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Trainnews Catchup - issue 96
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-05-2010 - 05:44
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 96 - 05/01/10
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. Check out some interesting posting on Trainnews.org
This day in Railroad History
May 1, 1874
Many of the able-bodied men of the town of Seattle, Washington turned out to begin laying the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad's first tracks at Steele's Landing on the mouth of the Duwamish River. The S& WW began at Steele's Landing and eventually extended for 21 miles to the coal mines of Newcastle, in South King County, Washington. In 1880, it was purchased by Henry Villard's Oregon Improvement Company and renamed the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad. The seeds of the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad were sown by a terse Northern Pacific telegraph sent to Arthur Denny (1822-1899) on July 14, 1873 which read, "We have located the terminus on Commencement Bay." This devastating announcement that Tacoma and not Seattle would serve as the Northern Pacific's terminus came after years of excited speculation.
[www.historylink.org]
May 2, 1885
The Winnipeg and Hudson's Bay Railway and Steamship Company Act was approved by the Government of Manitoba, Canada. The Act provided $1,000,000 in bonds to finamce construction of the line. The line was built in stages north from The Pas after a railway bridge was constructed over the Saskatchewan River in 1910-1911 by the Canadian Northern Railway. Although initial surveys were done to both ports of Churchill and Port Nelson, it was decided to proceed to Port Nelson in 1912. But when the harbour project in Port Nelson was abandoned, construction on the railway came to an end. Following the CNoR bankruptcy in 1918 and creation of Canadian National Railways (CNR), the federal government undertook to complete the Hudson Bay Railway; this time to Churchill. Political interference, financing difficulties, and engineering challenges by the large amount of muskeg and frequent rock outcrops on the Canadian Shield led to inevitable delays. The line to tidewater was completed March 29, 1929. CNR subsequently built resource railways from The Pas to Flin Flon, opening in 1928, followed by an extension from Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, to Lynn Lake, opening November 9, 1953.
[www.zambonista.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
The days of glory for Oakland’s 16th Street Station are gone. The main line is severed and all traffic is now routed through the new “Desert” yards to the right in the photo. The new I-880 Freeway is a work in progress. Lots of action….and noise!
Rolland A. Meyers Photo
Domestic News
Editor's Note - I have found that the search engine is not finding JOC or Progressive Railroading on a regular basis, until it starts seeing these sites they will appear at the front of Domestic or International News as I will pull directly from those sites.
Special Amtrak train rolls from Miami to Jacksonville along FEC rail corridor
[www.miamiherald.com]
Taking the train to the race
[www.wkyt.com]
Train clips man's arm in Melbourne
[www.miamiherald.com]
NJ Transit train, bus fares jump 25%
[www.recordonline.com]
Firefighters respond to smell of smoke on Orange Line
[www.boston.com]
Flooding strands 550 people on excursion train
[www.tennessean.com]
and
Flooding strands 550 people on excursion train: boat capsizes, rescue underway
[www.tennessean.com]
Train journey affords gorgeous views
[host.madison.com]
Some fear it's too late to save old train depot
[www.news-sentinel.com]
Tours, exhibits mark National Train Day
[toledoblade.com]
Rail service draws criticism, crowds
[www.kxan.com]
Agency needs Union Pacific accord to achieve Dallas light-rail overhaul
[www.dallasnews.com]
Caltrain construction starts Monday
[www.smdailyjournal.com]
Train hits, kills woman on track in Edmonds
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Big year for D.C. area Metro's Dulles rail project
[www.washingtonpost.com]
All aboard for a trip to the glory days
[www.sbsun.com]
Greenbriar, WL Ross Buy $230 Million Railcar Portfolio
[www.pehub.com]
Morris receives more than $3M in historic preservation funding requests
[www.dailyrecord.com]
MUNI Train Derails Near SF's Dolores Park
[www.ktvu.com]
FAA will approve shift in rail route
[www.starbulletin.com]
Exeter man charged over 'laser' light attack on train
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Canadian News
Suicide-by-rail phenomenon to be studied
[www.torontosun.com]
Gatineau transit rail line purchase keeps commuter-train dream alive
[www.ottawacitizen.com]
Car, Via Rail train collide
[www.timescolonist.com]
Refurbishment gets official go-ahead
[dailygleaner.canadaeast.com]
International News
Rail passengers warned of Bank Holiday train delays
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Delay warning to Cambridge train passengers
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Train drivers slept on job
[www.nzherald.co.nz]
SMRT sees increased train ridership during 1st weekend opening of Marina Bay Sands
[www.channelnewsasia.com]
Motormen's hunger strike: Back-up plan if train motormen get the sicks
[www.mid-day.com]
“Cholan Express should be run with chair car coaches”
[beta.thehindu.com]
Train derails, Howrah-Chennai services disrupted
[www.ptinews.com]
U.S., Japan OK shinkansen technology talks
[search.japantimes.co.jp]
Passengers fed up with train delays
[www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk]
Huddersfield train services hit by engineering works on Sunday
[www.examiner.co.uk]
Coonoor-Mettupalayam rail service resumes
[beta.thehindu.com]
Railway bridge crash stops trains
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Suburban railway to come into multimodal network
[www.constructionweekonline.in]
Rush hour continues on the railway
[www.isleofman.com]
Railway transport between Macedonia and Greece interrupted
[www.focus-fen.net]
Railway traffic disrupted on one Ludhiana-Ambala line disrupts due to dust storm
[www.punjabnewsline.com]
Running Extra
Search for owner of miracle dog hit by train
[www.thecomet.net]
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. Check out some interesting posting on Trainnews.org
This day in Railroad History
May 1, 1874
Many of the able-bodied men of the town of Seattle, Washington turned out to begin laying the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad's first tracks at Steele's Landing on the mouth of the Duwamish River. The S& WW began at Steele's Landing and eventually extended for 21 miles to the coal mines of Newcastle, in South King County, Washington. In 1880, it was purchased by Henry Villard's Oregon Improvement Company and renamed the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad. The seeds of the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad were sown by a terse Northern Pacific telegraph sent to Arthur Denny (1822-1899) on July 14, 1873 which read, "We have located the terminus on Commencement Bay." This devastating announcement that Tacoma and not Seattle would serve as the Northern Pacific's terminus came after years of excited speculation.
