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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 74
Author: Espee99
Date: 04-06-2010 - 20:06
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 74 - 04/06/10
This day in Railroad History
April 6, 1896
The 800mm gauge Snowdon Mountain Railway in North Wales, UK, opened. It is the only rack railway in Great Britain. All of the steam locos were built by Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik (SLM) in Winterthur, Switzerland between 1895-1923. The SMR was built using the Abt rack system. This consists of two parallel bars of steel between the running rails with the teeth in each bar staggered so that a gap in one bar corresponds to a tooth in the other. Locomotives have driven rack pinions and push the single passenger carriage up the mountain. On the downward trip, the locomotive is simply used to brake the train, and there is no true coupling between locomotive and carriage, just a central buffer. If the locomotive should try to descend too fast, a speed-governing brake on the carriage is automatically applied.
[www.worldrailfans.info]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
A few weeks ago I posted a scan of the stained glass SP logo that used to hang at the entrance to the SP ferry to San Francisco at the old Oakland mole at the foot of Seventh Street. This is a bit ironic!! I was down in San Antonio, TX last week and had a chance to visit the huge old SP depot there. There was the twin to this stained glass window, only instead of saying “Southern Pacific” around the rails and sunset, this one had “Sunset Route” around the outside, with the date the window was made (1902). I asked in the depot and was told that this is the original!! Just thought some might be interested in seeing this “twin” to the one that was at the mole in Oakland. The photo from outside shows the depot and the glass window in the center.
Rolland A. Meyers Photo
Domestic News
VRE Train No. 311 canceled
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Woman killed by train in the Northeast
[www.philly.com]
DART train stop at Union Station is closing for 45 days
[www.dallasnews.com]
'Cold Train' ready to haul produce
[www.columbiabasinherald.com]
Doubts about high-speed trains
[www.presstelegram.com]
and
Bullet Trains Might Share Tracks with Commuters
[voiceofoc.org]
T has higher priorities than year-round train to Gillette
[www.boston.com]
Train derails in Pulaski County
[www.connectmidmissouri.com]
Work progressing on restoration of old Lavonia train depot
[www.independentmail.com]
Authorities Investigating Accidental Caltrain Tasering
[www.ktvu.com]
and
Unruly passenger Tased on crowded Caltrain
[abclocal.go.com]
CTA prez: Train tracker to arrive 'relatively soon'
[www.chicagonow.com]
Cause of train accident still unknown
[www.eldoradotimes.com]
Feds cite safety as they deny quieter horns for WES
[www.oregonlive.com]
Rail crossing drill stresses safety
[www.victoriaadvocate.com]
Dems: Bond package critical for Aroostook railroad
[www.wcsh6.com]
Union Pacific Railroad Announces 14th Annual Pinnacle Award Winners for Chemical Transportation Safety
[www.marketwatch.com]
Colton council to take up railroad crossing agreement
[www.pe.com]
Union Pacific Vows Key Safety Change But Questions Remain
[watchdog.org]
Crews To Break Ground On GTP Rail Spur
[www.witn.com]
Caltrain or not, high-speed rail chugs ahead
[www.mercurynews.com]
AGP signals $50 million expansion
[www.thedailyworld.com]
Unitrac Receives 3-Year Special Trackwork Contract from WMATA
[www.foxbusiness.com]
Canadian News
CP Rail picks ex-CN official as new executive
[www.reuters.com]
and
Canadian Pacific Railway names new chief operations officer, chief marketing officer
[www.canadianbusiness.com]
Canadian National Railway Is Leaving the Station
[www.bloggingstocks.com]
International News
French Train Drivers Strike as U.K. Workers Consider Walkout
[www.businessweek.com]
India’s Maharajas’ Express
[tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com]
TRA investigating engine falling off express train
[www.taipeitimes.com]
Unfair deal on train tickets for pasengers
[www.mirror.co.uk]
Science exhibition on wheels reaches Delhi
[sify.com]
Vavuniya bound mail train derailed
[www.dailymirror.lk]
Explosives found at train station
[www.barentsobserver.com]
Iarnród Éireann begins Wi-Fi trial period
[www.rte.ie]
Rail work means more delays for commuters
[www.haaretz.com]
Metro bid to reinstate white flag on platforms is rejected by unions
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Running Extra
Fairfax family puts house - and railroad - on market
[www.marinij.com]
If BART reopens its public restrooms, then the terrorists win
[www.sfweekly.com]
This day in Railroad History
April 6, 1896
The 800mm gauge Snowdon Mountain Railway in North Wales, UK, opened. It is the only rack railway in Great Britain. All of the steam locos were built by Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik (SLM) in Winterthur, Switzerland between 1895-1923. The SMR was built using the Abt rack system. This consists of two parallel bars of steel between the running rails with the teeth in each bar staggered so that a gap in one bar corresponds to a tooth in the other. Locomotives have driven rack pinions and push the single passenger carriage up the mountain. On the downward trip, the locomotive is simply used to brake the train, and there is no true coupling between locomotive and carriage, just a central buffer. If the locomotive should try to descend too fast, a speed-governing brake on the carriage is automatically applied.
