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Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 27 and 28
Author: Espee99
Date: 02-06-2010 - 16:04
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 27/28 - 02/05-06/10
Note:Double issue due to late arrival last night(this morning) from SoCal
This day in Railroad History
February 5, 1976
President Ford signed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, which included the Conrail Final System Plan, into law. The plan included Penn Central plus 6 smaller bankrupt railroads—the Ann Arbor; Erie Lackawanna; Lehigh Valley; Reading Company; Central Railroad of New Jersey; and Lehigh & Hudson River Railway. Although Conrail's government-funded rebuilding of the heavily dilapidated railroad succeeded by the end of the 1970s in improving the physical condition of its infrastructure, the fundamental economic regulatory issues remained, and Conrail continued to post losses of as much as $1 million a day. Conrail management, recognizing the need for more regulatory freedom, were among the parties lobbying for what became the Staggers Act of 1980, which significantly loosened the ICC's rigid economic control of the rail industry. This allowed Conrail and other carriers the opportunity to become profitable and strengthen their finances.
[en.wikipedia.org]
February 6, 1951
On the cold, drizzly night of Feb. 6, 1951, a Pennsylvania Railroad express train called "The Broker" derailed and crashed on a temporary trestle near downtown Woodbridge, afterfailing to observe a 25mph slow order. Eighty-five of the 1,100 people on board died and hundreds were injured. Five decades later, the legacy of the crash - the deadliest American railroad accident since World War II - remains as sharp, tangled and twisted as the mass of steel strewn that night on the 26-foot-high embankment along Fulton Street. (follow the link for vintage photos)
[www.woodbridgefdnj.org]
Photo of the Day
Last Night's Photos
Soo Line #6030 & 6030A was taken in Bangor WI – CP train #280. 1-30-10. Soo Line #6030C was taken in Camp Douglas WI. Same train and date as above.
Jim Matuska Photos
Today's Photo
The Southern Pacific #4449 was painted black in the spring of 2000 for a series BNSF Employee Specials. All Southern Pacific logos were removed from the locomotive and tenders for the specials, with BNSF emblems applied. In 2001 the locomotive and tenders were still black. Although, the 2001 blacken set had "Southern Pacific Lines" lettered on the tender. (The canteen car still had the BNSF logo on it.) The paint scheme was called its "World War II" look. The train was on a public excursion from Portland, OR to Yakima, WA over Stampede Pass and back to Portland, OR. The photo shown was shot on 27 May 2001 as the train was charging south along the Puget Sound at Solo Point near Steilacoom, WA.
Dan Simmering Photo
Domestic News
Train accident delays Amtrak commuters outside Chicago
[www.piercecountyherald.com]
Bullet train ridership numbers don't add up, watchdog says
[www.mercurynews.com]
Amtrak Sat. service cut
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
CTA bus barn shut as bus, train cuts loom
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
and
Today is last day of full CTA service
[www.chicagonow.com]
Train station meeting is set
[www.delmarvanow.com]
Our Opinion: High-speed rail makes sense in the long run
[www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com]
Pedestrian trapped underneath Muni train, seriously injured
[www.newyorkinjurynews.com]
City wins fast-train funds
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
Train collides with vehicle
[staugustine.com]
Darla Sturdy finds little urgency in TriMet's response to MAX station improvements
[www.oregonlive.com]
Train derails leaving rail yard
[www2.hickoryrecord.com]
Loma Linda ready to build 'quiet zones' near railroad crossings
[www.sbsun.com]
MetroBus Service, Above Ground Trains to be Suspended
[www.myfoxdc.com]
Minnesota Radio Station Sues Over Noise From Passing Trains
[www.avvo.com]
Some Amtrak trains to B.C. during Olympics are full
[www.thenewstribune.com]
Terrell County Working to Possibly Build New Amtrak Depot
[www.newswest9.com]
Expo Construction Authority to vote on Westside light rail EIR for Phase Two
[www.argonautnewspaper.com]
Feds deliver on loans and grants RTD needs for FasTracks
[www.indenvertimes.com]
Union Pacific replacing ties
[www.azstarnet.com]
