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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 112
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-20-2010 - 20:22
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 112 - 05/20/10
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 20, 1892
After running for 54 years on broad-gauge, (7 feet wide) track, the las broad gauge train pulled out of Paddington, United Kingdom on the Great Western Railway, this was the old "Cornishman" express. The conversion was a marvel of organization, 170 miles of broad-gauge track were changed to standard gauge in two days, on May 21 and 22. Before the morning of May 21 every broad-gauge locomotive, carriage and truck was moved east of Exeter for dispatch to Swindon, where large numbers were reconstructed for the narrower gauge. Five thousand men were employed on the great change-over, which was accomplished without a single accident. The cost of the conversion, in relaying the track, and converting or scrapping engines and rolling stock, amounted to nearly £1,000,000. To the die-hard supporters of the broad gauge, who were so long blind to its disadvantages and so long insisted on the magnification of its merits, the passing of the original Great Western gauge, invented by the railway genius Brunel, represented stark tragedy.
[mikes.railhistory.railfan.net]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
Union Pacific 1434 and UP 1445 at Manito, WA on April 16, 2010. This train is returning with 3 loads of finished lumber which they picked up at Plummer Jct from the St.Maries River Railroad and one empty fertilizer tank car from Plummer, Idaho. Manito is where the Milwaukee Road had a depot and their trackage to Spokane ended in favor of trackage rental from the Union Pacific. To the right of the line poles the UP track decends to Rockford and onto Freeman, WA. The original line to Tekoa and onto Plummer and Wallace, Idaho was abandoned past Tekoa in 1955 in favor of trackage rights over the Milwaukee Road to a connection at Plummer Jct.
L.A.Scrafford Photo
Domestic News
Amtrak Virginia's Lynchburg route exceeds rider projections
[progressiverailroading.com]
STB to hear CSXT's, utility's rate-challenge arguments next month
[progressiverailroading.com]
Virginia to allot $2.1 billion for rail, public transportation
[progressiverailroading.com]
USDOT, women's transportation group team up to promote transportation careers to females
[progressiverailroading.com]
GCRTA approves construction contracts, attains diversity honor
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Axion, Trinity, CrossGlobe Group, RuggedCom, Michael Baker Jr., Vossloh and Barix Audio; Also, In Memoriam: Robert Pattison
[progressiverailroading.com]
Rail Intermodal Heats Up, But Carloads Cool
[joc.com]
Rail pilot project exceeds targets
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Crash investigators to issue Metro safety report in July
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Hazmat release probed at Allston train yards
[www.boston.com]
Dallas-Fort Worth train likely to cost more
[www.star-telegram.com]
Man Treated After Being Hit By Train In Kenly
[johnston.mync.com]|Sports|Lifestyles/story/51717/man-treated-after-being-hit-by-train-in-kenly
Nearly 30 People Try to Beat a Train
[www.kansascw.com]
Nampa Train Depot gets $15,000
[www.idahopress.com]
Railway to host troop train on May 31
[www.grandhaventribune.com]
Wichitans Give Input on Amtrak Passenger Train Proposals
[www.kwch.com]
Mirror Lake, 1948 Pullman Train Car Restoration Project in Flippin (AR)
[www.kspr.com]
Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) Celebrates 100 Days Of Summer
[www.prnewswire.com]
San Clemente OKs bike-rental experiment
[www.ocregister.com]
Train Schedules With Service Reductions Start Sunday
[millburn.patch.com]
McHenry County train museum opens for the season
[www.rrstar.com]
Metrolink secures $99M for automatic braking systems
[www.scpr.org]
Northeast states seek plan for rail upgrades
[www.google.com]
New Railroad Possibilities for Boise
[www.kivitv.com]
POET Plants Receive Railroad Safety Awards
[www.emmetsburgnews.com]