[www.worldrailfans.info]
Photo of the Day
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
A few weeks ago I posted a scan of the stained glass SP logo that used to hang at the entrance to the SP ferry to San Francisco at the old Oakland mole at the foot of Seventh Street. This is a bit ironic!! I was down in San Antonio, TX last week and had a chance to visit the huge old SP depot there. There was the twin to this stained glass window, only instead of saying “Southern Pacific” around the rails and sunset, this one had “Sunset Route” around the outside, with the date the window was made (1902). I asked in the depot and was told that this is the original!! Just thought some might be interested in seeing this “twin” to the one that was at the mole in Oakland. The photo from outside shows the depot and the glass window in the center.
Rolland A. Meyers Photo
Domestic News
VRE Train No. 311 canceled
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Woman killed by train in the Northeast
[www.philly.com]
DART train stop at Union Station is closing for 45 days
[www.dallasnews.com]
'Cold Train' ready to haul produce
[www.columbiabasinherald.com]
Doubts about high-speed trains
[www.presstelegram.com]
and
Bullet Trains Might Share Tracks with Commuters
[voiceofoc.org]
T has higher priorities than year-round train to Gillette
[www.boston.com]
Train derails in Pulaski County
[www.connectmidmissouri.com]
Work progressing on restoration of old Lavonia train depot
[www.independentmail.com]
Authorities Investigating Accidental Caltrain Tasering
[www.ktvu.com]
and
Unruly passenger Tased on crowded Caltrain
[abclocal.go.com]
CTA prez: Train tracker to arrive 'relatively soon'
[www.chicagonow.com]
Cause of train accident still unknown
[www.eldoradotimes.com]
Feds cite safety as they deny quieter horns for WES
[www.oregonlive.com]
Rail crossing drill stresses safety
[www.victoriaadvocate.com]
Dems: Bond package critical for Aroostook railroad
[www.wcsh6.com]
Union Pacific Railroad Announces 14th Annual Pinnacle Award Winners for Chemical Transportation Safety
[www.marketwatch.com]
Colton council to take up railroad crossing agreement
[www.pe.com]
Union Pacific Vows Key Safety Change But Questions Remain
[watchdog.org]
Crews To Break Ground On GTP Rail Spur
[www.witn.com]
Caltrain or not, high-speed rail chugs ahead
[www.mercurynews.com]
AGP signals $50 million expansion
[www.thedailyworld.com]
Unitrac Receives 3-Year Special Trackwork Contract from WMATA
[www.foxbusiness.com]
Canadian News
CP Rail picks ex-CN official as new executive
[www.reuters.com]
and
Canadian Pacific Railway names new chief operations officer, chief marketing officer
[www.canadianbusiness.com]
Canadian National Railway Is Leaving the Station
[www.bloggingstocks.com]
International News
French Train Drivers Strike as U.K. Workers Consider Walkout
[www.businessweek.com]
India’s Maharajas’ Express
[tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com]
TRA investigating engine falling off express train
[www.taipeitimes.com]
Unfair deal on train tickets for pasengers
[www.mirror.co.uk]
Science exhibition on wheels reaches Delhi
[sify.com]
Vavuniya bound mail train derailed
[www.dailymirror.lk]
Explosives found at train station
[www.barentsobserver.com]
Iarnród Éireann begins Wi-Fi trial period
[www.rte.ie]
Rail work means more delays for commuters
[www.haaretz.com]
Metro bid to reinstate white flag on platforms is rejected by unions
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Running Extra
Fairfax family puts house - and railroad - on market
[www.marinij.com]
If BART reopens its public restrooms, then the terrorists win
[www.sfweekly.com]
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 Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 74 |
Espee99 | 04-06-2010 - 20:06 |