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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 108
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-15-2010 - 21:08
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 108 - 05/15/10
Notice - Trainnews is posted at both trainnews.org and altamontpress.com. Checkout Trainnews.com a RR board dedicated to train and railroad news.
This day in Railroad History
May 15, 1907
The narrow guage Tanana Valley Railroad near Fairbanks, Alaska, began construction began on the second phase of the TVRR, an extension of the trackage to Chatanika. The route was originally planned to go over Cleary Summit, but new mining activity in the Dome, Vault, Ridgetop and Olnes areas caused the railroad to be routed up the Fox Creek Valley to meet the needs of the new communities. On September 29, the construction crew reached Chatanika after building an additional 19.2 miles of railroad in four months, including over a mile of trestles and bridges! In 1917, the TVRR was sold at a bankruptcy sale for $200,000. The buyer resold the TVRR to the Alaska Engineering Commission (AEC) for $300,000 on December 31, 1917. The TVRR became the Chatanika Branch of the Alaska Engineering Commission Railroad, which became the Alaska Railroad in 1923.
[www.fairnet.org]
May 16, 1925
The new Chicago Union Station opened. The Chicago Union Station Company was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. The architect was Daniel Burnham of Chicago, who died before its completion. The firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White completed the work to Burnham's designs. Work began in 1913, but construction was delayed by World War I, labor shortages and strikes. Today, the monumental neoclassical station is the last remaining railroad terminal still used by intercity trains in Chicago. The station's ornate Beaux-Arts main waiting room, the "Great Hall", is one of the United States' great interior public spaces with its vaulted skylight, statuary, and connecting lobbies, staircases, and balconies. The Great Hall is over 110 feet high.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
A few interesting shots of Santa Fe red around Wisconsin. BNSF 8283 – Train G-ABECSX taken south of La Crosse WI, BNSF 8286 – Train Z-PLTCHC taken north of Fountain City WI, and BNSF 8233 – Train Z-CHCPTL taken in Genoa WI.
Jim Matuska Photos
Domestic News
Video taken just after the Wind River derailment.
[www.youtube.com]
New train car prototypes debut on the Green Line
[www.suntimes.com]
Crews Replacing Tracks After Wyo. Train Derailment
[cbs4denver.com]
Train station restoration details unveiled
[www.app.com]
Video May Reveal Who Is at Fault in Michigan Train Accident
[www.lawyersandsettlements.com]
Northland cities vie for train maintenance base
[www.duluthnewstribune.com]
Grad study: Husker train from Omaha to Lincoln is feasible
[www.huskerextra.com]
All aboard for the 2010 V&T train ride season
[www.nevadaappeal.com]
All Aboard
[www.nebraska.tv]
US Transport Sec wraps up train tour in China
[www.businessweek.com]
Hiring picks up for VRE operator
[fredericksburg.com]
Video of Amtrak crash in Mebane, North Carolina
[www.examiner.com]
SunRail, Lynx will require transit tax, officials warn
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
N.C. Industrial Center earns N.C. Railroad hono
[www.thetimesnews.com]
Cap Metro Accepts Feedback, Aims to Do Better
[www.austinchronicle.com]
Needed now: State high-speed rail czar
[www.timesunion.com]
Commuter track repairs pushed back a month
[www.gloucestertimes.com]
BNSF Announces Winners of $50,000 for New Mexico Leadership Scholarships
[www.earthtimes.org]
Freight rail move to St. Louis Park gets more study
[www.startribune.com]
Canadian News
Riders flee after Edmonton LRT train bursts into flames
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
'Bike train' will run from T.O. to Niagara Falls
[thechronicleherald.ca]
VIA boss says company on right side of the tracks post-recession
[www.montrealgazette.com]
International News
Eurostar passenger train services resume: company
[www.google.com]
and
UPDATE 2-Channel Tunnel reopens after smoke alert
[www.reuters.com]
Modern train’s arrival lifts fortunes, spirits in New Delhi
[www.boston.com]
Man risks life to film steam train
[www.couriermail.com.au]
Train services to be affected on all 3 lines
[www.hindustantimes.com]
Bombardier beats Siemens to $1.7-billion Swiss train order
[www.mb.com.ph]
Train services face disruption in Dublin.
[www.corkstudentnews.com]
Now, rly coach gets a green toilet to curb corrosion of tracks
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
New Metro stations draw weekend crowd
[www.business24-7.ae]
Electrifying
[news.euroweeklynews.comwww.euroweeklynews.com]
Russian miners block railroad in protest
[www.ft.com]
When railway workers clamour for female managers
[www.punchng.com]
Algeria: continuation of the railway strike
[www.ennaharonline.com]
Union Railway to seek interest for its rail project
[www.steelguru.com]
Running Extra
I went to the Santa Cruz Model Railroad Open House today. I met a good group of folks, and took some horrible pictures (I set up the camera icorrectly); however this is a layout worth visiting it is very interesting and fun to watch and operate trains. They are looking for members, and some folks that run G scale as the outdoor layout needs some TLC
Visit thier web site at www.trainweb.org/sccrhs
See the world on the great railroad journeys
[www.deseretnews.com]
Notice - Trainnews is posted at both trainnews.org and altamontpress.com. Checkout Trainnews.com a RR board dedicated to train and railroad news.