[www.historylink.org]
May 2, 1885
The Winnipeg and Hudson's Bay Railway and Steamship Company Act was approved by the Government of Manitoba, Canada. The Act provided $1,000,000 in bonds to finamce construction of the line. The line was built in stages north from The Pas after a railway bridge was constructed over the Saskatchewan River in 1910-1911 by the Canadian Northern Railway. Although initial surveys were done to both ports of Churchill and Port Nelson, it was decided to proceed to Port Nelson in 1912. But when the harbour project in Port Nelson was abandoned, construction on the railway came to an end. Following the CNoR bankruptcy in 1918 and creation of Canadian National Railways (CNR), the federal government undertook to complete the Hudson Bay Railway; this time to Churchill. Political interference, financing difficulties, and engineering challenges by the large amount of muskeg and frequent rock outcrops on the Canadian Shield led to inevitable delays. The line to tidewater was completed March 29, 1929. CNR subsequently built resource railways from The Pas to Flin Flon, opening in 1928, followed by an extension from Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, to Lynn Lake, opening November 9, 1953.
[www.zambonista.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
The days of glory for Oakland’s 16th Street Station are gone. The main line is severed and all traffic is now routed through the new “Desert” yards to the right in the photo. The new I-880 Freeway is a work in progress. Lots of action….and noise!
Rolland A. Meyers Photo
Domestic News
Editor's Note - I have found that the search engine is not finding JOC or Progressive Railroading on a regular basis, until it starts seeing these sites they will appear at the front of Domestic or International News as I will pull directly from those sites.
Special Amtrak train rolls from Miami to Jacksonville along FEC rail corridor
[www.miamiherald.com]
Taking the train to the race
[www.wkyt.com]
Train clips man's arm in Melbourne
[www.miamiherald.com]
NJ Transit train, bus fares jump 25%
[www.recordonline.com]
Firefighters respond to smell of smoke on Orange Line
[www.boston.com]
Flooding strands 550 people on excursion train
[www.tennessean.com]
and
Flooding strands 550 people on excursion train: boat capsizes, rescue underway
[www.tennessean.com]
Train journey affords gorgeous views
[host.madison.com]
Some fear it's too late to save old train depot
[www.news-sentinel.com]
Tours, exhibits mark National Train Day
[toledoblade.com]
Rail service draws criticism, crowds
[www.kxan.com]
Agency needs Union Pacific accord to achieve Dallas light-rail overhaul
[www.dallasnews.com]
Caltrain construction starts Monday
[www.smdailyjournal.com]
Train hits, kills woman on track in Edmonds
[seattletimes.nwsource.com]
Big year for D.C. area Metro's Dulles rail project
[www.washingtonpost.com]
All aboard for a trip to the glory days
[www.sbsun.com]
Greenbriar, WL Ross Buy $230 Million Railcar Portfolio
[www.pehub.com]
Morris receives more than $3M in historic preservation funding requests
[www.dailyrecord.com]
MUNI Train Derails Near SF's Dolores Park
[www.ktvu.com]
FAA will approve shift in rail route
[www.starbulletin.com]
Exeter man charged over 'laser' light attack on train
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Canadian News
Suicide-by-rail phenomenon to be studied
[www.torontosun.com]
Gatineau transit rail line purchase keeps commuter-train dream alive
[www.ottawacitizen.com]
Car, Via Rail train collide
[www.timescolonist.com]
Refurbishment gets official go-ahead
[dailygleaner.canadaeast.com]
International News
Rail passengers warned of Bank Holiday train delays
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Delay warning to Cambridge train passengers
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Train drivers slept on job
[www.nzherald.co.nz]
SMRT sees increased train ridership during 1st weekend opening of Marina Bay Sands
[www.channelnewsasia.com]
Motormen's hunger strike: Back-up plan if train motormen get the sicks
[www.mid-day.com]
“Cholan Express should be run with chair car coaches”
[beta.thehindu.com]
Train derails, Howrah-Chennai services disrupted
[www.ptinews.com]
U.S., Japan OK shinkansen technology talks
[search.japantimes.co.jp]
Passengers fed up with train delays
[www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk]
Huddersfield train services hit by engineering works on Sunday
[www.examiner.co.uk]
Coonoor-Mettupalayam rail service resumes
[beta.thehindu.com]
Railway bridge crash stops trains
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Suburban railway to come into multimodal network
[www.constructionweekonline.in]
Rush hour continues on the railway
[www.isleofman.com]
Railway transport between Macedonia and Greece interrupted
[www.focus-fen.net]
Railway traffic disrupted on one Ludhiana-Ambala line disrupts due to dust storm
[www.punjabnewsline.com]
Running Extra
Search for owner of miracle dog hit by train
[www.thecomet.net]
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