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Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 38
Author: Espee99
Date: 02-19-2010 - 20:41
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 38 - 02/19/10
Editor's Notice - I will be out of town starting tomorrow and will not publish on Saturday Night, Trainnews will return on Monday.
This day in Railroad History
February 19, 1902
The United States Department of Justice announced a Sherman antitrust suit against the Northern Securities Company. The NSC was a large railroad trust formed in 1902 by E. H. Harriman, James W. Hill, J.P. Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and other associated lines. The suit was filed on behalf of President Theodore Roosevelt. When approached by J. P. Morgan to settle the issue in private, Roosevelt later remarked, "Mr. Morgan could not help regarding me as a big rival operator who either intended to ruin all his interests or could be induced to come to an agreement to ruin none." The Supreme Court decided in favor of the government in 1904. In the following seven years, 44 additional cases turned out rulings similar to the Northern Securities case. Ironically, included was the break-up of Harriman's own holdings of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads
[en.wikipedia.org]
February 20, 1973
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, after 57 years, two months and 21 days after the mainline trolley wire was first energized, announced its intention to phase out electrified operations. The Milwakee was electrified with a 3,000-volt, direct current, overhead supply system for 440 miles between Harlowton, Montana, and Avery, Idaho, as well as 216 miles between Othello, Washington and Seattle and Tacoma. At the time of the electrification, fully 14 per cent of the railroad’s equipment was doing nothing but hauling coal for steam engines in the West.
[www.oldmilwaukeeroad.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com,
Cumbres & Toltec (Chama, NM) shop area. May 1996.
Rolland A. Meyers Photo
Domestic News
Man charged with driving van into Red Line train
[www.boston.com]
Mayor questions train speed limit after derailment
[galvestondailynews.com]
Companies to build high-speed rail cars in the US
[www.csmonitor.com]
Officials meet on the Metro-North
[www.newstimes.com]
Train derailment cleanup continues
[www.wane.com]
Riverside Train Station To Bring Jobs
[www.whiotv.com]
G Train Down Now, Will Be Down All Weekend
[gothamist.com]
Train derailment cleanup is slow, but steady
[www.dailyworld.com]
NTSB hearing to focus on D.C. Metro automated controls, gaps in oversight
[www.washingtonpost.com]
American Railcar to form venture for diesel cars
[www.businessweek.com]
Tri-state train route under study
[www.oudaily.com]
After fatal train wrecks, Obama administration to crack down on cell phone use
[thehill.com]
Maine employers warn of loss of Aroostook railroad
[www.boston.com]
Roots of Motive Power to attend Niles Canyon steam railroad festival
[www.willitsnews.com]
National Railroad Museum director resigns
[www.greenbaypressgazette.com]
Pa. railroad project won't get stimulus funds
[www.herald-mail.com]
Stimulus funds to spur railroad improvements, create 100 jobs
[bgdailynews.com]
Barbour announces $20M railroad grant
[picayuneitem.com]
Illinois Employment Lawyers Earn Railroad Employee $80,000 in Back Wages
[www.lawyersandsettlements.com]
Downtown trains silenced
[www.tulsaworld.com]
Quiet zone may benefit town, but at what cost?
[www.kingmandailyminer.com]
Burlington Northern buys 32 acres in Birmingham
[birmingham.bizjournals.com]
Leftover cash to fix traffic on Yosemite
[www.modbee.com]
BNSF bridge work shifts navigation span
[www.thehawkeye.com]
Trinity Railway Express involved in second fatal crash in a week
[www.newyorkinjurynews.com]
Elkhart & Western Railroad Co.--Lease and Operation Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
Minot derailment lawsuit settled
[www.jamestownsun.com]
Canadian News
Freight train derails in Oshawa, no serious damage
[www.thestar.com]
International News
Belgium: 2nd black box found in fatal train crash
[www.kmph.com]
DTE advisory to students on train problems
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Chaos and expletives as Metro's' new X'Trapolis train pulls into Melbourne's Flinders St Station
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Minister visits revamped £600,000 Hythe train station
[www.gazette-news.co.uk]
Red Ribbon is here
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Special tourism train to depart today
[www.centralchronicle.com]
Carlisle train station will keep some of the TV advert changes
[www.newsandstar.co.uk]
Our overcrowded trains are a disgrace
[www.timesonline.co.uk]
Crack on rail track detected, train accident averted
[www.thaindian.com]
High-speed railways hit 3,300 km
[english.eastday.com]
Iraq-Turkey railway reopens after 7-year halt
[in.reuters.com]
Ukrainian railway company bans deliveries to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih
[www.steelorbis.com]
WB and ADB to help upgrade railway system
[www.dailytimes.com.pk]\02\20\story_20-2-2010_pg5_9
and
Bilour calls for investment in Railways
[www.nation.com.pk]
ADB and Turkmenistan sign memorandum to finance railway project
[en.trend.az]
Station's £2m revamp is on track
[www.sthelensreporter.co.uk]
Gina Rinehart's $2.2bn rail bid in Queensland
[www.theaustralian.com.au]
Editor's Notice - I will be out of town starting tomorrow and will not publish on Saturday Night, Trainnews will return on Monday.
