derails in Sandusky
[www.morningjournal.com]
First-Responders Train For Disasters On The Tracks
[www2.nbc4i.com]
Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth to party on rush-hour train to Convent Station
[www.dailyrecord.com]
Nor Cal ‘Railroad Safety Month’ activities conclude in Fresno with special UPRR train run
[www.examiner.com]
Safety Train Makes Stop in Ohio With Rail Hazmat Training
[cms.firehouse.com]
Kansas transportation firm plans purchase of Boise area train tracks
[www.idahobusiness.net]
MAX riders in Portland face rush-hour delays
[www.oregonlive.com]
State pays to fence railroad tracks at Carkeek Park
[blog.seattlepi.com]
Oregon Century: Part 30 - Logging Railroads
[kdrv.com]
Railroad shipping: AAR reports volumes are down for the week ending September 19
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
State awards $12 million for restoring railroad
[www.sheboyganpress.com]
Grant to build railroad spur
[www.dailymail.com]
Rell: State seeking $15.5M for Valley Railroad Project
[www.middletownpress.com]
Dates set for first Central Coast Railroad Festival
[www.theadobepress.com]
Pinsly Railroad Company--Control Exemption--The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Company
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
CSX pitching new service to shippers
[www.buffalonews.com]
Whimsy required at Santa Rosa's Handcar Regatta
[www.pressdemocrat.com]
Rolling to the future at Canadian National rail yard
[www.commercialappeal.com]
State To Take Over Allston Railyards
[www.thecrimson.com]
House panel OKs antitrust act
[www.capitalpress.com]
DOT Stimulus Spending Tops $3 Billion
[www.joc.com]
Crossings Will Be Upgraded In Wayne Co.
[www.northcentralohio.com]
Railex now operating four trains a week to Rotterdam
[www.timesunion.com]
BNSF gearing up for bridge work
[www.thehawkeye.com]
Sacramento railyard is 'shining light' for struggling developer Thomas
[www.sacbee.com]
Railway to close Flagstaff call center
[www.azdailysun.com]
Canadian News
Canadian Pacific to Join e-RAILSAFE Canada
[www.newswiretoday.com]
International News
New trains to ease Metro rush
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Pune-Delhi non-stop train to start from Sept 29
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train derailed in crash with car
[www.theage.com.au]
Driver killed in three-train crash
[www.dutchnews.nl]
Allahabad switches to computerised charting of moving trains
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Eurostar power loss strands 1,000
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Siemens’ High Speed Trains For Russia
[www.self-catering-breaks.com]
Historic U.K. train shed gets solar panels
[www.smartbrief.com]
Changes coming for NW train station
[www.thereporteronline.com]
Metro's new broad gauge train rolls out
[www.ptinews.com]
Trains firms plan to link up on London service
[www.oxfordmail.co.uk]
Bridge fault halts train service
[www.oxfordmail.co.uk]
Drunk man holds up Frankfurt train service
[en.rian.ru]
South Caucasus Railway to invest RUB 1.2bn in Armenia’s railroad facilities
[news.am]
Photo Server Instructions
Follow the directions below to save photos:
1) in Windows explorer enter "ftp://trainnews.webhop.org" (w/o quotes)
2) once the window opens right clich the mouse and select "login as"
3) enter photos for the login and trainnews for the password
4) copy you photo to the file server
5) close the window when you photos are copied
To post the picture copy the text below into you posting and replace FILENAME.JPG with your photos filename.
[trainnews.webhop.org]
I am running this as a test and have a smaller disk assigned to the service, please limit you photos to a max size of 800 x 600 as this will fill the screen in the post and leave more space for others. I will delete photos above 384K and also move photos them into an archive periodically.
Please send comments or questions on the photo server to trainnews@att.net
Notice - Trainnews is looking for more news worthy and hostoric photos, Please send them to trainnews@att.net. Remember the caption so that others can tell what, where and why your photo is significant.
Today's Photos
Providing storage for unneeded railcars in the current down economy is an important source of revenue for many shortline railroads these days. On Aug 14, 2009 the Eastern Washington Gateway RR handled a 121 car coal train for storage. It is seen here along highway 2 west of Davenport.
Steve Gibson Photos, collection of Bruce Butler.
