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Re: Trainnews Catchup - issue 97
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-05-2010 - 05:45
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 97 - 05/03/10
This day in Railroad History
May 3, 1867
"At 1am in the morning, a great, noisy crumbling took place at the east facing, and light from torches in the west could be seen flickering through the dust. The Summit had been pierced. The Sierras had been bested ... young Lewis Clement, the Central Pacific Railroad engineer in charge of 1,659-foot Summit Tunnel, strode into the now widened bore a week after the breakthrough, surveyor's instruments in hand. During the preceding two years' work he and his assistants had been measuring under conditions never taught about in engineering schools. They had made their calculations under poor visibility on a wildly uneven tunnel floor, plotting a bore not only divided into four distinct parts, but one that had to gradually rise, descend, and curve as it penetrated from west to east .... the expected margin of error was large, and if the various bores were seriously misaligned, many months of expensive remedial work would have to be done, delaying the Central Pacific Railroad's progress east. As Clement finished his measurements and worked out the geometric statistics at a rude desk near the tunnel mouth, he found his most fervent prayers answered. Summit Tunnel's four bores fitted together almost perfectly, with a total error in true line of less than two inches. The seemingly impossible had been achieved. The longest tunnel anyone had cut through natural granite, cut at a daunting altitude in an abominable climate, had been bored by a small army of Chinese thousands of miles from their ancestral home. The Sierras were truly breached and ... the great race across the continent was on. ... " —A Great And Shining Road. By Professor John Hoyt Williams
[cprr.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
By the Fall of 1996 the end of the line was near for street running of the Union Pacific in Oakland, CA. It followed the original Western Pacific tracks after leaving it yards near the food of Adaline Street and followed 3rd Street across town before leaving the asphalt at 3rd and Oak Streets. Here is a photo of one of the last runs headed east.
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.
FedEx Freight May Put Shipments on Rail in Future
[www.joc.com]
USDOT seeks applications for ‘TIGER II’ grant program
[progressiverailroading.com]
Freight-car deliveries to gradually increase during next two years, EPA says
[progressiverailroading.com]
Metra to look into executive director’s financial dealings
[progressiverailroading.com]
New York & Atlantic lands federal grant to reduce locomotive emissions, idling
[progressiverailroading.com]
SmartCard usage is another step toward Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s modernization efforts
[progressiverailroading.com]
Report to show bright future for freight rail in ‘green’ economy
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Hirschmann Automation and Control, WL Ross-Greenbrier Rail, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Skire, IBM and Green Globe International
[progressiverailroading.com]
Man fatally struck by CTA Blue Line train
[www.suntimes.com]
and
Blue Line service resumes after fatality
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
14 car train derailment in Marshall shuts down train depot
[www.cbs19.tv]
Metrolink rolls out new safer rail cars
[www.dailybreeze.com]
Organizers happy with Railroad Days turnout
[www.ocregister.com]
Steam train lives again, and fans applaud
[www.ocregister.com]
Amtrak train hits van near Wishram, Wash.
[www.theworldlink.com]
Greenbrier starts 4.5M public stock offering
[finance.yahoo.com]
Union Pacific Railroad Named 2009 Rail Carrier of the Year by Lowe's Home Improvement
[finance.yahoo.com]
Johnston County growth spurs demand for commuter rail
[www.wral.com]
Union Pacific’s last steam engine tours Arkansas
[www.nlrtimes.com]
State wants $64.2 million in federal high-speed rail funds
[www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com]
Ground broken for Haverhill double-track project
[www.boston.com]
and
Commuter track work north of Swampscott to cause delays
[www.itemlive.com]
EPA launching comprehensive test on DTE Rail Services
[theindependent.com]
Panel lets proposal to create tourist between Port Royal, Yemassee proceed
[www.islandpacket.com]
141st celebration of Golden Spike
[www.cachevalleydaily.com]
Commuters prepare to go back to normal after bomb scare
[www.poughkeepsiejournal.com]
Whippany Railroad Museum hosts caboose rides
[www.recordernewspapers.com]
Norfolk Southern raises the roof on 'the Heartland Corridor'
[hamptonroads.com]
Canadian News
CTA to increase price index for CN’s, CP’s grain revenue caps in next crop year
[progressiverailroading.com]
International News
European Rivals Bid for GB Railfreight
[joc.com]
Norway train crash due to safety failure
[news.yahoo.com]
Train tender decision left to KiwiRail
[nz.news.yahoo.com]
Train strike to leave commuters in the cold
[www.iol.co.za]
Montmorency commuters back call for station staff
[leader-news.whereilive.com.au]
Budget boost to make Melbourne rail commuters feel safe again
[www.adelaidenow.com.au]
Rail cuts fear as firms set to share in savings
[www.yorkshirepost.co.uk]
KTM pink coach not fully utilised
[thestar.com.my]
Baku-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Kars railroad construction to resume in two weeks
[www.panarmenian.net]
Running Extra
National Train Day
[articles.baltimoresun.com]
National Train Day event is Saturday
[www.mysanantonio.com]
Railroad Days celebrate SB's long train history
[www.sbsun.com]
All Aboard!
