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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 118
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-29-2010 - 20:58
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 118 - 05/29/10
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 29, 1983
The Virginia & Truckee steam locomotive Inyo, was returned to operation 108 years after it was built. Out shopped by Burnham, Parry, Williams & Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1875, the 4-4-0 arrived in Reno, Nevada on March 22, along with the J. W. Bowker, and began operating in April 1875. The wood burner cost $9,065 and when filled to capacity with approximately 2,000 gallons of water and three cords of wood, weighed over 58 tons. By 1879, the brass bedecked engine was employed in the V&T's regularly scheduled mixed passenger and freight service. At other times it substituted for the RENO and GENOA engines when they were in the shop. Beginning in the 1890's, No. 22 handled the road's crack Virginia City express train and saw extensive use during the Tonopah mining boom soon after 1900. In 1910, the INYO was next to the last of the V&T iron horses to be converted to burn oil. From 1926 on, the engine was considered to be retired, although she did replace the RENO occasionally.
[www.nsrm-friends.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
A west bound Santa Fe train passes a classic cantilever signal as it roars through McCook, Illinois on the ATSF main in August 1978.
On the lead is a pair of General Electric U36Cs, sporting silver trucks. These U36Cs are two of 96 such diesels the Santa Fe purchased between 1972 and 1975.
Alex Mayes Photo
Domestic News
FBI investigating Amtrak train fire in Van Buren County
[www.wndu.com]
Train spills the beans in N.D. derailment
[www.startribune.com]
Man's Foot Severed By MARTA Train
[www.myfoxatlanta.com]
Car hits train; two sustain injuries
[www.thenewsstar.com]
Train traffic to rise in Vermont's state capital
[www.businessweek.com]
UP Safety Train to stop in Ellsworth
[www.ellsworthinderep.com]
Possible high-speed rail line through Lake Oswego worries residents
[www.oregonlive.com]
State, CSX reach deal on high-speed rail: Agreement allows project to move forward, but key issues remain, pending more studies
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
More trains, taller trains, noisier trains have some Auburn residents steamed
[auburnjournal.com]
First Passenger Train In Decades Travels Through North Escambia
[www.northescambia.com]
MM&A going to remote control trains
[nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com]
Sacramento to start work on bridges into railyard
[www.sacbee.com]
May 29 Open Line
[www.myjournalcourier.com]
Norfolk Southern needs Antrim Township rail crossings altered
[www.publicopiniononline.com]
Gov. Paterson Appoints Timothy J. Gilchrist As President of Moynihan Station Development Corporation
[bignews.biz]
Canadian News
SkyTrain safe despite derailment: spokesman
[www.theprovince.com]
Train noise complaint silenced
[www.montrealgazette.com]
VIA's train service between Hervey and Senneterre remain interrupted due to major forest fires in Northern Mauricie
[www.newswire.ca]
International News
Officials: Sabotage at Play in Indian Train Crash
[www.foxnews.com]
Train cars set aside for females
[taipeitimes.com]
Motorman of Gyaneswari train files complaint
[www.ptinews.com]
Tornado locomotive brings a whiff of nostalgia to Norwich station
[www.edp24.co.uk]
Uzbekistan starts building railroad to Mazar-e-Sharif
[www.eurasianet.org]
Running Extra
Train robber Biggs in hospital
[www.walesonline.co.uk]
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 29, 1983
The Virginia & Truckee steam locomotive Inyo, was returned to operation 108 years after it was built. Out shopped by Burnham, Parry, Williams & Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works in February of 1875, the 4-4-0 arrived in Reno, Nevada on March 22, along with the J. W. Bowker, and began operating in April 1875. The wood burner cost $9,065 and when filled to capacity with approximately 2,000 gallons of water and three cords of wood, weighed over 58 tons. By 1879, the brass bedecked engine was employed in the V&T's regularly scheduled mixed passenger and freight service. At other times it substituted for the RENO and GENOA engines when they were in the shop. Beginning in the 1890's, No. 22 handled the road's crack Virginia City express train and saw extensive use during the Tonopah mining boom soon after 1900. In 1910, the INYO was next to the last of the V&T iron horses to be converted to burn oil. From 1926 on, the engine was considered to be retired, although she did replace the RENO occasionally.
[www.nsrm-friends.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
A west bound Santa Fe train passes a classic cantilever signal as it roars through McCook, Illinois on the ATSF main in August 1978.
On the lead is a pair of General Electric U36Cs, sporting silver trucks. These U36Cs are two of 96 such diesels the Santa Fe purchased between 1972 and 1975.
Alex Mayes Photo
Domestic News
FBI investigating Amtrak train fire in Van Buren County
[www.wndu.com]
Train spills the beans in N.D. derailment
[www.startribune.com]
Man's Foot Severed By MARTA Train
[www.myfoxatlanta.com]
Car hits train; two sustain injuries
[www.thenewsstar.com]
Train traffic to rise in Vermont's state capital
[www.businessweek.com]
UP Safety Train to stop in Ellsworth
[www.ellsworthinderep.com]
Possible high-speed rail line through Lake Oswego worries residents
[www.oregonlive.com]
State, CSX reach deal on high-speed rail: Agreement allows project to move forward, but key issues remain, pending more studies
[www.tradingmarkets.com]
More trains, taller trains, noisier trains have some Auburn residents steamed
[auburnjournal.com]
First Passenger Train In Decades Travels Through North Escambia
[www.northescambia.com]
MM&A going to remote control trains
[nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com]
Sacramento to start work on bridges into railyard
[www.sacbee.com]
May 29 Open Line
[www.myjournalcourier.com]
Norfolk Southern needs Antrim Township rail crossings altered
[www.publicopiniononline.com]
Gov. Paterson Appoints Timothy J. Gilchrist As President of Moynihan Station Development Corporation
[bignews.biz]
Canadian News
SkyTrain safe despite derailment: spokesman
[www.theprovince.com]
Train noise complaint silenced
[www.montrealgazette.com]
VIA's train service between Hervey and Senneterre remain interrupted due to major forest fires in Northern Mauricie
[www.newswire.ca]
International News
Officials: Sabotage at Play in Indian Train Crash
[www.foxnews.com]
Train cars set aside for females
[taipeitimes.com]
Motorman of Gyaneswari train files complaint
[www.ptinews.com]
Tornado locomotive brings a whiff of nostalgia to Norwich station
[www.edp24.co.uk]
Uzbekistan starts building railroad to Mazar-e-Sharif
[www.eurasianet.org]
Running Extra
Train robber Biggs in hospital
[www.walesonline.co.uk]
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