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Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 37
Author: Espee99
Date: 02-18-2010 - 19:51
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 37 - 02/18/10
This day in Railroad History
February 18, 1947
Pennsylvania Railroad’s “Red Arrow”, a Detroit to New York passenger train, derailed about two miles west of “Horseshoe Curve” neat Altoona, Pennsylvania. The train jumped the track and sent the two engines, mail car, baggage car, coach and two sleepers plunging down the embankment, overturned the diner and two sleepers and derailed three other sleepers. The coroner said that 17 bodies had been taken out of the wreck, including three members of the four-man engine crews. The injured were rushed to hospitals at Altoona, where Mercy and Altoona hospitals reported they had at least 85 casualties and more were arriving. The accident disrupted all railroad telephone communications in the area, increasing the difficulty of obtaining information and details.
[www.gendisasters.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com,
February 9, 2010, spotted on Oregon Highway 6 eastbound from Tillamook, Rick Franklin Corp. moving one of two boxcars from the permanently isolated Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad. The boxcars will return to the rails somewhere near Banks, Oregon. Ironically behind the boxcar is a truck with a load of lumber formerly hauled by the POTB Railroad.
Arlen Sheldrake photo.
Domestic News
Streetcar grant to pay full cost of new line along Loyola Avenue
[www.nola.com]
Train Derailment in Santa Fe
[www.myfoxhouston.com]
Dinner train between Santa Cruz and Davenport approved; funding still needed
[www.mercurynews.com]
Driver error blamed as Muni crash injures 5
[www.sfgate.com]
TriMet restores part of WES service for evening commute
[www.oregonlive.com]
Tampa-Orlando high speed rail: Bullet train competitors already hit fast track
[blogs.tampabay.com]
Spanish train maker considers Racine as site for a new plant
[www.fox6now.com]
Delaware roads: Cop saves two from train crash
[www.delawareonline.com]
Gibbons to push again for federal maglev train funding
[www.lvrj.com]
and
Maglev Project Commits to Southern Nevada Building Trades - First Step to 90,000 Jobs
[www.prnewswire.com]
Safer rail cars are 'most wanted' by NTSB
[www.washingtonexaminer.com]
and
Subway car safety added to list of needed transportation improvements
[edition.cnn.com]
Opelousas road closed to right derailed train
[www.wdam.com]
Weekend G Train Suspended Again (Again!)
[gothamist.com]
Freight train has minor derailment
[www.delmarvanow.com]
Train derails in DeKalb County
[www.wane.com]
Historic railway group proposes adventure train rides through Erie
[www.dailycamera.com]
Man struck by Metro Rail train at Allen Street
[www.buffalonews.com]
Fish train goes ahead
[www.wallowacountychieftain.info]
Teen Saves Family From Path of Folsom Train
[sfist.com]
Giant diesel belch causes heavy smoke for Sounder commuter train
[www.king5.com]
Federal stimulus money to fix train bottleneck in Colton
[www.scpr.org]
JCDA hoping to save historic train depot with city’s help
[www2.tricities.com]
Wayside Horns Possible Piece of Quiet Zone Solution
[www.sanclementetimes.com]
Bellevue neighborhoods split over light rail line
[www.king5.com]
McCalla train hub awarded $52-million in federal money
[www.myfoxal.com]
A Day After Their TIGER Win, Freight Railroads Carve Out More Turf
[dc.streetsblog.org]
State receives $20M to fix railroad
[www.hattiesburgamerican.com]
STB reauthorization legislation under a watchful eye by industry stakeholders
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Employers say loss of rail would carry consequences
[www.bangordailynews.com]
Medina railroad upgrades planned; could horns go silent?
[blog.cleveland.com]
FreightCar America Posts Q4 Loss - Update
[www.rttnews.com]
USDOT doles out 51 TIGER grants for projects in 41 states, D.C.
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
Tulsa trains to pass through 'quiet zone'
[www.tulsaworld.com]
Montana and BNSF in Legal Battle Over the Central Montana Rail
[www.kfbb.com]
CSX bridge-tunnel projects snare $98M in U.S. funding
[toledoblade.com]
Britt considers options for rail track repair
[www.globegazette.com]
NJ Transit fare hikes looming
[www.recordonline.com]
Federal Funds Approved for Rail Project
[wowktv.com]
DOT Freight Index Falls in December
[www.ttnews.com]
Bring on the freight trains
[www2.timesreview.com]
Canadian News
Stampede royalty a hit on Alberta Train to Games
[www.vancouversun.com]
Alberta's luxury train to Whistler hottest Olympic ticket
[www.vancouversun.com]
GO train chaos in east end
[www.torontosun.com]
International News
Crews pull Belgian train wrecks apart
[www.google.com]
Strike 'will not affect train services'
[news.bbc.co.uk]
London Assembly warns against train snow chaos repeat
[news.bbc.co.uk]
India to tackle train-top travel
[www.southalltravel.co.uk]
Passengers to be scanned for knives at Dumbarton train station
[www.lennoxherald.co.uk]
Kankaria may be India's 1st bullet train stop
[www.dnaindia.com]
Chiltern Railways apologises after High Wycombe signal failure
[www.bucksfreepress.co.uk]
New Morocco railroad giving Tangier investments a huge boost
[www.i-newswire.com]
Ukraine to raise railroads tariffs from April 1st
[www.blackseagrain.net]
This day in Railroad History
February 18, 1947
Pennsylvania Railroad’s “Red Arrow”, a Detroit to New York passenger train, derailed about two miles west of “Horseshoe Curve” neat Altoona, Pennsylvania. The train jumped the track and sent the two engines, mail car, baggage car, coach and two sleepers plunging down the embankment, overturned the diner and two sleepers and derailed three other sleepers. The coroner said that 17 bodies had been taken out of the wreck, including three members of the four-man engine crews. The injured were rushed to hospitals at Altoona, where Mercy and Altoona hospitals reported they had at least 85 casualties and more were arriving. The accident disrupted all railroad telephone communications in the area, increasing the difficulty of obtaining information and details.
