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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 117
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-28-2010 - 20:49
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 117 - 05/28/10
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 28, 1910
The Salt Lake & Ogden Railway became an electrified line and was renamed to the Bamberger Electric Railway. The line included commuter and shopper travel between Ogden and Salt Lake City as well as heavy summer traffic to Lagoon resort. Bamberger had developed Lagoon at Farmington to compete with the Denver and Rio Grande's resort, Lake Park, on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. In 1908 the Bamberger had five daily trains running both directions. In 1916, Simon Bamberger was elected as Utah's first Democratic governor, first non-Mormon governor, and the oldest, assuming the office at age 71.
[www.utahrails.net]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
Iowa Traction Railroad steeple cab electric locomotive No.60 shoves a cut of loaded covered hoppers behind the Butlers Curtis Oil Company in Mason City, Iowa on June 28, 2004. The short train is transporting soy beans from the Land 'O Lakes Farmland Feed Mill to the ICE connection. The IATR is the last railroad in the U.S. using electric locomotives in revenue freight service. Locomotive No. 60 was built in 1917 by Baltwin-Westinghouse
in 1917.
Alex Mayes Photo
Domestic News
NS Chief Sees Nothing to Like in Rail Bill
[joc.com]
Hertwig Named President at Florida East Coast Railway
[joc.com]
and
Hertwig named FEC railroad president
[jacksonville.bizjournals.com]
U.S. railroads' traffic volume has leveled off, AAR says
[progressiverailroading.com]
WMATA sets aside $2 million for security
[progressiverailroading.com]
Metra appoints Hillard Heintze as interim inspector general
[progressiverailroading.com]
STB mulls options to update rail-cost methodology
[progressiverailroading.com]
New York, New Jersey port authority posts mixed results in Q1
[progressiverailroading.com]
Ohio rail commission, GWI to talk long-term lease for Panhandle Line
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Kawasaki, L.B. Foster, Wartsila, Siemens and International Fuel Technology
[progressiverailroading.com]
Electric train plan granted key waiver
[www.mercurynews.com]
Vandalism possible cause in Amtrak fire
[www.woodtv.com]
Train depot owners delay demolition
[www.wane.com]
Historic Train Depot Getting More Renovations
[www.wctv.tv]
Troop Train for Veterans Monday
[www.mlive.com]
Train goes off the track - by inches
[www.registercitizen.com]
Mechanical problem halts train, blocks traffic
[www.kenoshanews.com]
Police forces participate in Operation Lifesaver
[www.globegazette.com]
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 2: Stations and Sprinters
[la.streetsblog.org]
Maine railroad fined $12k for trackside fires
[www.wgme.com]
High-speed rail agreement reached with CSX
[www.timesunion.com]
Railroad Derailments Cause Concern
[www.housatonictimes.com]
Foreclosure hangs over Stewartstown Rail Co.
[www.yorkdispatch.com]
Niles Canyon Railway steams along
[www.tricityvoice.com]
Bids Come in $5M High on V&M Rail Work
[business-journal.com]
Possible Seven Valleys bridge option sparks worry
[www.ydr.com]
Devens rail spur brings worry
[www.nashobapublishing.com]
Canadian News
CP Rail train being blamed for bridge fire
[www.altonaecho.com]
Media Advisory - Canadian Pacific to host Investor Conference
[www.marketwatch.com]
International News
Bengal train derailment: 90 dead, more bodies still trapped
[www.ndtv.com]
Man hit by train; MRT services disrupted
[www.todayonline.com]
A train crashes into a metro mass transit bus
[www.ghananewsagency.org]
Transport minister travels by train
[www.dailymirror.lk]
Lisbon gets Madrid’s guarantee on high-speed train link
[www.theportugalnews.com]
Chinese Farmers Lie on Railroad Tracks to Protest Land Grab
[www.theepochtimes.com]
Off-track: Plans for railway not fulfilled; loan seen as key
[armenianow.com]
World's fastest train made in China
[english.ruvr.ru]
Running Extra
Red Sox to honor T workers for stopping train short of woman on tracks
[www.boston.com]
Train Rides
[waldo.villagesoup.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 28, 1910
The Salt Lake & Ogden Railway became an electrified line and was renamed to the Bamberger Electric Railway. The line included commuter and shopper travel between Ogden and Salt Lake City as well as heavy summer traffic to Lagoon resort. Bamberger had developed Lagoon at Farmington to compete with the Denver and Rio Grande's resort, Lake Park, on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. In 1908 the Bamberger had five daily trains running both directions. In 1916, Simon Bamberger was elected as Utah's first Democratic governor, first non-Mormon governor, and the oldest, assuming the office at age 71.
