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Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 9
Author: Espee99
Date: 01-12-2010 - 18:29
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 9 - 1/12/10
Notice - trainnews will not publish Friday 1/14/10 and Tuesday 1/19/10 due to business travel
This day in Railroad History
January 12, 1883
The Southern section of the second transcontinental railroad line is completed as the Southern Pacific tracks from Los Angeles meet the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway at the Pecos River. The golden spike is driven by Col. Tom Pierce, the GH&SA president, atop the Pecos River High Bridge. The line now extends to San Antonio and Houston along the Sunset Route.
[cprr.org]
Photo Server Instructions
The photo serve is back online, and will require an id and passcode. Email Trainnews1@yahoo.com if you wish to use the service.
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.
Canadian Pacific CEFX AC4000CW lease unit leads a westbound coal train through the rockslide sheds along the Thompson River Canyon east of Lasha, British Columbia in July of 2008; as a Canadian Pacific intermodal eastbound motors upriver on its own rails, in the foreground. Since the summer of 1999 the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have used directional running along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers between Mission and Nepa, B.C.
L.A.Scrafford Photo
Domestic News
Unusually long Calif. train raises safety concerns
[www.sfgate.com]
Railroads get guidance on collisions
[www.omaha.com]
and
Spurred by Metrolink crash, rails move closer to installing automatic brakes
[latimesblogs.latimes.com]
3 appointed to Calif-Nev super speed train board
[www.sfgate.com]
Mich. teen survives being hit by freight train
[www.9and10news.com]
Q&A with DART on constant train delays
[dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com]
Track work will shut down Red Line station this weekend
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Atlantic County legislators oppose NJ Transit plan to kill an early-morning train run
[www.pressofatlanticcity.com]
Amtrak trains to Winter Olympics filling up fast
[www.seattlepi.com]
Homeless Man's Foot Severed by Train in West Eugene
[kezi.com]
Crazy Train Funding
[www.hartfordadvocate.com]
Boycott Could Derail South Bay's Freedom Train
[www.ktvu.com]
Train passenger wakes up locked in train yard
[www.king5.com]
Can the train take the strain?
[www.guardian.co.uk]
Clifton train station shelter reopening
[www.northjersey.com]
Train Derailment in Port Neches
[www.kbmt12.com]
High speed train to Chicago could run through Hastings
[www.woodburybulletin.com]
Exeter train station milestones applauded
[www.seacoastonline.com]
Moment of panic for dad when stroller gets stuck in MAX doors
[www.katu.com]
Man injured in train crash
[www.wnewsj.com]
Man Says Train Company Is Responsible For Accident
[www.ksfy.com]
International transit experts share advice for U.S. subways
[www.washingtonexaminer.com]
MILLEA v. METRO-NORTH RAILROAD COMPANY
[www.leagle.com]
Railroad shipping: Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor receives strong bipartisan support
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Ashland officials want railroad crossings to be quiet zones
[www.metrowestdailynews.com]
Patriot Rail Corp. Promotes Rutstein and Dahl
[www.sys-con.com]
Old Idaho Depot demolition begins
[www.fox12idaho.com]
BNSF to Report Fourth-Quarter Earnings Jan. 21
[money.cnn.com]
County supervisors to hold rail vote
[www.visaliatimesdelta.com]
Acela trains getting Wi-Fi in March
[www.pbn.com]
Canadian News
RCMP charge two in train derailment that closed busy highway
[edmonton.ctv.ca]
CN worker from Hamilton dies of injuries
[www.thespec.com]
International News
Site of train derailment reopened
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Metro says Williamstown and Alemein lines will be first to close if train system melst down
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
16 Train Cars Derail Near Kimball
[www.suntelegraph.com]
Brakes under scrutiny after freight train’s ‘near miss’
[www.railnews.co.uk]
Guard threatened to throw returning soldiers off train
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
Bikes get free train ride
[www.cphpost.dk]
Minor fire breaks out in Rameswaram Express
[www.hindu.com]
Fire in Kolkata slum disrupts local train services
[www.ptinews.com]
Deutsche Bahn urged to pay up for wartime past of predecessor
[www.dw-world.de]
Harsh winter weather causes over 100 train cancellations in Poland
[www.panorama.am]
Another Eurostar Train Caught in Tunnel
[www.comparecarhire.co.uk]
Seven hurt in freight train fire in Irkutsk region
[www.itar-tass.com]
Most train operators back in business as weather relents
[www.railnews.co.uk]
Bolivia plans to nationalize railroads
[edition.cnn.com]
Notice - trainnews will not publish Friday 1/14/10 and Tuesday 1/19/10 due to business travel
This day in Railroad History
January 12, 1883
The Southern section of the second transcontinental railroad line is completed as the Southern Pacific tracks from Los Angeles meet the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway at the Pecos River. The golden spike is driven by Col. Tom Pierce, the GH&SA president, atop the Pecos River High Bridge. The line now extends to San Antonio and Houston along the Sunset Route.
