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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 89
Author: Espee99
Date: 04-23-2010 - 20:28
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 89 - 04/23/10
Notice ==> Trainnews is now posted on both AltamontPress and Trainnews. Trainnews.org is a work in progress. Please visit and try it out, your comments, complaints, etc are welcomed.
This day in Railroad History
April 23, 1955
The electrified Grand River Railway in Ontario, Canada operated its last regular passenger train. The GRR was comprised of the Galt and Preston Street Railway, the Preston & Berlin Railway, and the Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley & Lake Huron Railway, and leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway for 99 years in 1908. From the beginning, the operating power was 600-volts DC. On December 4, 1921, the line changed to 1500-volt DC operation to match that of the Lake Erie & Northern Railway. Electric freight operations continued until October 1961. Portions of the former GRR line remain in service, now known as the CP Waterloo Subdivision. The Cambridge, Ontario Toyota car manufacturing plants generate most of the traffic on the line.
[www.trainweb.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
The Union Pacific steam locomotive U.P. 844 approaches Armstrong, Oklahoma along old route U.S. 69 on Friday, April 09, 2010 enroute to it's next service stop in Dennison, Texas. Pulling the Valley Eagle steam special, the train is travelling to Harlingen, Texas.
Larry W. Grant photo.
Domestic News
Union Pacific Sees Rail Rates Firming
[www.joc.com]
Weekly Rail Traffic Surges
[www.joc.com]
Metrolink modifies plan to screen train crews with personality tests
[www.latimes.com]
and
Metrolink employees won't be disqualified by tests
[www.sfgate.com]
Vehicle rear-ends truck, pushing it into freight train
[www.suntimes.com]
Historic train to visit
[www.couriernews.com]
Del Mar tests train-crossing horn
[www.signonsandiego.com]
and
Quieter train horns installed at railway crossing
[www.nctimes.com]
Train backers chug toward route selection decision
[www.newrichmond-news.com]
Windows shattered on Red Line train in Boston
[www.necn.com]
Train derailment will delay morning commute along U.S. 301
[jacksonville.com]
Train blocking 3 intersections removed
[www.newsobserver.com]
Wildflower Train Ride
[www.tdtnews.com]
Windber addressing coal dust, train noise
[www.dailyamerican.com]
Tuckerton Junction Railroad Company has something for every train lover,
[www.app.com]
Two Metro cars derail in rail yard
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Crash on I-80 in New Lenox causes Metra delays
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
Santa Cruz rail line purchase garners bus district support, with a price
[www.mercurynews.com]
Construction on SEPTA train station under way
[www.phillyburbs.com]
Girl, 13, struck by light-rail train near Othello Station
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Train whistles to be silenced with upgrade
[www.ohio.com]
U.S. high-speed rail's ship finally comes in
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Caltrain data shows path to bankruptcy without electric railroad
[www.mercurynews.com]
Union Pacific Railroad participating in many Earth Day events in 2010
[www.examiner.com]
Grain shippers rate railroads for service, price transparency
[www.agriculture.com]
Erie's bayfront shipyard to get rail service
[www.goerie.com]
Alliance seeks to preserve rail service through Amherst
[www.amherstbulletin.com]
Experts talk transportation and safety at Humboldt Bay Symposium
[www.contracostatimes.com]
Gaston rail project gaining speed
[charlotte.bizjournals.com]
Rail line could be running by spring '11
[www.livingstondaily.com]
Hopkins Co. Man Arrested for Copper Theft
[tristatehomepage.com]
Rail car movement good news scenically, economically
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
Geneva Metra station to undergo safety work this year
[www.kcchronicle.com]
CSX to replace railroad crossings in Logan
[sundaygazettemail.com]
Valley stands to gain up to $144 million
[www.adn.com]
Port of Quincy and Rail Logistics introduce new intermodal program for eastbound fruit and produce
[www.i-newswire.com]
Pittsburgh Maglev
[www.seopressreleases.com]
Canadian News
Train crossing safety blitz begins next week
[www.winnipegfreepress.com]
Train whistle worries
[calgary.ctv.ca]
Bike Train makes cycling vacations easy with new routes
[www.examiner.com]
International News
Sleeper train damaged by rock 'placed' on Glasgow-London rail line
[news.scotsman.com]
Train controllers to go on mass leave May 1
[economictimes.indiatimes.com]
The Train That Literally Never Stops
[www.tomsguide.com]
Kings Cross: Busy London train station 'closed by burning toast fire alert'
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
3 ex-JR West heads indicted over 2005 derailment under inquest system
[www.japantoday.com]
Kuranda train fast track not on
[www.cairns.com.au]
Train holidays to India get live TV
[www.southalltravel.co.uk]
Running Extra
A voice from the past
[www.theworldlink.com]
Notice ==> Trainnews is now posted on both AltamontPress and Trainnews. Trainnews.org is a work in progress. Please visit and try it out, your comments, complaints, etc are welcomed.