[www.utahrails.net]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
Iowa Traction Railroad steeple cab electric locomotive No.60 shoves a cut of loaded covered hoppers behind the Butlers Curtis Oil Company in Mason City, Iowa on June 28, 2004. The short train is transporting soy beans from the Land 'O Lakes Farmland Feed Mill to the ICE connection. The IATR is the last railroad in the U.S. using electric locomotives in revenue freight service. Locomotive No. 60 was built in 1917 by Baltwin-Westinghouse
in 1917.
Alex Mayes Photo
Domestic News
NS Chief Sees Nothing to Like in Rail Bill
[joc.com]
Hertwig Named President at Florida East Coast Railway
[joc.com]
and
Hertwig named FEC railroad president
[jacksonville.bizjournals.com]
U.S. railroads' traffic volume has leveled off, AAR says
[progressiverailroading.com]
WMATA sets aside $2 million for security
[progressiverailroading.com]
Metra appoints Hillard Heintze as interim inspector general
[progressiverailroading.com]
STB mulls options to update rail-cost methodology
[progressiverailroading.com]
New York, New Jersey port authority posts mixed results in Q1
[progressiverailroading.com]
Ohio rail commission, GWI to talk long-term lease for Panhandle Line
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Kawasaki, L.B. Foster, Wartsila, Siemens and International Fuel Technology
[progressiverailroading.com]
Electric train plan granted key waiver
[www.mercurynews.com]
Vandalism possible cause in Amtrak fire
[www.woodtv.com]
Train depot owners delay demolition
[www.wane.com]
Historic Train Depot Getting More Renovations
[www.wctv.tv]
Troop Train for Veterans Monday
[www.mlive.com]
Train goes off the track - by inches
[www.registercitizen.com]
Mechanical problem halts train, blocks traffic
[www.kenoshanews.com]
Police forces participate in Operation Lifesaver
[www.globegazette.com]
Passenger Rail Symposium, Day 2: Stations and Sprinters
[la.streetsblog.org]
Maine railroad fined $12k for trackside fires
[www.wgme.com]
High-speed rail agreement reached with CSX
[www.timesunion.com]
Railroad Derailments Cause Concern
[www.housatonictimes.com]
Foreclosure hangs over Stewartstown Rail Co.
[www.yorkdispatch.com]
Niles Canyon Railway steams along
[www.tricityvoice.com]
Bids Come in $5M High on V&M Rail Work
[business-journal.com]
Possible Seven Valleys bridge option sparks worry
[www.ydr.com]
Devens rail spur brings worry
[www.nashobapublishing.com]
Canadian News
CP Rail train being blamed for bridge fire
[www.altonaecho.com]
Media Advisory - Canadian Pacific to host Investor Conference
[www.marketwatch.com]
International News
Bengal train derailment: 90 dead, more bodies still trapped
[www.ndtv.com]
Man hit by train; MRT services disrupted
[www.todayonline.com]
A train crashes into a metro mass transit bus
[www.ghananewsagency.org]
Transport minister travels by train
[www.dailymirror.lk]
Lisbon gets Madrid’s guarantee on high-speed train link
[www.theportugalnews.com]
Chinese Farmers Lie on Railroad Tracks to Protest Land Grab
[www.theepochtimes.com]
Off-track: Plans for railway not fulfilled; loan seen as key
[armenianow.com]
World's fastest train made in China
[english.ruvr.ru]
Running Extra
Red Sox to honor T workers for stopping train short of woman on tracks
[www.boston.com]
Train Rides
[waldo.villagesoup.com]
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