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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 73
Author: Espee99
Date: 04-05-2010 - 20:36
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 73 - 04/05/10
HAPPY EASTER
This day in Railroad History
April 5, 1903
After a year of surveys and planning, construction of the Great Northern Railway Tunnel under the Seattle, Washington business district began yesterday. An army of 350 workers with pickaxes, shovels, and wheelbarrows began digging into the hillside at a point between Western Avenue and, what was then, Elliott Avenue and between Stewart and Virginia streets, the northern portal. Shortly thereafter, crews also started digging into the hillside at 4th Avenue and Washington Street, the southern portal. The GN built it in 1904, at the insistence of Seattle City Engineer Reginald H. Thomson, to help alleviate rail congestion on Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) and it is still in use today. In its heyday, the GN Tunnel was the largest, although not the longest, tunnel in the nation. It cost $1,500,000 to build and was intended for use by both the GN and the Northern Pacific Railroads, which split construction costs.
[www.historylink.org]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
In January of 1995 it was rare to see 3 GP30's with a GP7 as mainline power, even on a low priority freight. Just west of Mountainair NM on a cold snowy day I caught GP30 ATSF 2718, GP7u 2098 and GP30's 2726 and 2771 on this eastbound... Love those yellow bonnets...
L.A.Scrafford
Domestic News
Study Finds D Train Has the Most Inaudible, Garbled Announcements
[www.asylum.com]
Officials to Bullet Train Authority: Not So Fast
[www.nbclosangeles.com]
Key high-speed rail meeting in San Jose later this week
[kliv.com]
and
Report to offer glimpse of high-speed rail plan
[www.sfgate.com]
Scrap Metal Thieves Cause Trouble For Train Tracks
[www2.wspa.com]
Coroner's office identifies Union Pacific maintenance worker
[articles.latimes.com]
Roseburg train a former film star?
[www.nrtoday.com]
High-speed train to nowhere
[www.sfgate.com]
Firefighters douse train fire
[www.phillyburbs.com]
Light Rail Operations Back To Normal
[www.wbaltv.com]
Train safety tour to make stops in western Montana
[www.missoulian.com]
CTA working on new test for next-train-arrival signs; Titan scraps digital signs on Brown Line
[www.chicagonow.com]
New Mexico Railrunner launches wifi service
[www.examiner.com]
and
Rail Runner stops waiting for 'runners'
[www.krqe.com]
Railroad to offer more excursions
[www.poststar.com]
Full Steam Ahead
[www.sacramentopress.com]
Metro-North service on New Haven Line delayed by car on tracks
[www.lohud.com]
Will Arnold Schwarzenegger Destroy Caltrain?
[www.californiaprogressreport.com]
Canadian News
Working on vintage train keeps volunteers on track
[www.winnipegfreepress.com]
Man lays claim to former train station
[www.thepost.ca]
Westside commuters brace for big headaches over Bow Trail lane closure
[www.theprovince.com]
Railroad shipping: Canadian Pacific, Teck sign one-year deal
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
International News
Blasts Derail Train in Dagestan
[www.themoscowtimes.com]
Additional train services for the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year season.
