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Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 49
Author: Espee99
Date: 03-05-2010 - 20:14
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 49 - 03/05/10
Notice -Trainnews will not publish on Wednesday 3/10/10 due to business travel
This day in Railroad History
March 5, 1956
The last Southern Pacific cab forward steam locomotive was retired. SP4294 was also the last steam locomotive ordered new by Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1944, and was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, often working on Donner Pass in California. #4294 was the last in a group of 20 locomotives that comprised SP's AC-12 class of 4-8-8-2 cab forward locomotives. Its most distinguishing feature was that the cab and firebox were at the front of the locomotive instead of the traditional rear. This specific SP design was a necessity in the long tunnels and snow sheds of Donner Pass and other mountainous regions where it kept smoke and soot away from the operating crew. SP was convinced to preserve one of the class and donated 4294 to the city of Sacramento, California, and is on display at the California State Railroad Museum.
[www.steamlocomotive.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
NS 1646 and 5 sisters pause in their switching duties on the NS CF line in Liberty, North Carolina during a (most years anyway, rare) snowstorm on March 2, 2010. The train has just picked up 2 gondolas of locally cut tie blanks at a nearby siding. The Liberty depot is privately owned and has been moved slightly from its original location. The former Southern Railway line runs from Greensboro to the southeast and connects near Sanford with both the Atlantic & Western Railroad and Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railroad. Traffic on today's local returning to Greensboro includes scrap metal, roofing aggregates and lots of empty chicken feed hoppers.
Graham Buxton Photo
Domestic News
Kingman railroad group seeks museum site
[www.azcentral.com]
Railroad ordered to remove old ties
[www.registerguard.com]
NJ Transit's record 25 percent fare hike troubles those who rely on buses, trains
[www.nj.com]
Strasburg Rail Road's Easter Bunny Train
[www.baltimoresun.com]
UTA to implement bus, train route changes proposed in January
[www.deseretnews.com]
Woman Hurt When Train Crashes Into SUV
[www.kmbc.com]
Woman struck by Muni train
[www.sfexaminer.com]
Quincy train crossing blockage questioned
[www.columbiabasinherald.com]
One operator per train on Orange Line
[tech.mit.edu]
MetroRail to begin service March 22
[www.statesman.com]
Collaborative effort: Here's what it took to clean up a fiery train derailment
[www.bakersfield.com]
Boy Scouts sponsor model train show
[www2.insidenova.com]
Train Funding Found
[new.wtvbam.com]
Revised high-speed rail plans don't change San Jose to SF alignment
[www.mercurynews.com]
and
New study picks same route for high-speed rail
[www.sfgate.com]
Probe of train-car crash in Sinking Spring continues
[readingeagle.com]
How track circuits detect and protect trains
[greatergreaterwashington.org]
MTA to Brooklyn: The cuts aren’t as bad as they were when they were really bad!
[www.brooklynpaper.com]
Loma Linda council to award railroad quiet zone contracts
[www.pe.com]
Railroad Traffic Improving (UNP, CSX, KSU)
[www.benzinga.com]
and
Kansas City Southern sees jump in freight volumes, analsysts say
[kansascity.bizjournals.com]
R.J. Corman to hold job fair Saturday
[louisville.bizjournals.com]
Intermodal Traffic Rises for Week
[www.ttnews.com]
Authorities investigate railroad’s wire theft
[www.daily-chronicle.com]
Norfolk Southern CEO makes $10.9 million in 2009
[www.google.com]
Operation Life Saver
[www.klfy.com]
UP Agent On Leave After Profanity-Laced Arrest
[www.the33tv.com]
1 million tons taken from Moab uranium waste pile
[www.localnews8.com]
Steam locomotives, and their fans, to gather in Sunol
[www.insidebayarea.com]
3 companies bid to operate Colebrookdale Spur
[readingeagle.com]
NY wins $274 mln stimulus funds for transportation
[www.reuters.com]
Repairs shouldn't disrupt rail service
[www.delmarvanow.com]
Former employee pleads guilty in scheme to fraudulently bill Burlington Northern Santa Fe
[dallas.bizjournals.com]
Canadian News
Montreal boy hit by freight train
[www.montrealgazette.com]
International News
Train to Kerala: Mamata praised
[www.indianexpress.com]
Heavy Snowfall in Sweden Causes Problems for Train Travellers
[english.ntdtv.com]
Train lines could close forever
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Bombardier fined over train car refit delays
[focustaiwan.tw]
Bullet train will resume normal operations March 8 at earliest
[focustaiwan.tw]
Notice -Trainnews will not publish on Wednesday 3/10/10 due to business travel
This day in Railroad History
March 5, 1956
The last Southern Pacific cab forward steam locomotive was retired. SP4294 was also the last steam locomotive ordered new by Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1944, and was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, often working on Donner Pass in California. #4294 was the last in a group of 20 locomotives that comprised SP's AC-12 class of 4-8-8-2 cab forward locomotives. Its most distinguishing feature was that the cab and firebox were at the front of the locomotive instead of the traditional rear. This specific SP design was a necessity in the long tunnels and snow sheds of Donner Pass and other mountainous regions where it kept smoke and soot away from the operating crew. SP was convinced to preserve one of the class and donated 4294 to the city of Sacramento, California, and is on display at the California State Railroad Museum.