This day in Railroad History
April 23, 1955
The electrified Grand River Railway in Ontario, Canada operated its last regular passenger train. The GRR was comprised of the Galt and Preston Street Railway, the Preston & Berlin Railway, and the Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley & Lake Huron Railway, and leased to the Canadian Pacific Railway for 99 years in 1908. From the beginning, the operating power was 600-volts DC. On December 4, 1921, the line changed to 1500-volt DC operation to match that of the Lake Erie & Northern Railway. Electric freight operations continued until October 1961. Portions of the former GRR line remain in service, now known as the CP Waterloo Subdivision. The Cambridge, Ontario Toyota car manufacturing plants generate most of the traffic on the line.
[www.trainweb.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
The Union Pacific steam locomotive U.P. 844 approaches Armstrong, Oklahoma along old route U.S. 69 on Friday, April 09, 2010 enroute to it's next service stop in Dennison, Texas. Pulling the Valley Eagle steam special, the train is travelling to Harlingen, Texas.
Larry W. Grant photo.
Domestic News
Union Pacific Sees Rail Rates Firming
[www.joc.com]
Weekly Rail Traffic Surges
[www.joc.com]
Metrolink modifies plan to screen train crews with personality tests
[www.latimes.com]
and
Metrolink employees won't be disqualified by tests
[www.sfgate.com]
Vehicle rear-ends truck, pushing it into freight train
[www.suntimes.com]
Historic train to visit
[www.couriernews.com]
Del Mar tests train-crossing horn
[www.signonsandiego.com]
and
Quieter train horns installed at railway crossing
[www.nctimes.com]
Train backers chug toward route selection decision
[www.newrichmond-news.com]
Windows shattered on Red Line train in Boston
[www.necn.com]
Train derailment will delay morning commute along U.S. 301
[jacksonville.com]
Train blocking 3 intersections removed
[www.newsobserver.com]
Wildflower Train Ride
[www.tdtnews.com]
Windber addressing coal dust, train noise
[www.dailyamerican.com]
Tuckerton Junction Railroad Company has something for every train lover,
[www.app.com]
Two Metro cars derail in rail yard
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Crash on I-80 in New Lenox causes Metra delays
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
Santa Cruz rail line purchase garners bus district support, with a price
[www.mercurynews.com]
Construction on SEPTA train station under way
[www.phillyburbs.com]
Girl, 13, struck by light-rail train near Othello Station
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Train whistles to be silenced with upgrade
[www.ohio.com]
U.S. high-speed rail's ship finally comes in
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Caltrain data shows path to bankruptcy without electric railroad
[www.mercurynews.com]
Union Pacific Railroad participating in many Earth Day events in 2010
[www.examiner.com]
Grain shippers rate railroads for service, price transparency
[www.agriculture.com]
Erie's bayfront shipyard to get rail service
[www.goerie.com]
Alliance seeks to preserve rail service through Amherst
[www.amherstbulletin.com]
Experts talk transportation and safety at Humboldt Bay Symposium
[www.contracostatimes.com]
Gaston rail project gaining speed
[charlotte.bizjournals.com]
Rail line could be running by spring '11
[www.livingstondaily.com]
Hopkins Co. Man Arrested for Copper Theft
[tristatehomepage.com]
Rail car movement good news scenically, economically
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
Geneva Metra station to undergo safety work this year
[www.kcchronicle.com]
CSX to replace railroad crossings in Logan
[sundaygazettemail.com]
Valley stands to gain up to $144 million
[www.adn.com]
Port of Quincy and Rail Logistics introduce new intermodal program for eastbound fruit and produce
[www.i-newswire.com]
Pittsburgh Maglev
[www.seopressreleases.com]
Canadian News
Train crossing safety blitz begins next week
[www.winnipegfreepress.com]
Train whistle worries
[calgary.ctv.ca]
Bike Train makes cycling vacations easy with new routes
[www.examiner.com]
International News
Sleeper train damaged by rock 'placed' on Glasgow-London rail line
[news.scotsman.com]
Train controllers to go on mass leave May 1
[economictimes.indiatimes.com]
The Train That Literally Never Stops
[www.tomsguide.com]
Kings Cross: Busy London train station 'closed by burning toast fire alert'
[www.telegraph.co.uk]
3 ex-JR West heads indicted over 2005 derailment under inquest system
[www.japantoday.com]
Kuranda train fast track not on
[www.cairns.com.au]
Train holidays to India get live TV
[www.southalltravel.co.uk]
Running Extra
A voice from the past
[www.theworldlink.com]
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