Union Pacific sets dividend of 27 cents per share
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Railroad files notice to abandon tracks
[www.bangordailynews.com]
Unprotected crossings getting gates
[www.morrisdailyherald.com]
CSX to outline track upgrades in Somerset, Bedford counties
[www.tribune-democrat.com]
Ohioans wonder whether new rail line will be too slow, underutilized
[www.cleveland.com]
Stimulus funds save Katy railroad bridge
[www.news-leader.com]
Tulare County officials will lobby for rail line
[www.visaliatimesdelta.com]
Canadian News
The area will suffer in many ways if there is no rail service to major population centres
[www.thedailyobserver.ca]
Canada - Grain on the railways
[www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk]
International News
Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train starts operation
[www.chinadaily.com.cn]
Landslide derails train in northeast Iran
[www.presstv.ir]
Metro doors get jammed at Central Sec, services hit
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
First Capital Connect bosses meet St Albans commuters
[www.stalbansreview.co.uk]
Transportation Ministry: Machu Picchu will reopen to tourists in 3 weeks
[www.peruviantimes.com]
Railways approve divisional disaster management plan
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Labour and Tories at odds over rail electrification plan
[www.walesonline.co.uk]
'Sweden has worst railway maintenance in Europe': SJ CEO
[www.thelocal.se]
Railway trips in Azerbaijan implemented with delays due to weather conditions
[en.trend.az]
Transit planned but rail tracks in sorry state
[www.thedailystar.net]
Pickering railway steams to record-beating year
[www.maltonmercury.co.uk]
Resourcehouse Signs US$60 Billion China Deal
[online.wsj.com]
Bombardier Wins First Modern Signalling Contract in Pakistan
[www.webnewswire.com]
Note:Double issue due to late arrival last night(this morning) from SoCal
This day in Railroad History
February 5, 1976
President Ford signed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, which included the Conrail Final System Plan, into law. The plan included Penn Central plus 6 smaller bankrupt railroads—the Ann Arbor; Erie Lackawanna; Lehigh Valley; Reading Company; Central Railroad of New Jersey; and Lehigh & Hudson River Railway. Although Conrail's government-funded rebuilding of the heavily dilapidated railroad succeeded by the end of the 1970s in improving the physical condition of its infrastructure, the fundamental economic regulatory issues remained, and Conrail continued to post losses of as much as $1 million a day. Conrail management, recognizing the need for more regulatory freedom, were among the parties lobbying for what became the Staggers Act of 1980, which significantly loosened the ICC's rigid economic control of the rail industry. This allowed Conrail and other carriers the opportunity to become profitable and strengthen their finances.
[en.wikipedia.org]
February 6, 1951
On the cold, drizzly night of Feb. 6, 1951, a Pennsylvania Railroad express train called "The Broker" derailed and crashed on a temporary trestle near downtown Woodbridge, afterfailing to observe a 25mph slow order. Eighty-five of the 1,100 people on board died and hundreds were injured. Five decades later, the legacy of the crash - the deadliest American railroad accident since World War II - remains as sharp, tangled and twisted as the mass of steel strewn that night on the 26-foot-high embankment along Fulton Street. (follow the link for vintage photos)
[www.woodbridgefdnj.org]
Photo of the Day
Last Night's Photos
Soo Line #6030 & 6030A was taken in Bangor WI – CP train #280. 1-30-10. Soo Line #6030C was taken in Camp Douglas WI. Same train and date as above.
Jim Matuska Photos
Today's Photo
The Southern Pacific #4449 was painted black in the spring of 2000 for a series BNSF Employee Specials. All Southern Pacific logos were removed from the locomotive and tenders for the specials, with BNSF emblems applied. In 2001 the locomotive and tenders were still black. Although, the 2001 blacken set had "Southern Pacific Lines" lettered on the tender. (The canteen car still had the BNSF logo on it.) The paint scheme was called its "World War II" look. The train was on a public excursion from Portland, OR to Yakima, WA over Stampede Pass and back to Portland, OR. The photo shown was shot on 27 May 2001 as the train was charging south along the Puget Sound at Solo Point near Steilacoom, WA.