[m.ladowntownnews.com]
This day in Railroad History
May 3, 1867
"At 1am in the morning, a great, noisy crumbling took place at the east facing, and light from torches in the west could be seen flickering through the dust. The Summit had been pierced. The Sierras had been bested ... young Lewis Clement, the Central Pacific Railroad engineer in charge of 1,659-foot Summit Tunnel, strode into the now widened bore a week after the breakthrough, surveyor's instruments in hand. During the preceding two years' work he and his assistants had been measuring under conditions never taught about in engineering schools. They had made their calculations under poor visibility on a wildly uneven tunnel floor, plotting a bore not only divided into four distinct parts, but one that had to gradually rise, descend, and curve as it penetrated from west to east .... the expected margin of error was large, and if the various bores were seriously misaligned, many months of expensive remedial work would have to be done, delaying the Central Pacific Railroad's progress east. As Clement finished his measurements and worked out the geometric statistics at a rude desk near the tunnel mouth, he found his most fervent prayers answered. Summit Tunnel's four bores fitted together almost perfectly, with a total error in true line of less than two inches. The seemingly impossible had been achieved. The longest tunnel anyone had cut through natural granite, cut at a daunting altitude in an abominable climate, had been bored by a small army of Chinese thousands of miles from their ancestral home. The Sierras were truly breached and ... the great race across the continent was on. ... " —A Great And Shining Road. By Professor John Hoyt Williams
[cprr.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
By the Fall of 1996 the end of the line was near for street running of the Union Pacific in Oakland, CA. It followed the original Western Pacific tracks after leaving it yards near the food of Adaline Street and followed 3rd Street across town before leaving the asphalt at 3rd and Oak Streets. Here is a photo of one of the last runs headed east.
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.
FedEx Freight May Put Shipments on Rail in Future
[www.joc.com]
USDOT seeks applications for ‘TIGER II’ grant program
[progressiverailroading.com]
Freight-car deliveries to gradually increase during next two years, EPA says
[progressiverailroading.com]
Metra to look into executive director’s financial dealings
[progressiverailroading.com]
New York & Atlantic lands federal grant to reduce locomotive emissions, idling
[progressiverailroading.com]
SmartCard usage is another step toward Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s modernization efforts
[progressiverailroading.com]
Report to show bright future for freight rail in ‘green’ economy
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Hirschmann Automation and Control, WL Ross-Greenbrier Rail, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Skire, IBM and Green Globe International
[progressiverailroading.com]
Man fatally struck by CTA Blue Line train
[www.suntimes.com]
and
Blue Line service resumes after fatality
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
14 car train derailment in Marshall shuts down train depot
[www.cbs19.tv]
Metrolink rolls out new safer rail cars
[www.dailybreeze.com]
Organizers happy with Railroad Days turnout
[www.ocregister.com]
Steam train lives again, and fans applaud
[www.ocregister.com]
Amtrak train hits van near Wishram, Wash.
[www.theworldlink.com]
Greenbrier starts 4.5M public stock offering
[finance.yahoo.com]
Union Pacific Railroad Named 2009 Rail Carrier of the Year by Lowe's Home Improvement
[finance.yahoo.com]
Johnston County growth spurs demand for commuter rail
[www.wral.com]
Union Pacific’s last steam engine tours Arkansas
[www.nlrtimes.com]
State wants $64.2 million in federal high-speed rail funds
[www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com]
Ground broken for Haverhill double-track project
[www.boston.com]
and
Commuter track work north of Swampscott to cause delays
[www.itemlive.com]
EPA launching comprehensive test on DTE Rail Services
[theindependent.com]
Panel lets proposal to create tourist between Port Royal, Yemassee proceed
[www.islandpacket.com]
141st celebration of Golden Spike
[www.cachevalleydaily.com]
Commuters prepare to go back to normal after bomb scare
[www.poughkeepsiejournal.com]
Whippany Railroad Museum hosts caboose rides
[www.recordernewspapers.com]
Norfolk Southern raises the roof on 'the Heartland Corridor'
[hamptonroads.com]
Canadian News
CTA to increase price index for CN’s, CP’s grain revenue caps in next crop year
[progressiverailroading.com]
International News
European Rivals Bid for GB Railfreight
[joc.com]
Norway train crash due to safety failure
[news.yahoo.com]
Train tender decision left to KiwiRail
[nz.news.yahoo.com]
Train strike to leave commuters in the cold
[www.iol.co.za]
Montmorency commuters back call for station staff
[leader-news.whereilive.com.au]
Budget boost to make Melbourne rail commuters feel safe again
[www.adelaidenow.com.au]
Rail cuts fear as firms set to share in savings
[www.yorkshirepost.co.uk]
KTM pink coach not fully utilised
[thestar.com.my]
Baku-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Kars railroad construction to resume in two weeks
[www.panarmenian.net]
Running Extra
National Train Day
[articles.baltimoresun.com]
National Train Day event is Saturday
[www.mysanantonio.com]
Railroad Days celebrate SB's long train history
[www.sbsun.com]
All Aboard!
[m.ladowntownnews.com]
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