[www.slbc.lk]
Gang that sold fake train tickets busted
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
KiwiRail eyes up Mainland train
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Mob block train communication for 4 hours
[nation.ittefaq.com]
Argo Sindoro train derails in Indramayu
[www.thejakartapost.com]
Big train squeeze eases
[www.goldcoast.com.au]
Germany Faces Freight Train Shortage as Growth Picks up
[www.spiegel.de]
Easter Eurostar Train – Nightmare Journey from Hell
[www.london-insider.co.uk]
JR West's railroad sales fall the most since 1987
[www.etaiwannews.com]
SNCF's plans threaten to derail freight initiative
[www.ft.com]
Northland Resources S.A.: Swedish Government to Co-finance Rail to Northland Project Area
[pr-usa.net]
HAPPY EASTER
This day in Railroad History
April 5, 1903
After a year of surveys and planning, construction of the Great Northern Railway Tunnel under the Seattle, Washington business district began yesterday. An army of 350 workers with pickaxes, shovels, and wheelbarrows began digging into the hillside at a point between Western Avenue and, what was then, Elliott Avenue and between Stewart and Virginia streets, the northern portal. Shortly thereafter, crews also started digging into the hillside at 4th Avenue and Washington Street, the southern portal. The GN built it in 1904, at the insistence of Seattle City Engineer Reginald H. Thomson, to help alleviate rail congestion on Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) and it is still in use today. In its heyday, the GN Tunnel was the largest, although not the longest, tunnel in the nation. It cost $1,500,000 to build and was intended for use by both the GN and the Northern Pacific Railroads, which split construction costs.
[www.historylink.org]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
In January of 1995 it was rare to see 3 GP30's with a GP7 as mainline power, even on a low priority freight. Just west of Mountainair NM on a cold snowy day I caught GP30 ATSF 2718, GP7u 2098 and GP30's 2726 and 2771 on this eastbound... Love those yellow bonnets...
L.A.Scrafford
Domestic News
Study Finds D Train Has the Most Inaudible, Garbled Announcements
[www.asylum.com]
Officials to Bullet Train Authority: Not So Fast
[www.nbclosangeles.com]
Key high-speed rail meeting in San Jose later this week
[kliv.com]
and
Report to offer glimpse of high-speed rail plan
[www.sfgate.com]
Scrap Metal Thieves Cause Trouble For Train Tracks
[www2.wspa.com]
Coroner's office identifies Union Pacific maintenance worker
[articles.latimes.com]
Roseburg train a former film star?
[www.nrtoday.com]
High-speed train to nowhere
[www.sfgate.com]
Firefighters douse train fire
[www.phillyburbs.com]
Light Rail Operations Back To Normal
[www.wbaltv.com]
Train safety tour to make stops in western Montana
[www.missoulian.com]
CTA working on new test for next-train-arrival signs; Titan scraps digital signs on Brown Line
[www.chicagonow.com]
New Mexico Railrunner launches wifi service
[www.examiner.com]
and
Rail Runner stops waiting for 'runners'
[www.krqe.com]
Railroad to offer more excursions
[www.poststar.com]
Full Steam Ahead
[www.sacramentopress.com]
Metro-North service on New Haven Line delayed by car on tracks
[www.lohud.com]
Will Arnold Schwarzenegger Destroy Caltrain?
[www.californiaprogressreport.com]
Canadian News
Working on vintage train keeps volunteers on track
[www.winnipegfreepress.com]
Man lays claim to former train station
[www.thepost.ca]
Westside commuters brace for big headaches over Bow Trail lane closure
[www.theprovince.com]
Railroad shipping: Canadian Pacific, Teck sign one-year deal
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
International News
Blasts Derail Train in Dagestan
[www.themoscowtimes.com]
Additional train services for the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year season.
[www.slbc.lk]
Gang that sold fake train tickets busted
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
KiwiRail eyes up Mainland train
[www.stuff.co.nz]
Mob block train communication for 4 hours
[nation.ittefaq.com]
Argo Sindoro train derails in Indramayu
[www.thejakartapost.com]
Big train squeeze eases
[www.goldcoast.com.au]
Germany Faces Freight Train Shortage as Growth Picks up
[www.spiegel.de]
Easter Eurostar Train – Nightmare Journey from Hell
[www.london-insider.co.uk]
JR West's railroad sales fall the most since 1987
[www.etaiwannews.com]
SNCF's plans threaten to derail freight initiative
[www.ft.com]
Northland Resources S.A.: Swedish Government to Co-finance Rail to Northland Project Area
[pr-usa.net]
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 Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 73 |
Espee99 | 04-05-2010 - 20:36 |