National Coal Corp. Completes Sale of Rail Line
[www.marketwatch.com]
Yellow railroad cars move on from stalled New Castle spots -- finally
[www.thestarpress.com]
MTA Subcontractor in East Side Access Tunnel Found to Have Mob Links
[www.dnainfo.com]
Officers issue 40 citations during 'Cops on Rails'
[www.kansas.com]
OSHA fines CSX for action on employee who had safety concerns
[blog.timesunion.com]
Restored locomotive arrives for Portsmouth museum
[hamptonroads.com]
Federal agency orders Conrail to explain its sale of a line to NJ Transit
[www.nj.com]
A Solar System: N.C. DOT is using the sun to power a signal and gate system in Pinnacle
[www2.journalnow.com]
RailAmerica, Inc. Announces Plan to Redeem $74 Million of 9.25% Senior Secured Notes Due 2017
[www.marketwatch.com]
He keeps safety on track
[www.chapelhillnews.com]
Canadian News
Toronto's Metrolinx revises plan to complete 'Big 5' transit projects by 2020
[progressiverailroading.com]
Edmonton cyclist hit by LRT train
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
New airport train link could restore Windsor Station, boost West Island train service
[www.examiner.com]
Metrolinx study will kill Peterborough train, says local MP
[www.thestar.com]
Canadian Pacific Railway increases dividend
[www.businessweek.com]
International News
13 oil tankers burn as Maoists blast railway tracks
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train services go haywire
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train schedule hit in Andhra Pradesh
[beta.thehindu.com]
Full train services next week, says Prasa
[www.iol.co.za]
Centro and London Midland announce extra train services
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Union, MPs fight to stop train imports from China
[www.smh.com.au]
Final week for free train service in West Cumbria
[www.timesandstar.co.uk]
Train derailment to hamper traffic
[www.abc.net.au]
Train delays in Berkshire over ticket machine damage
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Opening of new £22m train depot in Derby
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Train specs mindful of tunnel plans
[www.nzherald.co.nz]
Running after train racing past City station
[www.deccanherald.com]
Steam train stops in at Wauchope
[www.wauchopegazette.com.au]
Railroad MoU With Tajikistan
[www.zawya.com]
Running Extra
From trains to trails
[www.newburyportnews.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 20, 1892
After running for 54 years on broad-gauge, (7 feet wide) track, the las broad gauge train pulled out of Paddington, United Kingdom on the Great Western Railway, this was the old "Cornishman" express. The conversion was a marvel of organization, 170 miles of broad-gauge track were changed to standard gauge in two days, on May 21 and 22. Before the morning of May 21 every broad-gauge locomotive, carriage and truck was moved east of Exeter for dispatch to Swindon, where large numbers were reconstructed for the narrower gauge. Five thousand men were employed on the great change-over, which was accomplished without a single accident. The cost of the conversion, in relaying the track, and converting or scrapping engines and rolling stock, amounted to nearly £1,000,000. To the die-hard supporters of the broad gauge, who were so long blind to its disadvantages and so long insisted on the magnification of its merits, the passing of the original Great Western gauge, invented by the railway genius Brunel, represented stark tragedy.
[mikes.railhistory.railfan.net]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
Union Pacific 1434 and UP 1445 at Manito, WA on April 16, 2010. This train is returning with 3 loads of finished lumber which they picked up at Plummer Jct from the St.Maries River Railroad and one empty fertilizer tank car from Plummer, Idaho. Manito is where the Milwaukee Road had a depot and their trackage to Spokane ended in favor of trackage rental from the Union Pacific. To the right of the line poles the UP track decends to Rockford and onto Freeman, WA. The original line to Tekoa and onto Plummer and Wallace, Idaho was abandoned past Tekoa in 1955 in favor of trackage rights over the Milwaukee Road to a connection at Plummer Jct.