Dan Simmering Photo
Domestic News
Train accident delays Amtrak commuters outside Chicago
[www.piercecountyherald.com]
Bullet train ridership numbers don't add up, watchdog says
[www.mercurynews.com]
Amtrak Sat. service cut
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
CTA bus barn shut as bus, train cuts loom
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
and
Today is last day of full CTA service
[www.chicagonow.com]
Train station meeting is set
[www.delmarvanow.com]
Our Opinion: High-speed rail makes sense in the long run
[www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com]
Pedestrian trapped underneath Muni train, seriously injured
[www.newyorkinjurynews.com]
City wins fast-train funds
[www.charlotteobserver.com]
Train collides with vehicle
[staugustine.com]
Darla Sturdy finds little urgency in TriMet's response to MAX station improvements
[www.oregonlive.com]
Train derails leaving rail yard
[www2.hickoryrecord.com]
Loma Linda ready to build 'quiet zones' near railroad crossings
[www.sbsun.com]
MetroBus Service, Above Ground Trains to be Suspended
[www.myfoxdc.com]
Minnesota Radio Station Sues Over Noise From Passing Trains
[www.avvo.com]
Some Amtrak trains to B.C. during Olympics are full
[www.thenewstribune.com]
Terrell County Working to Possibly Build New Amtrak Depot
[www.newswest9.com]
Expo Construction Authority to vote on Westside light rail EIR for Phase Two
[www.argonautnewspaper.com]
Feds deliver on loans and grants RTD needs for FasTracks
[www.indenvertimes.com]
Union Pacific replacing ties
[www.azstarnet.com]
Union Pacific sets dividend of 27 cents per share
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Railroad files notice to abandon tracks
[www.bangordailynews.com]
Unprotected crossings getting gates
[www.morrisdailyherald.com]
CSX to outline track upgrades in Somerset, Bedford counties
[www.tribune-democrat.com]
Ohioans wonder whether new rail line will be too slow, underutilized
[www.cleveland.com]
Stimulus funds save Katy railroad bridge
[www.news-leader.com]
Tulare County officials will lobby for rail line
[www.visaliatimesdelta.com]
Canadian News
The area will suffer in many ways if there is no rail service to major population centres
[www.thedailyobserver.ca]
Canada - Grain on the railways
[www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk]
International News
Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train starts operation
[www.chinadaily.com.cn]
Landslide derails train in northeast Iran
[www.presstv.ir]
Metro doors get jammed at Central Sec, services hit
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
First Capital Connect bosses meet St Albans commuters
[www.stalbansreview.co.uk]
Transportation Ministry: Machu Picchu will reopen to tourists in 3 weeks
[www.peruviantimes.com]
Railways approve divisional disaster management plan
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Labour and Tories at odds over rail electrification plan
[www.walesonline.co.uk]
'Sweden has worst railway maintenance in Europe': SJ CEO
[www.thelocal.se]
Railway trips in Azerbaijan implemented with delays due to weather conditions
[en.trend.az]
Transit planned but rail tracks in sorry state
[www.thedailystar.net]
Pickering railway steams to record-beating year
[www.maltonmercury.co.uk]
Resourcehouse Signs US$60 Billion China Deal
[online.wsj.com]
Bombardier Wins First Modern Signalling Contract in Pakistan
[www.webnewswire.com]
| Subject | Written By | Date/Time (PST) |
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 Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 27 and 28 |
Espee99 | 02-06-2010 - 16:04 |
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Re: Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 27 and 28--Loma Linda
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Carol L. Voss | 02-06-2010 - 17:33 |
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Re: Train Noise on Radio
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fkrock | 02-08-2010 - 11:25 |