This day in Railroad History
February 19, 1902
The United States Department of Justice announced a Sherman antitrust suit against the Northern Securities Company. The NSC was a large railroad trust formed in 1902 by E. H. Harriman, James W. Hill, J.P. Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and other associated lines. The suit was filed on behalf of President Theodore Roosevelt. When approached by J. P. Morgan to settle the issue in private, Roosevelt later remarked, "Mr. Morgan could not help regarding me as a big rival operator who either intended to ruin all his interests or could be induced to come to an agreement to ruin none." The Supreme Court decided in favor of the government in 1904. In the following seven years, 44 additional cases turned out rulings similar to the Northern Securities case. Ironically, included was the break-up of Harriman's own holdings of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads
[en.wikipedia.org]
February 20, 1973
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, after 57 years, two months and 21 days after the mainline trolley wire was first energized, announced its intention to phase out electrified operations. The Milwakee was electrified with a 3,000-volt, direct current, overhead supply system for 440 miles between Harlowton, Montana, and Avery, Idaho, as well as 216 miles between Othello, Washington and Seattle and Tacoma. At the time of the electrification, fully 14 per cent of the railroad’s equipment was doing nothing but hauling coal for steam engines in the West.
[www.oldmilwaukeeroad.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com,
Cumbres & Toltec (Chama, NM) shop area. May 1996.
Rolland A. Meyers Photo
Domestic News
Man charged with driving van into Red Line train
[www.boston.com]
Mayor questions train speed limit after derailment
[galvestondailynews.com]
Companies to build high-speed rail cars in the US
[www.csmonitor.com]
Officials meet on the Metro-North
[www.newstimes.com]
Train derailment cleanup continues
[www.wane.com]
Riverside Train Station To Bring Jobs
[www.whiotv.com]
G Train Down Now, Will Be Down All Weekend
[gothamist.com]
Train derailment cleanup is slow, but steady
[www.dailyworld.com]
NTSB hearing to focus on D.C. Metro automated controls, gaps in oversight
[www.washingtonpost.com]
American Railcar to form venture for diesel cars
[www.businessweek.com]
Tri-state train route under study
[www.oudaily.com]
After fatal train wrecks, Obama administration to crack down on cell phone use
[thehill.com]
Maine employers warn of loss of Aroostook railroad
[www.boston.com]
Roots of Motive Power to attend Niles Canyon steam railroad festival
[www.willitsnews.com]
National Railroad Museum director resigns
[www.greenbaypressgazette.com]
Pa. railroad project won't get stimulus funds
[www.herald-mail.com]
Stimulus funds to spur railroad improvements, create 100 jobs
[bgdailynews.com]
Barbour announces $20M railroad grant
[picayuneitem.com]
Illinois Employment Lawyers Earn Railroad Employee $80,000 in Back Wages
[www.lawyersandsettlements.com]
Downtown trains silenced
[www.tulsaworld.com]
Quiet zone may benefit town, but at what cost?
[www.kingmandailyminer.com]
Burlington Northern buys 32 acres in Birmingham
[birmingham.bizjournals.com]
Leftover cash to fix traffic on Yosemite
[www.modbee.com]
BNSF bridge work shifts navigation span
[www.thehawkeye.com]
Trinity Railway Express involved in second fatal crash in a week
[www.newyorkinjurynews.com]
Elkhart & Western Railroad Co.--Lease and Operation Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
Minot derailment lawsuit settled
[www.jamestownsun.com]
Canadian News
Freight train derails in Oshawa, no serious damage
[www.thestar.com]
International News
Belgium: 2nd black box found in fatal train crash
[www.kmph.com]
DTE advisory to students on train problems
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Chaos and expletives as Metro's' new X'Trapolis train pulls into Melbourne's Flinders St Station
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Minister visits revamped £600,000 Hythe train station
[www.gazette-news.co.uk]
Red Ribbon is here
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Special tourism train to depart today
[www.centralchronicle.com]
Carlisle train station will keep some of the TV advert changes
[www.newsandstar.co.uk]
Our overcrowded trains are a disgrace
[www.timesonline.co.uk]
Crack on rail track detected, train accident averted
[www.thaindian.com]
High-speed railways hit 3,300 km
[english.eastday.com]
Iraq-Turkey railway reopens after 7-year halt
[in.reuters.com]
Ukrainian railway company bans deliveries to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih
[www.steelorbis.com]
WB and ADB to help upgrade railway system
[www.dailytimes.com.pk]\02\20\story_20-2-2010_pg5_9
and
Bilour calls for investment in Railways
[www.nation.com.pk]
ADB and Turkmenistan sign memorandum to finance railway project
[en.trend.az]
Station's £2m revamp is on track
[www.sthelensreporter.co.uk]
Gina Rinehart's $2.2bn rail bid in Queensland
[www.theaustralian.com.au]
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