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Trainnews volume 3 issue 61
Author: Espee99
Date: 03-22-2010 - 16:19
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 61 - 03/22/10
Notice - Trainnews will publish at odd times next week due to business travel.
This day in Railroad History
March 21, 1918
The Railway Control Act became law. It provided the legal framework for the US Govenrment , through the USRA, to nationalize the railroads during World War II. It guaranteed the return of the railroads to their former owners within 21 months of a peace treaty, and guaranteed that their properties would be handed back in at least as good a condition as when they were taken over. It also guaranteed compensation for the use of their assets at the average operational income of the railroads in the three years previous to nationalisation. This act laid down in concrete that the nationalisation would be only a temporary thing; before, it was not defined as necessarily so.
[www.firstworldwar.com]
March 22, 1875
The Central Pacific Railroad started construction of the 6,975 ft long San Fernando Tunnel at Newhall Pass, in California's Tehachapi Mountains. The mostly Chinese work force faced an enormously difficult task. The soft soil of the mountain was saturated with water. Within the bowels of the earth hundreds of feet below the surface, the stifling heat and dampness made it almost impossible to work. Workers stripped to the waist, perspiration pouring from every pore. The air was so foul that candles burnt but dimly. Laborers passed out with monotonous regularity; cave-ins and accidents took a fearful toll. But by September 1876, Los Angeles was connected to San Francisco by rail, for the first time.
[digital-library.csun.edu]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
Amtrak's Cardinal emerges from the west portal of Fort Spring Tunnel and under a cantilever signal bridge in the last few mioments before sunset on September 30, 2007. Two classic US&S type R-2 signals from the C&O era adorn the signal bridge, but may soon be replaced as part of the Great Allegheny Passage project to increase overhead clearances. This is on CSX's Huntington Division five miles west of Ronceverte, WV. This tunnel is one of eleven on the Huntington Division East, and was constructed 1946-1947.
Alex Mayes photo
Domestic News
Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Pedestrian
[www.todaystmj4.com]
2,000 boardings on MetroRail? Not today …
[www.statesman.com]
and
Central Texas commuter rail launches service
[www.kvue.com]
Train Hits Oologah Teacher's SUV
[krmg.com]
South Shore train service temporarily disrupted
[www.southbendtribune.com]
Metra train on move after 'torched' car removed from tracks
[www.suntimes.com]
Train smashes car in Diamond Bluff
[www.republican-eagle.com]
Final report on zoo train accident expected
[www.kentucky.com]
911 Calls Mistake Runaway Train
[www.myfoxhouston.com]
Ground broken on Denton transit station, commuter rail platform
[www.dallasnews.com]
Salinas City Council to consider signage for train trestle
[www.thecalifornian.com]
Man escapes serious injury, not citation, after collision with train
[www.abcactionnews.com]
Metro moving toward replacing rail cars, DC
[fredericksburg.com]
Wayne Burmeister: Ridership data needed before station sited
[host.madison.com]
At Penn Station, the sign no longer goes clackety-clack
[www.baltimoresun.com]
NY AG: LIRR To Take Steps To Stop Disability Benefit Abuses
[online.wsj.com]
Wash state proposes 5 rail projects
[www.seattlepi.com]
CSX swaps debt for $800M in new notes and cash
[www.businessweek.com]
Metro-North looks for Upper West Side station site
[www.lohud.com]
Railfest 2010 engineers family atmosphere
[www.news-herald.com]
New Transit Administrator Appointed
[www.thebostonchannel.com]
RMI Announces Organizational Changes
[www.earthtimes.org]
RTD’s $143.8-million deal with BNSF Railway locks down FasTracks property
[www.indenvertimes.com]
]
Canadian News
Bullet train concept worries Alberta towns
[www.calgaryherald.com]
International News
Train, transport strikes planned for Tuesday in France
[blog.taragana.com]
One third of Sydney train drivers have been disciplined
[www.abc.net.au]
and
Hundreds of train drivers out of control
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Wheelchair-bound woman told to take train to reach opposite platform
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
January train starts in March, lasts a day
[www.theage.com.au]
Ambala control room sends train on wrong track, inquiry ordered
[www.indianexpress.com]
Wellington trains delayed because of congestion
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Duronto Express to bring Mumbai closer to city
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Afcons to build India’s first underwater train tunnel, Bags Rs 938-Cr Project From Kolkata Metro Railway
[economictimes.indiatimes.com]
Buckinghamshire's plight over High Speed 2 train plan in Parliament today
[www.bucksfreepress.co.uk]
Passengers forced to leave London train after breakdown
[www.eveningnews24.co.uk]
[b]Running Extra[/b
A railfan’s watering hole
[www.buffalonews.com]
Notice - Trainnews will publish at odd times next week due to business travel.