[www.gendisasters.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com,
February 9, 2010, spotted on Oregon Highway 6 eastbound from Tillamook, Rick Franklin Corp. moving one of two boxcars from the permanently isolated Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad. The boxcars will return to the rails somewhere near Banks, Oregon. Ironically behind the boxcar is a truck with a load of lumber formerly hauled by the POTB Railroad.
Arlen Sheldrake photo.
Domestic News
Streetcar grant to pay full cost of new line along Loyola Avenue
[www.nola.com]
Train Derailment in Santa Fe
[www.myfoxhouston.com]
Dinner train between Santa Cruz and Davenport approved; funding still needed
[www.mercurynews.com]
Driver error blamed as Muni crash injures 5
[www.sfgate.com]
TriMet restores part of WES service for evening commute
[www.oregonlive.com]
Tampa-Orlando high speed rail: Bullet train competitors already hit fast track
[blogs.tampabay.com]
Spanish train maker considers Racine as site for a new plant
[www.fox6now.com]
Delaware roads: Cop saves two from train crash
[www.delawareonline.com]
Gibbons to push again for federal maglev train funding
[www.lvrj.com]
and
Maglev Project Commits to Southern Nevada Building Trades - First Step to 90,000 Jobs
[www.prnewswire.com]
Safer rail cars are 'most wanted' by NTSB
[www.washingtonexaminer.com]
and
Subway car safety added to list of needed transportation improvements
[edition.cnn.com]
Opelousas road closed to right derailed train
[www.wdam.com]
Weekend G Train Suspended Again (Again!)
[gothamist.com]
Freight train has minor derailment
[www.delmarvanow.com]
Train derails in DeKalb County
[www.wane.com]
Historic railway group proposes adventure train rides through Erie
[www.dailycamera.com]
Man struck by Metro Rail train at Allen Street
[www.buffalonews.com]
Fish train goes ahead
[www.wallowacountychieftain.info]
Teen Saves Family From Path of Folsom Train
[sfist.com]
Giant diesel belch causes heavy smoke for Sounder commuter train
[www.king5.com]
Federal stimulus money to fix train bottleneck in Colton
[www.scpr.org]
JCDA hoping to save historic train depot with city’s help
[www2.tricities.com]
Wayside Horns Possible Piece of Quiet Zone Solution
[www.sanclementetimes.com]
Bellevue neighborhoods split over light rail line
[www.king5.com]
McCalla train hub awarded $52-million in federal money
[www.myfoxal.com]
A Day After Their TIGER Win, Freight Railroads Carve Out More Turf
[dc.streetsblog.org]
State receives $20M to fix railroad
[www.hattiesburgamerican.com]
STB reauthorization legislation under a watchful eye by industry stakeholders
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Employers say loss of rail would carry consequences
[www.bangordailynews.com]
Medina railroad upgrades planned; could horns go silent?
[blog.cleveland.com]
FreightCar America Posts Q4 Loss - Update
[www.rttnews.com]
USDOT doles out 51 TIGER grants for projects in 41 states, D.C.
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
Tulsa trains to pass through 'quiet zone'
[www.tulsaworld.com]
Montana and BNSF in Legal Battle Over the Central Montana Rail
[www.kfbb.com]
CSX bridge-tunnel projects snare $98M in U.S. funding
[toledoblade.com]
Britt considers options for rail track repair
[www.globegazette.com]
NJ Transit fare hikes looming
[www.recordonline.com]
Federal Funds Approved for Rail Project
[wowktv.com]
DOT Freight Index Falls in December
[www.ttnews.com]
Bring on the freight trains
[www2.timesreview.com]
Canadian News
Stampede royalty a hit on Alberta Train to Games
[www.vancouversun.com]
Alberta's luxury train to Whistler hottest Olympic ticket
[www.vancouversun.com]
GO train chaos in east end
[www.torontosun.com]
International News
Crews pull Belgian train wrecks apart
[www.google.com]
Strike 'will not affect train services'
[news.bbc.co.uk]
London Assembly warns against train snow chaos repeat
[news.bbc.co.uk]
India to tackle train-top travel
[www.southalltravel.co.uk]
Passengers to be scanned for knives at Dumbarton train station
[www.lennoxherald.co.uk]
Kankaria may be India's 1st bullet train stop
[www.dnaindia.com]
Chiltern Railways apologises after High Wycombe signal failure
[www.bucksfreepress.co.uk]
New Morocco railroad giving Tangier investments a huge boost
[www.i-newswire.com]
Ukraine to raise railroads tariffs from April 1st
[www.blackseagrain.net]
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 Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 37 |
Espee99 | 02-18-2010 - 19:51 |
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Diamondroad | 02-18-2010 - 20:47 |
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Newrad | 02-19-2010 - 01:36 |
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Re: Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 37 SF MUNI Accident
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Espee99 | 02-19-2010 - 05:51 |
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