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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 78
Author: Espee99
Date: 04-12-2010 - 20:13
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 79 - 04/11/10
Notice ==> Trainnews will now post on both AltamontPress and Trainnews. Trainnews.org is a work in progress. Please visit and try it out, your comments, complaints, etc are welcomed. Check out Larry Grant's trip report at Trainnews.org
This day in Railroad History
April 11, 1903
The Electric Railway Company ran its first car through Marshall, Michigan ran to Battle Creek. The line to extended from Battle Creek to Jackson, a distance of forty-seven miles. The system later extended from Kalamazoo to Detroit where it made connections with other lines. A local newspaper reported, "Saturday at about six o'clock occurred an event long prophesied and long anticipated by the citizens of this and neighboring towns. On that day the work and planning of many months was brought to completion and joy reigned supreme in the hearts of the Marshallites. In other words the first interurban car rolled majestically through the city to Battle Creek. The cars handsomely finished and equipped for the comfort of the passengers are spacious and commodious being thoroughly up to date in every way." Service was discontinued in December 1928.
[www.marshallmich.com]
April 12, 1862
One year to the day after the first shots had been fired on Fort Sumter, marking the start of the Civil War, Union spies under the command of James Andrews rode into Big Shanty, Georgia on the morning passenger train. Their motive was the destruction of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Andrews, and his 19 raiders, slowly made their way towards the trains' locomotive, the General and uncoupled it along with three boxcars from the rest of the train. The raiders took their train north, burning bridges along the way, but were evetually caught, and most hanged. The Civil War was the first war in whch railroads played a major part, and the South's railroads suffered extreme damage by the end of the war.
[andrewsraid.railfanning.org]
Photo of the Day
{hr}
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
An empty BNSF coal train passes the abandoned grain elevator between Collins and Dutton, Montana, on March 30, 2010. New coal traffic to Roberts Bank, B.C., has added two or more daily trains to BNSF's lightly-used secondary route through Great Falls.
Sean Kelly Photo
Domestic News
Metra train deaths force police to step up enforcement, vigilance
[www.chicagotribune.com]
Keolis and Amtrak disagree over VRE train operators' status
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Train Sparks Brush Fire in Great Barrington
[www.iberkshires.com]
State's high-speed rail plan is up in the air
[www.sfgate.com]
and
Too Often, The ‘Trouble’ With High-Speed Rail Is Misinformation
[www.wired.com]
Commuting via train could come back in style
[www.news-record.com]
Emergency officials stop train at Old Town station
[www.silive.com]
CTA quietly begins testing train tracker
[www.chicagocurrent.com]
Unusual meeting of trains delays morning traffic
[www.newbernsj.com]
Olathe Implements 'Quiet Zones' For Noisy Train Intersections
[www.fox4kc.com]
RTD board to take up FasTracks tax vote
[www.denverpost.com]
The Millbrae Railroad Station: All Aboard!
[www.smdailyjournal.com]!
Major disruption for North Texas rail commuters
[www.wfaa.com]
Perris line report includes few changes
[www.pe.com]
Railroad intersection fix designed to curb impatient drivers
[www.spokesman.com]
California helps short-line railroad go green
[www.latimes.com]
and
California short-line railroad going 'green' with new engines
[www.mcclatchydc.com]
Railroad looks for new stop
[www.reviewtimes.com]
Old train pulls into Houston
[www.chron.com]
Workshop to detail rail contracts
[www.bizjournals.com]
Construction under way on Danbury rail line
[www.istockanalyst.com]
CSX stock at 18-month high in advance of earnings report
[jacksonville.com]
Canadian News
Analyst downgrades shares of Canadian National
[www.businessweek.com]
Bring back trolleys
[www.windsorstar.com]
International News
Landslide causes train derailment in Italy; nine dead
[en.wikinews.org]
Rail maintenance worker killed by train
[www.abc.net.au]
High-Speed Moscow-St. Petersburg Train 'Sabotaged'
[www.themoscowtimes.com]
and
Notorious high speed train line: another accident
[rt.com]
Midas Holdings (SIN:5EN) JV Won CNY474M China Metro Train Contract
[www.abnnewswire.net]
Seoul-Incheon Express Train Planned
[www.koreatimes.co.kr]
Dubai Metro phasing out 'annoying' train music
[www.thenational.ae]
Eurostar ticket sales see 5% increase
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Flood-damaged train line reopens
[www.abc.net.au]
Train proves a winner at Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival
[www.aboutmyarea.co.uk]
China Looks to Rails to Carry Its Next Economic Boom
[www.nytimes.com]
GE in Erie to supply 150 locomotives to Kazakhstan
[www.bostonherald.com]
Myanmar to build 400-km-long railroads in 2010-11
[english.people.com.cn]
Running Extra
THIS OLD TOWN: Chasing the dinosaur – the rare steam locomotive
[www.wickedlocal.com]
Notice ==> Trainnews will now post on both AltamontPress and Trainnews. Trainnews.org is a work in progress. Please visit and try it out, your comments, complaints, etc are welcomed. Check out Larry Grant's trip report at Trainnews.org
This day in Railroad History
April 11, 1903
The Electric Railway Company ran its first car through Marshall, Michigan ran to Battle Creek. The line to extended from Battle Creek to Jackson, a distance of forty-seven miles. The system later extended from Kalamazoo to Detroit where it made connections with other lines. A local newspaper reported, "Saturday at about six o'clock occurred an event long prophesied and long anticipated by the citizens of this and neighboring towns. On that day the work and planning of many months was brought to completion and joy reigned supreme in the hearts of the Marshallites. In other words the first interurban car rolled majestically through the city to Battle Creek. The cars handsomely finished and equipped for the comfort of the passengers are spacious and commodious being thoroughly up to date in every way." Service was discontinued in December 1928.