Domestic News
US man linked to 9/11 train plot
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Alaska's ski train falls victim to hard times, cancels spring trip
[latimesblogs.latimes.com]
Reid, Gibbons, spar over train funding
[www.mercurynews.com]
Towns fight for a train of their own
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
CSX adds coal train through Plant City starting in December
[www2.tbo.com]
DART Green Line's arrival feted at State Fair
[www.dallasnews.com]
DM&E to increase train speeds
[www.ktiv.com]
The ol' train gets a new coat of paint
[www.gazettetimes.com]
Train speeds increasing at some Birmingham metro RR tracks
[www2.nbc13.com]
Air board to weigh train pollution measures
[www.pe.com]
Train derails in Sandusky
[www.morningjournal.com]
First-Responders Train For Disasters On The Tracks
[www2.nbc4i.com]
Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth to party on rush-hour train to Convent Station
[www.dailyrecord.com]
Nor Cal ‘Railroad Safety Month’ activities conclude in Fresno with special UPRR train run
[www.examiner.com]
Safety Train Makes Stop in Ohio With Rail Hazmat Training
[cms.firehouse.com]
Kansas transportation firm plans purchase of Boise area train tracks
[www.idahobusiness.net]
MAX riders in Portland face rush-hour delays
[www.oregonlive.com]
State pays to fence railroad tracks at Carkeek Park
[blog.seattlepi.com]
Oregon Century: Part 30 - Logging Railroads
[kdrv.com]
Railroad shipping: AAR reports volumes are down for the week ending September 19
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
State awards $12 million for restoring railroad
[www.sheboyganpress.com]
Grant to build railroad spur
[www.dailymail.com]
Rell: State seeking $15.5M for Valley Railroad Project
[www.middletownpress.com]
Dates set for first Central Coast Railroad Festival
[www.theadobepress.com]
Pinsly Railroad Company--Control Exemption--The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Company
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
CSX pitching new service to shippers
[www.buffalonews.com]
Whimsy required at Santa Rosa's Handcar Regatta
[www.pressdemocrat.com]
Rolling to the future at Canadian National rail yard
[www.commercialappeal.com]
State To Take Over Allston Railyards
[www.thecrimson.com]
House panel OKs antitrust act
[www.capitalpress.com]
DOT Stimulus Spending Tops $3 Billion
[www.joc.com]
Crossings Will Be Upgraded In Wayne Co.
[www.northcentralohio.com]
Railex now operating four trains a week to Rotterdam
[www.timesunion.com]
BNSF gearing up for bridge work
[www.thehawkeye.com]
Sacramento railyard is 'shining light' for struggling developer Thomas
[www.sacbee.com]
Railway to close Flagstaff call center
[www.azdailysun.com]
Canadian News
Canadian Pacific to Join e-RAILSAFE Canada
[www.newswiretoday.com]
International News
New trains to ease Metro rush
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Pune-Delhi non-stop train to start from Sept 29
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train derailed in crash with car
[www.theage.com.au]
Driver killed in three-train crash
[www.dutchnews.nl]
Allahabad switches to computerised charting of moving trains
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Eurostar power loss strands 1,000
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Siemens’ High Speed Trains For Russia
[www.self-catering-breaks.com]
Historic U.K. train shed gets solar panels
[www.smartbrief.com]
Changes coming for NW train station
[www.thereporteronline.com]
Metro's new broad gauge train rolls out
[www.ptinews.com]
Trains firms plan to link up on London service
[www.oxfordmail.co.uk]
Bridge fault halts train service
[www.oxfordmail.co.uk]
Drunk man holds up Frankfurt train service
[en.rian.ru]
South Caucasus Railway to invest RUB 1.2bn in Armenia’s railroad facilities
[news.am]
Photo Server Instructions
Follow the directions below to save photos:
1) in Windows explorer enter "ftp://trainnews.webhop.org" (w/o quotes)
2) once the window opens right clich the mouse and select "login as"
3) enter photos for the login and trainnews for the password
4) copy you photo to the file server
5) close the window when you photos are copied
To post the picture copy the text below into you posting and replace FILENAME.JPG with your photos filename.
[trainnews.webhop.org]
I am running this as a test and have a smaller disk assigned to the service, please limit you photos to a max size of 800 x 600 as this will fill the screen in the post and leave more space for others. I will delete photos above 384K and also move photos them into an archive periodically.
Please send comments or questions on the photo server to trainnews@att.net
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 Trainnews volume 2 - issue 236 |
Espee99 | 09-25-2009 - 20:23 |
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Sam Reeves | 09-26-2009 - 23:48 |