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Trainnews volume 3 issue 51
Author: Espee99
Date: 03-08-2010 - 17:02
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 51 - 03/08/10
Notice -Trainnews published today instead of Saturday 3/6/10 due to my paying job, Trainnews will not publish on Wednesday 3/10/10 due to business travel
This day in Railroad History
March 8, 1941
A grand parade of 2,000 people, 400 horses and a 40 by 75 foot flag marched down University Avenue in Palo Alto, California to the new Southern Pacific Railroad station. The SP, then still going strong as a popular way to travel the country’s western coast, decided to replace Palo Alto’s aging depot with a sleek, modern station worthy of the city’s hard-earned hub status. The new station was constructed in the ultra-hip “Streamline Moderne” style, a look that raced with the energy of a new age and looked toward the machines of the future. Now residing on the National Register of Historic Places, the station originally designed by SP company architect J.H. Christie is a modern-day classic. As one of the few true Streamline Moderne buildings in the area, the 7,000 square foot depot also boasts a number of unique features, including a 26 foot long painting. John McQuarrie’s grand mural depicts Leland Stanford surveying the progression of America’ s expansion into the West.
[www.paloaltohistory.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
ICE 6437 – CP train #486 at Bangor WI.
DME 6363 – ICE train #170 at Midland MN, just south of Wabasha MN.
DME 6070 – ICE train 2/171 at Maple Springs MN, south of Lake City MN.
Jim Matuska Photos
Domestic News
Amtrak train hits tree service truck near Monon, Ind., seriously injuring driver
[www.fox59.com]
No injuries in train derailment near Jefferson in west central Iowa
[www.wqad.com]
Train stations, new and old, provide fresh perspectives as Chicago moves toward high-speed rail
[featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com]
Amtrak passenger injured in train wreck with big rig
[www.star-telegram.com]
Hogwarts Express train for Harry Potter Universal Studios ride
[www.mirror.co.uk]
Bridge Inspected After Train Derails
[www.wsmv.com]
Fast train fares won't be that high, Wis. DOT official says
[www.jsonline.com]
LIRR Service Disruptions
[www.myfoxny.com]
Cities not on track with Calif high-speed rail
[www.google.com]
Atlanta firm offers to link commuter, high-speed rail
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
Norfolk Southern to Pay $4 Million in Chlorine Spill Settlement
[www.foxbusiness.com]
MTA's Subway Clocks Update Riders on Train Arrivals
[www.nyconvergence.com]
New LIRR Timetables
[www.myfoxny.com]
Advocates urge Pleasant Valley to keep historic train station in town
[www.poughkeepsiejournal.com]
New route approved for railroad tracks
[www.adn.com]
Union Pacific Hits New 52-Week High (UNP)
[www.benzinga.com]
Hearing tonight on LIRR service cutbacks
[www2.timesreview.com]
Canadian News
Woman struck by train in Winnipeg
[www.cbc.ca]
International News
Kansas City Southern Acquires Puerta Mexico Intermodal Facility, Adds Direct Train Service
[www.marketwatch.com]
Korea Grasps Brazil Train Requirements, ANTT Says
[www.businessweek.com]
Govt on notice over dangerous train lines
[www.abc.net.au]
Historic Train Run in Indonesia
[english.ntdtv.com]
Dundalk-Dublin train evacuated
[www.rte.ie]
Karnataka’s luxury train to chug through southern states
[www.sindhtoday.net]
Port Chalmers station gets first train in 40 years
[www.odt.co.nz]
Flagstone growth linked to train service
[logan-west-leader.whereilive.com.au]
Passing train takes out windows
[www.cphpost.dk]
KCSM to unveil divisional safety plans, operating rule repository
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
Notice -Trainnews published today instead of Saturday 3/6/10 due to my paying job, Trainnews will not publish on Wednesday 3/10/10 due to business travel
This day in Railroad History
March 8, 1941
A grand parade of 2,000 people, 400 horses and a 40 by 75 foot flag marched down University Avenue in Palo Alto, California to the new Southern Pacific Railroad station. The SP, then still going strong as a popular way to travel the country’s western coast, decided to replace Palo Alto’s aging depot with a sleek, modern station worthy of the city’s hard-earned hub status. The new station was constructed in the ultra-hip “Streamline Moderne” style, a look that raced with the energy of a new age and looked toward the machines of the future. Now residing on the National Register of Historic Places, the station originally designed by SP company architect J.H. Christie is a modern-day classic. As one of the few true Streamline Moderne buildings in the area, the 7,000 square foot depot also boasts a number of unique features, including a 26 foot long painting. John McQuarrie’s grand mural depicts Leland Stanford surveying the progression of America’ s expansion into the West.
[www.paloaltohistory.com]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
ICE 6437 – CP train #486 at Bangor WI.
DME 6363 – ICE train #170 at Midland MN, just south of Wabasha MN.
DME 6070 – ICE train 2/171 at Maple Springs MN, south of Lake City MN.
Jim Matuska Photos
Domestic News
Amtrak train hits tree service truck near Monon, Ind., seriously injuring driver
[www.fox59.com]
No injuries in train derailment near Jefferson in west central Iowa
[www.wqad.com]
Train stations, new and old, provide fresh perspectives as Chicago moves toward high-speed rail
[featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com]
Amtrak passenger injured in train wreck with big rig
[www.star-telegram.com]
Hogwarts Express train for Harry Potter Universal Studios ride
[www.mirror.co.uk]
Bridge Inspected After Train Derails
[www.wsmv.com]
Fast train fares won't be that high, Wis. DOT official says
[www.jsonline.com]
LIRR Service Disruptions
[www.myfoxny.com]
Cities not on track with Calif high-speed rail
[www.google.com]
Atlanta firm offers to link commuter, high-speed rail
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
Norfolk Southern to Pay $4 Million in Chlorine Spill Settlement
[www.foxbusiness.com]
MTA's Subway Clocks Update Riders on Train Arrivals
[www.nyconvergence.com]
New LIRR Timetables
[www.myfoxny.com]
Advocates urge Pleasant Valley to keep historic train station in town
[www.poughkeepsiejournal.com]
New route approved for railroad tracks
[www.adn.com]
Union Pacific Hits New 52-Week High (UNP)
[www.benzinga.com]
Hearing tonight on LIRR service cutbacks
[www2.timesreview.com]
Canadian News
Woman struck by train in Winnipeg
[www.cbc.ca]
International News
Kansas City Southern Acquires Puerta Mexico Intermodal Facility, Adds Direct Train Service
[www.marketwatch.com]
Korea Grasps Brazil Train Requirements, ANTT Says
[www.businessweek.com]
Govt on notice over dangerous train lines
[www.abc.net.au]
Historic Train Run in Indonesia
[english.ntdtv.com]
Dundalk-Dublin train evacuated
[www.rte.ie]
Karnataka’s luxury train to chug through southern states
[www.sindhtoday.net]
Port Chalmers station gets first train in 40 years
[www.odt.co.nz]
Flagstone growth linked to train service
[logan-west-leader.whereilive.com.au]
Passing train takes out windows
[www.cphpost.dk]
KCSM to unveil divisional safety plans, operating rule repository
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
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