[cprr.org]
Photo Server Instructions
The photo serve is back online, and will require an id and passcode. Email Trainnews1@yahoo.com if you wish to use the service.
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.
Canadian Pacific CEFX AC4000CW lease unit leads a westbound coal train through the rockslide sheds along the Thompson River Canyon east of Lasha, British Columbia in July of 2008; as a Canadian Pacific intermodal eastbound motors upriver on its own rails, in the foreground. Since the summer of 1999 the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have used directional running along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers between Mission and Nepa, B.C.
L.A.Scrafford Photo
Domestic News
Unusually long Calif. train raises safety concerns
[www.sfgate.com]
Railroads get guidance on collisions
[www.omaha.com]
and
Spurred by Metrolink crash, rails move closer to installing automatic brakes
[latimesblogs.latimes.com]
3 appointed to Calif-Nev super speed train board
[www.sfgate.com]
Mich. teen survives being hit by freight train
[www.9and10news.com]
Q&A with DART on constant train delays
[dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com]
Track work will shut down Red Line station this weekend
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Atlantic County legislators oppose NJ Transit plan to kill an early-morning train run
[www.pressofatlanticcity.com]
Amtrak trains to Winter Olympics filling up fast
[www.seattlepi.com]
Homeless Man's Foot Severed by Train in West Eugene
[kezi.com]
Crazy Train Funding
[www.hartfordadvocate.com]
Boycott Could Derail South Bay's Freedom Train
[www.ktvu.com]
Train passenger wakes up locked in train yard
[www.king5.com]
Can the train take the strain?
[www.guardian.co.uk]
Clifton train station shelter reopening
[www.northjersey.com]
Train Derailment in Port Neches
[www.kbmt12.com]
High speed train to Chicago could run through Hastings
[www.woodburybulletin.com]
Exeter train station milestones applauded
[www.seacoastonline.com]
Moment of panic for dad when stroller gets stuck in MAX doors
[www.katu.com]
Man injured in train crash
[www.wnewsj.com]
Man Says Train Company Is Responsible For Accident
[www.ksfy.com]
International transit experts share advice for U.S. subways
[www.washingtonexaminer.com]
MILLEA v. METRO-NORTH RAILROAD COMPANY
[www.leagle.com]
Railroad shipping: Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor receives strong bipartisan support
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Ashland officials want railroad crossings to be quiet zones
[www.metrowestdailynews.com]
Patriot Rail Corp. Promotes Rutstein and Dahl
[www.sys-con.com]
Old Idaho Depot demolition begins
[www.fox12idaho.com]
BNSF to Report Fourth-Quarter Earnings Jan. 21
[money.cnn.com]
County supervisors to hold rail vote
[www.visaliatimesdelta.com]
Acela trains getting Wi-Fi in March
[www.pbn.com]
Canadian News
RCMP charge two in train derailment that closed busy highway
[edmonton.ctv.ca]
CN worker from Hamilton dies of injuries
[www.thespec.com]
International News
Site of train derailment reopened
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Metro says Williamstown and Alemein lines will be first to close if train system melst down
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
16 Train Cars Derail Near Kimball
[www.suntelegraph.com]
Brakes under scrutiny after freight train’s ‘near miss’
[www.railnews.co.uk]
Guard threatened to throw returning soldiers off train
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
Bikes get free train ride
[www.cphpost.dk]
Minor fire breaks out in Rameswaram Express
[www.hindu.com]
Fire in Kolkata slum disrupts local train services
[www.ptinews.com]
Deutsche Bahn urged to pay up for wartime past of predecessor
[www.dw-world.de]
Harsh winter weather causes over 100 train cancellations in Poland
[www.panorama.am]
Another Eurostar Train Caught in Tunnel
[www.comparecarhire.co.uk]
Seven hurt in freight train fire in Irkutsk region
[www.itar-tass.com]
Most train operators back in business as weather relents
[www.railnews.co.uk]
Bolivia plans to nationalize railroads
[edition.cnn.com]
| Subject | Written By | Date/Time (PST) |
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 Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 9 |
Espee99 | 01-12-2010 - 18:29 |
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Re: Nepa?
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almo | 01-13-2010 - 22:56 |
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Re: Nepa?
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L.A.Scrafford | 01-14-2010 - 08:39 |