This day in Railroad History
May 15, 1907
The narrow guage Tanana Valley Railroad near Fairbanks, Alaska, began construction began on the second phase of the TVRR, an extension of the trackage to Chatanika. The route was originally planned to go over Cleary Summit, but new mining activity in the Dome, Vault, Ridgetop and Olnes areas caused the railroad to be routed up the Fox Creek Valley to meet the needs of the new communities. On September 29, the construction crew reached Chatanika after building an additional 19.2 miles of railroad in four months, including over a mile of trestles and bridges! In 1917, the TVRR was sold at a bankruptcy sale for $200,000. The buyer resold the TVRR to the Alaska Engineering Commission (AEC) for $300,000 on December 31, 1917. The TVRR became the Chatanika Branch of the Alaska Engineering Commission Railroad, which became the Alaska Railroad in 1923.
[www.fairnet.org]
May 16, 1925
The new Chicago Union Station opened. The Chicago Union Station Company was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. The architect was Daniel Burnham of Chicago, who died before its completion. The firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White completed the work to Burnham's designs. Work began in 1913, but construction was delayed by World War I, labor shortages and strikes. Today, the monumental neoclassical station is the last remaining railroad terminal still used by intercity trains in Chicago. The station's ornate Beaux-Arts main waiting room, the "Great Hall", is one of the United States' great interior public spaces with its vaulted skylight, statuary, and connecting lobbies, staircases, and balconies. The Great Hall is over 110 feet high.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
A few interesting shots of Santa Fe red around Wisconsin. BNSF 8283 – Train G-ABECSX taken south of La Crosse WI, BNSF 8286 – Train Z-PLTCHC taken north of Fountain City WI, and BNSF 8233 – Train Z-CHCPTL taken in Genoa WI.
Jim Matuska Photos
Domestic News
Video taken just after the Wind River derailment.
[www.youtube.com]
New train car prototypes debut on the Green Line
[www.suntimes.com]
Crews Replacing Tracks After Wyo. Train Derailment
[cbs4denver.com]
Train station restoration details unveiled
[www.app.com]
Video May Reveal Who Is at Fault in Michigan Train Accident
[www.lawyersandsettlements.com]
Northland cities vie for train maintenance base
[www.duluthnewstribune.com]
Grad study: Husker train from Omaha to Lincoln is feasible
[www.huskerextra.com]
All aboard for the 2010 V&T train ride season
[www.nevadaappeal.com]
All Aboard
[www.nebraska.tv]
US Transport Sec wraps up train tour in China
[www.businessweek.com]
Hiring picks up for VRE operator
[fredericksburg.com]
Video of Amtrak crash in Mebane, North Carolina
[www.examiner.com]
SunRail, Lynx will require transit tax, officials warn
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
N.C. Industrial Center earns N.C. Railroad hono
[www.thetimesnews.com]
Cap Metro Accepts Feedback, Aims to Do Better
[www.austinchronicle.com]
Needed now: State high-speed rail czar
[www.timesunion.com]
Commuter track repairs pushed back a month
[www.gloucestertimes.com]
BNSF Announces Winners of $50,000 for New Mexico Leadership Scholarships
[www.earthtimes.org]
Freight rail move to St. Louis Park gets more study
[www.startribune.com]
Canadian News
Riders flee after Edmonton LRT train bursts into flames
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
'Bike train' will run from T.O. to Niagara Falls
[thechronicleherald.ca]
VIA boss says company on right side of the tracks post-recession
[www.montrealgazette.com]
International News
Eurostar passenger train services resume: company
[www.google.com]
and
UPDATE 2-Channel Tunnel reopens after smoke alert
[www.reuters.com]
Modern train’s arrival lifts fortunes, spirits in New Delhi
[www.boston.com]
Man risks life to film steam train
[www.couriermail.com.au]
Train services to be affected on all 3 lines
[www.hindustantimes.com]
Bombardier beats Siemens to $1.7-billion Swiss train order
[www.mb.com.ph]
Train services face disruption in Dublin.
[www.corkstudentnews.com]
Now, rly coach gets a green toilet to curb corrosion of tracks
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
New Metro stations draw weekend crowd
[www.business24-7.ae]
Electrifying
[news.euroweeklynews.comwww.euroweeklynews.com]
Russian miners block railroad in protest
[www.ft.com]
When railway workers clamour for female managers
[www.punchng.com]
Algeria: continuation of the railway strike
[www.ennaharonline.com]
Union Railway to seek interest for its rail project
[www.steelguru.com]
Running Extra
I went to the Santa Cruz Model Railroad Open House today. I met a good group of folks, and took some horrible pictures (I set up the camera icorrectly); however this is a layout worth visiting it is very interesting and fun to watch and operate trains. They are looking for members, and some folks that run G scale as the outdoor layout needs some TLC
Visit thier web site at www.trainweb.org/sccrhs
See the world on the great railroad journeys
[www.deseretnews.com]
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