[www.marshallmich.com]
April 12, 1862
One year to the day after the first shots had been fired on Fort Sumter, marking the start of the Civil War, Union spies under the command of James Andrews rode into Big Shanty, Georgia on the morning passenger train. Their motive was the destruction of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Andrews, and his 19 raiders, slowly made their way towards the trains' locomotive, the General and uncoupled it along with three boxcars from the rest of the train. The raiders took their train north, burning bridges along the way, but were evetually caught, and most hanged. The Civil War was the first war in whch railroads played a major part, and the South's railroads suffered extreme damage by the end of the war.
[andrewsraid.railfanning.org]
Photo of the Day
{hr}
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
An empty BNSF coal train passes the abandoned grain elevator between Collins and Dutton, Montana, on March 30, 2010. New coal traffic to Roberts Bank, B.C., has added two or more daily trains to BNSF's lightly-used secondary route through Great Falls.
Sean Kelly Photo
Domestic News
Metra train deaths force police to step up enforcement, vigilance
[www.chicagotribune.com]
Keolis and Amtrak disagree over VRE train operators' status
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Train Sparks Brush Fire in Great Barrington
[www.iberkshires.com]
State's high-speed rail plan is up in the air
[www.sfgate.com]
and
Too Often, The ‘Trouble’ With High-Speed Rail Is Misinformation
[www.wired.com]
Commuting via train could come back in style
[www.news-record.com]
Emergency officials stop train at Old Town station
[www.silive.com]
CTA quietly begins testing train tracker
[www.chicagocurrent.com]
Unusual meeting of trains delays morning traffic
[www.newbernsj.com]
Olathe Implements 'Quiet Zones' For Noisy Train Intersections
[www.fox4kc.com]
RTD board to take up FasTracks tax vote
[www.denverpost.com]
The Millbrae Railroad Station: All Aboard!
[www.smdailyjournal.com]!
Major disruption for North Texas rail commuters
[www.wfaa.com]
Perris line report includes few changes
[www.pe.com]
Railroad intersection fix designed to curb impatient drivers
[www.spokesman.com]
California helps short-line railroad go green
[www.latimes.com]
and
California short-line railroad going 'green' with new engines
[www.mcclatchydc.com]
Railroad looks for new stop
[www.reviewtimes.com]
Old train pulls into Houston
[www.chron.com]
Workshop to detail rail contracts
[www.bizjournals.com]
Construction under way on Danbury rail line
[www.istockanalyst.com]
CSX stock at 18-month high in advance of earnings report
[jacksonville.com]
Canadian News
Analyst downgrades shares of Canadian National
[www.businessweek.com]
Bring back trolleys
[www.windsorstar.com]
International News
Landslide causes train derailment in Italy; nine dead
[en.wikinews.org]
Rail maintenance worker killed by train
[www.abc.net.au]
High-Speed Moscow-St. Petersburg Train 'Sabotaged'
[www.themoscowtimes.com]
and
Notorious high speed train line: another accident
[rt.com]
Midas Holdings (SIN:5EN) JV Won CNY474M China Metro Train Contract
[www.abnnewswire.net]
Seoul-Incheon Express Train Planned
[www.koreatimes.co.kr]
Dubai Metro phasing out 'annoying' train music
[www.thenational.ae]
Eurostar ticket sales see 5% increase
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Flood-damaged train line reopens
[www.abc.net.au]
Train proves a winner at Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival
[www.aboutmyarea.co.uk]
China Looks to Rails to Carry Its Next Economic Boom
[www.nytimes.com]
GE in Erie to supply 150 locomotives to Kazakhstan
[www.bostonherald.com]
Myanmar to build 400-km-long railroads in 2010-11
[english.people.com.cn]
Running Extra
THIS OLD TOWN: Chasing the dinosaur – the rare steam locomotive
[www.wickedlocal.com]
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