Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 4
Author: Espee99
Date: 01-06-2010 - 21:14

Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 4 - 1/6/10


This day in Railroad History
January 6, 1893
The completion of the Great Northern Railway in January 6, 1893, made completion of five sprawling transcontinental railroad 's basically following the original surveys commissioned in 1853 by the government Transcontinental,
Railroad, Golden Spike, Prom
[www.linecamp.com]


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Today's Photos - Please send photos and suggested articles to Trainnews1@yahoo.com as I am now out of Photo submissions. Thanks to those whos generious emails have provided us with great subjects.
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ATSF 569 has nearly crested the grade at Dalies, NM with a westbound intermodal in January of 1997; as the Grants local waits on the line from Albuquerque. The Grants local is led by GP40 3804. The ATSF Dalies watertank sits between the 2 lines. The watertank has been since removed. Trailing the ATSF 569 Dash 8 is a former Conrail/Penn Central SD40 EMD lease unit.

L.A.Scrafford


Domestic News


Metro train nearly hits independent safety inspectors
[www.washingtonpost.com]


BMW may have skirted crossing when train hit
[www.ocregister.com]
and
California train accident - Freight train slams into car in Anaheim; 2 seriously injured
[www.justicenewsflash.com]


Man Falls On Tracks; Train Passes Over Him
[www.kptv.com]


Passengers stranded on train 4 to 6 hours after derailment
[www.todaysthv.com]


LIRR: Disorderly customer delays eastbound train in Mineola
[www.newsday.com]


Train derailment creates ‘quite a mess’
[www.leadercall.com]


Departure of Ski Train leaves void in Winter Park
[www.skyhidailynews.com]


Injured Ohio girl thought train could be outrun
[www.phillyburbs.com]


Teen survives hit by train in Hanford
[www.fresnobee.com]


No Pants required Sunday on light rail
[www.mynorthwest.com]


Train incident shuts down crossings
[www.middletownjournal.com]


Train derails in Blanchard
[www.ksla.com]


Train-lover Joe Biden Defends Amtrak
[www.good.is]


Red Line realities shred schedule
[voices.washingtonpost.com]


Increasing expenses could derail fish train
[www.lagrandeobserver.com]


Donated fence to shield deadly W. Pa. train tracks
[www.phillyburbs.com]


Study: Northern Flyer train would benefit economy
[blogs.kansas.com]


Tennessee Valley Railroad Has Valentine Dinner Train
[www.chattanoogan.com]


Web update: McCloud Dinner Train extends schedule to mid-January
[www.mtshastanews.com]


MTA Service Cuts Protested
[www.qgazette.com]


MAX glitches strand hundreds of Blazers fans outside Rose Garden after loss
[www.oregonlive.com]


New restriction at dangerous railroad crossing
[www.gazette.com]


Billy Jones Railroad in Los Gatos shut down to get new track
[www.mercurynews.com]


Federal board OKs Alaska Railroad extension to Delta Junction
[newsminer.com]
and
STB Approves Alaska Railroad Extension
[www.joc.com]


UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. U.S. EX REL. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
[www.leagle.com]


County may ask railroads for silence through Bay Point
[www.contracostatimes.com]


MBTA Extends Commuter Rail Contract
[wbztv.com]


Port of Everett OKs rail spur for cargo handling
[www.heraldnet.com]


Riverside council puts $4.45 million toward Iowa Avenue rail project
[www.pe.com]


B.H.I.T., Inc. Changes Name to Banyan Rail Services Inc.
[www.earthtimes.org]


Norfolk Southern gets Lamberts Point terminal back online
[www.purchasing.com]


FRA Administrator Szabo And FRA Deputy Administrator Rae To Keynote Regional Seminars On High-speed Rail
[www.expertclick.com]


Little red engine comes home to Laurinburg
[www.fayobserver.com]


Canadian News


Alberta to offer exclusive train ride between Vancouver and Whistler during Olympics
[edmonton.ctv.ca]


C-Train driver escapes attacker
[www.calgarysun.com]


International News


Hong Kong Lawmakers to Vote on Express Train to Mainland
[online.wsj.com]


Stobart freight train derails in heavy snow in Scotland
[www.newsandstar.co.uk]


Freak weather sends train timings for a toss, weathermen offer little hope
[www.indianexpress.com]


Bomb Threat Stops Kaliningrad-Moscow Train In Belarus
[www.rferl.org]
and
Movement of Baku-Kiev train resumed after removing explosive device
[en.trend.az]


Reduced train services to Stansted
[www.cambridge-news.co.uk]


Train derails near Tonota
[www.mmegi.bw]


More go card outlets on the go, says TransLink
[www.news.com.au]


Train movement hit due to fog, flights on schedule
[ibnlive.in.com]


Anand Vihar joins Metro line
[www.indianexpress.com]


Train delays after car hits North Shore boomgate
[www.geelongadvertiser.com.au]


Middle East Invests US$5.2 Bn in Kalimantan
[en.vivanews.com]


US$3.5 Billion To Setting Up Railway In Yemen, Says ESCWA Study
[www.bernama.com]




Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 4 Espee99 01-06-2010 - 21:14
  Re: Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 4 Espee99 01-06-2010 - 21:15
  Re: Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 4 Espee99 01-06-2010 - 21:24
  ATSF 3804 cajon 01-07-2010 - 21:54
  Re: ATSF 3804 L.A.Scrafford 01-08-2010 - 08:46


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