[www.steamlocomotive.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
NS 1646 and 5 sisters pause in their switching duties on the NS CF line in Liberty, North Carolina during a (most years anyway, rare) snowstorm on March 2, 2010. The train has just picked up 2 gondolas of locally cut tie blanks at a nearby siding. The Liberty depot is privately owned and has been moved slightly from its original location. The former Southern Railway line runs from Greensboro to the southeast and connects near Sanford with both the Atlantic & Western Railroad and Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railroad. Traffic on today's local returning to Greensboro includes scrap metal, roofing aggregates and lots of empty chicken feed hoppers.
Graham Buxton Photo
Domestic News
Kingman railroad group seeks museum site
[www.azcentral.com]
Railroad ordered to remove old ties
[www.registerguard.com]
NJ Transit's record 25 percent fare hike troubles those who rely on buses, trains
[www.nj.com]
Strasburg Rail Road's Easter Bunny Train
[www.baltimoresun.com]
UTA to implement bus, train route changes proposed in January
[www.deseretnews.com]
Woman Hurt When Train Crashes Into SUV
[www.kmbc.com]
Woman struck by Muni train
[www.sfexaminer.com]
Quincy train crossing blockage questioned
[www.columbiabasinherald.com]
One operator per train on Orange Line
[tech.mit.edu]
MetroRail to begin service March 22
[www.statesman.com]
Collaborative effort: Here's what it took to clean up a fiery train derailment
[www.bakersfield.com]
Boy Scouts sponsor model train show
[www2.insidenova.com]
Train Funding Found
[new.wtvbam.com]
Revised high-speed rail plans don't change San Jose to SF alignment
[www.mercurynews.com]
and
New study picks same route for high-speed rail
[www.sfgate.com]
Probe of train-car crash in Sinking Spring continues
[readingeagle.com]
How track circuits detect and protect trains
[greatergreaterwashington.org]
MTA to Brooklyn: The cuts aren’t as bad as they were when they were really bad!
[www.brooklynpaper.com]
Loma Linda council to award railroad quiet zone contracts
[www.pe.com]
Railroad Traffic Improving (UNP, CSX, KSU)
[www.benzinga.com]
and
Kansas City Southern sees jump in freight volumes, analsysts say
[kansascity.bizjournals.com]
R.J. Corman to hold job fair Saturday
[louisville.bizjournals.com]
Intermodal Traffic Rises for Week
[www.ttnews.com]
Authorities investigate railroad’s wire theft
[www.daily-chronicle.com]
Norfolk Southern CEO makes $10.9 million in 2009
[www.google.com]
Operation Life Saver
[www.klfy.com]
UP Agent On Leave After Profanity-Laced Arrest
[www.the33tv.com]
1 million tons taken from Moab uranium waste pile
[www.localnews8.com]
Steam locomotives, and their fans, to gather in Sunol
[www.insidebayarea.com]
3 companies bid to operate Colebrookdale Spur
[readingeagle.com]
NY wins $274 mln stimulus funds for transportation
[www.reuters.com]
Repairs shouldn't disrupt rail service
[www.delmarvanow.com]
Former employee pleads guilty in scheme to fraudulently bill Burlington Northern Santa Fe
[dallas.bizjournals.com]
Canadian News
Montreal boy hit by freight train
[www.montrealgazette.com]
International News
Train to Kerala: Mamata praised
[www.indianexpress.com]
Heavy Snowfall in Sweden Causes Problems for Train Travellers
[english.ntdtv.com]
Train lines could close forever
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Bombardier fined over train car refit delays
[focustaiwan.tw]
Bullet train will resume normal operations March 8 at earliest
[focustaiwan.tw]
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