L.A.Scrafford Photo
Domestic News
Amtrak Virginia's Lynchburg route exceeds rider projections
[progressiverailroading.com]
STB to hear CSXT's, utility's rate-challenge arguments next month
[progressiverailroading.com]
Virginia to allot $2.1 billion for rail, public transportation
[progressiverailroading.com]
USDOT, women's transportation group team up to promote transportation careers to females
[progressiverailroading.com]
GCRTA approves construction contracts, attains diversity honor
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Axion, Trinity, CrossGlobe Group, RuggedCom, Michael Baker Jr., Vossloh and Barix Audio; Also, In Memoriam: Robert Pattison
[progressiverailroading.com]
Rail Intermodal Heats Up, But Carloads Cool
[joc.com]
Rail pilot project exceeds targets
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
Crash investigators to issue Metro safety report in July
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Hazmat release probed at Allston train yards
[www.boston.com]
Dallas-Fort Worth train likely to cost more
[www.star-telegram.com]
Man Treated After Being Hit By Train In Kenly
[johnston.mync.com]|Sports|Lifestyles/story/51717/man-treated-after-being-hit-by-train-in-kenly
Nearly 30 People Try to Beat a Train
[www.kansascw.com]
Nampa Train Depot gets $15,000
[www.idahopress.com]
Railway to host troop train on May 31
[www.grandhaventribune.com]
Wichitans Give Input on Amtrak Passenger Train Proposals
[www.kwch.com]
Mirror Lake, 1948 Pullman Train Car Restoration Project in Flippin (AR)
[www.kspr.com]
Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) Celebrates 100 Days Of Summer
[www.prnewswire.com]
San Clemente OKs bike-rental experiment
[www.ocregister.com]
Train Schedules With Service Reductions Start Sunday
[millburn.patch.com]
McHenry County train museum opens for the season
[www.rrstar.com]
Metrolink secures $99M for automatic braking systems
[www.scpr.org]
Northeast states seek plan for rail upgrades
[www.google.com]
New Railroad Possibilities for Boise
[www.kivitv.com]
POET Plants Receive Railroad Safety Awards
[www.emmetsburgnews.com]
National Coal Corp. Completes Sale of Rail Line
[www.marketwatch.com]
Yellow railroad cars move on from stalled New Castle spots -- finally
[www.thestarpress.com]
MTA Subcontractor in East Side Access Tunnel Found to Have Mob Links
[www.dnainfo.com]
Officers issue 40 citations during 'Cops on Rails'
[www.kansas.com]
OSHA fines CSX for action on employee who had safety concerns
[blog.timesunion.com]
Restored locomotive arrives for Portsmouth museum
[hamptonroads.com]
Federal agency orders Conrail to explain its sale of a line to NJ Transit
[www.nj.com]
A Solar System: N.C. DOT is using the sun to power a signal and gate system in Pinnacle
[www2.journalnow.com]
RailAmerica, Inc. Announces Plan to Redeem $74 Million of 9.25% Senior Secured Notes Due 2017
[www.marketwatch.com]
He keeps safety on track
[www.chapelhillnews.com]
Canadian News
Toronto's Metrolinx revises plan to complete 'Big 5' transit projects by 2020
[progressiverailroading.com]
Edmonton cyclist hit by LRT train
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
New airport train link could restore Windsor Station, boost West Island train service
[www.examiner.com]
Metrolinx study will kill Peterborough train, says local MP
[www.thestar.com]
Canadian Pacific Railway increases dividend
[www.businessweek.com]
International News
13 oil tankers burn as Maoists blast railway tracks
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train services go haywire
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train schedule hit in Andhra Pradesh
[beta.thehindu.com]
Full train services next week, says Prasa
[www.iol.co.za]
Centro and London Midland announce extra train services
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Union, MPs fight to stop train imports from China
[www.smh.com.au]
Final week for free train service in West Cumbria
[www.timesandstar.co.uk]
Train derailment to hamper traffic
[www.abc.net.au]
Train delays in Berkshire over ticket machine damage
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Opening of new £22m train depot in Derby
[news.bbc.co.uk]
Train specs mindful of tunnel plans
[www.nzherald.co.nz]
Running after train racing past City station
[www.deccanherald.com]
Steam train stops in at Wauchope
[www.wauchopegazette.com.au]
Railroad MoU With Tajikistan
[www.zawya.com]
Running Extra
From trains to trails
[www.newburyportnews.com]
| Subject | Written By | Date/Time (PST) |
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 Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 112 |
Espee99 | 05-20-2010 - 20:22 |
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Re: Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 112
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L.A.Scrafford | 05-21-2010 - 07:52 |
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Re: Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 112
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Tom McCann | 05-21-2010 - 11:32 |