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Trainnews Volume 3 Issue 54
Author: Espee99
Date: 03-12-2010 - 18:19
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 54 - 03/12/10
Notice -Trainnews will publish at odd times over the next week. I am going to spring training and will publish at different times depending upon the Baseball schedule.
This day in Railroad History
March 12, 1914
George Westinghouse, Jr, 68 years old, died today. He was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He received a patent for the air brake in 1872. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention. Westinghouse pursued many improvements in railway signals (then using oil lamps) and in 1881 he founded the Union Switch and Signal Company (now Ansaldo STS) to manufacture his signaling and switching inventions. He formed the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company and was an early pioneer in AC power plants, in a bitter competion with Thomas Edison's DC power system.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
BNSF 756 – BNSF train G-DRABRC photographed just south of Genoa WI.
Jim Matuska Photos
Domestic News
Metro fires train operator
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Amtrak train deaths: 5 in 2 weeks in our area
[www.philly.com]
Crews cleaning up Conn. train derailment
[www.rep-am.com]
Kansas legislation's passing affects train travel through Texoma
[www.kxii.com]
DBJ Business Pulse: Many readers favor an I-70 train to solve traffic
[denver.bizjournals.com]
Transit Authority Responds to Lawsuit Against Train from Culver City to Santa Monica
[laist.com]
Station Needed For New 3-C Train Route
[www.local12.com]
Montpelier Train Depot Restored
[www.nbc29.com]
Volunteers playing crucial role at BG train museum
[bgdailynews.com]
Mason Street expected to be blocked for 5 hours after train accident
[www.coloradoan.com]
TRAX hits car, kills two inside
[www.sltrib.com]
Dinky's days could be numbered
[www.nj.com]
Mud on the tracks at Richmond Beach halts passenger trains until Sunda
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Union Pacific business stronger than expected
[www.google.com]
Portec Rail Products, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2010 Dividend
[www.marketwatch.com]
Grants wrap up 1 project, start 2nd at Railroad Museum
[articles.lancasteronline.com]
Hearing planned on Maine rail abandonment plan
[www.wgme.com]
Canadian News
Train station may be demolished
[www.timescolonist.com]
International News
Train driver forgot to stop at Didcot Parkway station
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Metro train test drivers forced back to work
[www.theage.com.au]
Now, track your MMTS train
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Bomb Blast Derails Empty Freight Train In Russia's North Caucasus Region
[www.rttnews.com]
Peru says Machu Picchu service back soon
[www.google.com]
Spill spurs wishful thinking
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Setback on train safety device
[www.smh.com.au]
Full steam ahead for train visit
[www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz]
Bad Weather Disrupts Hutt Valley Train Line In Wellington
[www.voxy.co.nz]
U.K. Announces London-Scotland High-Speed Railroad Link Plan
[www.rttnews.com]
Notice -Trainnews will publish at odd times over the next week. I am going to spring training and will publish at different times depending upon the Baseball schedule.
This day in Railroad History
March 12, 1914
George Westinghouse, Jr, 68 years old, died today. He was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He received a patent for the air brake in 1872. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention. Westinghouse pursued many improvements in railway signals (then using oil lamps) and in 1881 he founded the Union Switch and Signal Company (now Ansaldo STS) to manufacture his signaling and switching inventions. He formed the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company and was an early pioneer in AC power plants, in a bitter competion with Thomas Edison's DC power system.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
BNSF 756 – BNSF train G-DRABRC photographed just south of Genoa WI.
Jim Matuska Photos
Domestic News
Metro fires train operator
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Amtrak train deaths: 5 in 2 weeks in our area
[www.philly.com]
Crews cleaning up Conn. train derailment
[www.rep-am.com]
Kansas legislation's passing affects train travel through Texoma
[www.kxii.com]
DBJ Business Pulse: Many readers favor an I-70 train to solve traffic
[denver.bizjournals.com]
Transit Authority Responds to Lawsuit Against Train from Culver City to Santa Monica
[laist.com]
Station Needed For New 3-C Train Route
[www.local12.com]
Montpelier Train Depot Restored
[www.nbc29.com]
Volunteers playing crucial role at BG train museum
[bgdailynews.com]
Mason Street expected to be blocked for 5 hours after train accident
[www.coloradoan.com]
TRAX hits car, kills two inside
[www.sltrib.com]
Dinky's days could be numbered
[www.nj.com]
Mud on the tracks at Richmond Beach halts passenger trains until Sunda
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Union Pacific business stronger than expected
[www.google.com]
Portec Rail Products, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2010 Dividend
[www.marketwatch.com]
Grants wrap up 1 project, start 2nd at Railroad Museum
[articles.lancasteronline.com]
Hearing planned on Maine rail abandonment plan
[www.wgme.com]
Canadian News
Train station may be demolished
[www.timescolonist.com]
International News
Train driver forgot to stop at Didcot Parkway station
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Metro train test drivers forced back to work
[www.theage.com.au]
Now, track your MMTS train
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Bomb Blast Derails Empty Freight Train In Russia's North Caucasus Region
[www.rttnews.com]
Peru says Machu Picchu service back soon
[www.google.com]
Spill spurs wishful thinking
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Setback on train safety device
[www.smh.com.au]
Full steam ahead for train visit
[www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz]
Bad Weather Disrupts Hutt Valley Train Line In Wellington
[www.voxy.co.nz]
U.K. Announces London-Scotland High-Speed Railroad Link Plan
[www.rttnews.com]
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