This day in Railroad History
March 21, 1918
The Railway Control Act became law. It provided the legal framework for the US Govenrment , through the USRA, to nationalize the railroads during World War II. It guaranteed the return of the railroads to their former owners within 21 months of a peace treaty, and guaranteed that their properties would be handed back in at least as good a condition as when they were taken over. It also guaranteed compensation for the use of their assets at the average operational income of the railroads in the three years previous to nationalisation. This act laid down in concrete that the nationalisation would be only a temporary thing; before, it was not defined as necessarily so.
[www.firstworldwar.com]
March 22, 1875
The Central Pacific Railroad started construction of the 6,975 ft long San Fernando Tunnel at Newhall Pass, in California's Tehachapi Mountains. The mostly Chinese work force faced an enormously difficult task. The soft soil of the mountain was saturated with water. Within the bowels of the earth hundreds of feet below the surface, the stifling heat and dampness made it almost impossible to work. Workers stripped to the waist, perspiration pouring from every pore. The air was so foul that candles burnt but dimly. Laborers passed out with monotonous regularity; cave-ins and accidents took a fearful toll. But by September 1876, Los Angeles was connected to San Francisco by rail, for the first time.
[digital-library.csun.edu]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
Amtrak's Cardinal emerges from the west portal of Fort Spring Tunnel and under a cantilever signal bridge in the last few mioments before sunset on September 30, 2007. Two classic US&S type R-2 signals from the C&O era adorn the signal bridge, but may soon be replaced as part of the Great Allegheny Passage project to increase overhead clearances. This is on CSX's Huntington Division five miles west of Ronceverte, WV. This tunnel is one of eleven on the Huntington Division East, and was constructed 1946-1947.
Alex Mayes photo
Domestic News
Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Pedestrian
[www.todaystmj4.com]
2,000 boardings on MetroRail? Not today …
[www.statesman.com]
and
Central Texas commuter rail launches service
[www.kvue.com]
Train Hits Oologah Teacher's SUV
[krmg.com]
South Shore train service temporarily disrupted
[www.southbendtribune.com]
Metra train on move after 'torched' car removed from tracks
[www.suntimes.com]
Train smashes car in Diamond Bluff
[www.republican-eagle.com]
Final report on zoo train accident expected
[www.kentucky.com]
911 Calls Mistake Runaway Train
[www.myfoxhouston.com]
Ground broken on Denton transit station, commuter rail platform
[www.dallasnews.com]
Salinas City Council to consider signage for train trestle
[www.thecalifornian.com]
Man escapes serious injury, not citation, after collision with train
[www.abcactionnews.com]
Metro moving toward replacing rail cars, DC
[fredericksburg.com]
Wayne Burmeister: Ridership data needed before station sited
[host.madison.com]
At Penn Station, the sign no longer goes clackety-clack
[www.baltimoresun.com]
NY AG: LIRR To Take Steps To Stop Disability Benefit Abuses
[online.wsj.com]
Wash state proposes 5 rail projects
[www.seattlepi.com]
CSX swaps debt for $800M in new notes and cash
[www.businessweek.com]
Metro-North looks for Upper West Side station site
[www.lohud.com]
Railfest 2010 engineers family atmosphere
[www.news-herald.com]
New Transit Administrator Appointed
[www.thebostonchannel.com]
RMI Announces Organizational Changes
[www.earthtimes.org]
RTD’s $143.8-million deal with BNSF Railway locks down FasTracks property
[www.indenvertimes.com]
]
Canadian News
Bullet train concept worries Alberta towns
[www.calgaryherald.com]
International News
Train, transport strikes planned for Tuesday in France
[blog.taragana.com]
One third of Sydney train drivers have been disciplined
[www.abc.net.au]
and
Hundreds of train drivers out of control
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Wheelchair-bound woman told to take train to reach opposite platform
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
January train starts in March, lasts a day
[www.theage.com.au]
Ambala control room sends train on wrong track, inquiry ordered
[www.indianexpress.com]
Wellington trains delayed because of congestion
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Duronto Express to bring Mumbai closer to city
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Afcons to build India’s first underwater train tunnel, Bags Rs 938-Cr Project From Kolkata Metro Railway
[economictimes.indiatimes.com]
Buckinghamshire's plight over High Speed 2 train plan in Parliament today
[www.bucksfreepress.co.uk]
Passengers forced to leave London train after breakdown
[www.eveningnews24.co.uk]
[b]Running Extra[/b
A railfan’s watering hole
[www.buffalonews.com]
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