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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 119
Author: Espee99
Date: 05-31-2010 - 19:10
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 119 - 05/31/10
Notice - Trainnews is posted at both trainnews.org and altamontpress.com. Checkout Trainnews.org a RR board dedicated to train and railroad news and discussion.
REMEMBERING ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVED FOR THE REST OF US
This day in Railroad History
May 30, 1953
The last official run of a Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Company (CRANDIC) passenger train occurred. With Engine #119 in the lead, the "Rail Fan Passenger Special" marked the end of the CRANDIC Interurban era. The electric cars had hauled passengers for 49 years. With no need for the interurban cars, the CRANDIC converted its line to diesel power. Throughout the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, the CRANDIC continued to expand freight service to businesses in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City corridor. In the 1980s, the CRANDIC acquired the Milwaukee line through Amana, as well as the Rock Island line from Iowa City to Hills. This expansion helped the railway play a key role in bringing four new major industrial companies to the area in the 1990s. The electric powerhouse built in 1904 to power the CRANDIC evolved into the Iowa Electric Power & Light Company and later into CRANDIC parent company Alliant Energy.
[www.crandic.com]
May 31, 1950
The Virginia & Truckee short line’s last official revenue train operated today between Reno, Carson City, and Minden. This ended 80 years of continous operation. Following the local sale of the railway’s structures and properties, the rails between Reno and Minden were finally removed and the famous V&T became but a legend. Recently, in a surprising turnabout, much of the route between Virginia City and Carson City has been rebuilt, and sees intermittent steam operation.
[virginiatruckee.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
BNSF #1078 – EB BNSF stack train hits the double track to Chicago / Galesburg at CP GRAF in La Crosse WI.
Jim Matuska Photo
Domestic News
RTA will try to borrow $75 million for new streetcar lines
[www.nola.com]
Site of Amtrak train derailment repaired, reopened
[www.bnd.com]
and
Amtrak train strikes 20-inch pry bar, causing fire
[www.chicagotribune.com]
Woman pulled out alive from under BART train
[www.sfgate.com]
Train station still homeless
[www.thespec.com]
Salt Lake City Train Accident: Fatal TRAX train-car crash brings lawsuit
[www.newyorkinjurynews.com]
Q&A with Anne-Marie Idrac: French minister touts super-fast trains
[www.miamiherald.com]
Discussions to resume on long-term railroad agreement
[www.newarkadvocate.com]
US companies gauge rail deals
[www.thenational.ae]
]
Canadian News
Flag fun helps fix train station
[www.bclocalnews.com]
Quebec Bridge inspection to begin - part of CN's commitment to its continued structural integrity
[www.newswire.ca]
International News
Rail industry prepares for public funding cuts
[www.guardian.co.uk]
Sarmiento train derailed today
[momento24.com]
Another Train, Another baby, Another Near Miss
[www.13wmaz.com]
Reunion for Whitby train pair
[www.whitbygazette.co.uk]
First it was leaves on the line... now its DANDELIONS halting our trains
[www.dailymail.co.uk]
Woman's arm severed by speeding bullet train in Hiroshima
[mdn.mainichi.jp]
Private train companies to travel north
[www.barentsobserver.com]
Withdraw charge sheets against colleagues: WR motormen
[www.mumbaimirror.com]
Gautrain to revolutionise travelling
[www.jacarandafm.com]
Metrorail passengers suffer as strike drags on
[www.eyewitnessnews.co.za]
Choo Chooooo!
[www.registan.net]
Cargo Trains Line Up In Latest Uzbek-Tajik Row
[www.rferl.org]
Some Injured in Train Accident in Guantánamo
[www.solvision.co.cu]
ICBC Prepared to Provide Financing for UAE Railway
[www.businessweek.com]
£168,000 to breathe new life into Scotland's railways
[news.stv.tv]
DB Schenker's trains to carry 1m letters a day for Royal Mail
[www.independent.co.uk]
Running Extra
Ask a Train Operator
[cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com]
Notice - Trainnews is posted at both trainnews.org and altamontpress.com. Checkout Trainnews.org a RR board dedicated to train and railroad news and discussion.
REMEMBERING ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVED FOR THE REST OF US
This day in Railroad History
May 30, 1953
The last official run of a Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Company (CRANDIC) passenger train occurred. With Engine #119 in the lead, the "Rail Fan Passenger Special" marked the end of the CRANDIC Interurban era. The electric cars had hauled passengers for 49 years. With no need for the interurban cars, the CRANDIC converted its line to diesel power. Throughout the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, the CRANDIC continued to expand freight service to businesses in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City corridor. In the 1980s, the CRANDIC acquired the Milwaukee line through Amana, as well as the Rock Island line from Iowa City to Hills. This expansion helped the railway play a key role in bringing four new major industrial companies to the area in the 1990s. The electric powerhouse built in 1904 to power the CRANDIC evolved into the Iowa Electric Power & Light Company and later into CRANDIC parent company Alliant Energy.
[www.crandic.com]
May 31, 1950
The Virginia & Truckee short line’s last official revenue train operated today between Reno, Carson City, and Minden. This ended 80 years of continous operation. Following the local sale of the railway’s structures and properties, the rails between Reno and Minden were finally removed and the famous V&T became but a legend. Recently, in a surprising turnabout, much of the route between Virginia City and Carson City has been rebuilt, and sees intermittent steam operation.
[virginiatruckee.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
BNSF #1078 – EB BNSF stack train hits the double track to Chicago / Galesburg at CP GRAF in La Crosse WI.
Jim Matuska Photo
Domestic News
RTA will try to borrow $75 million for new streetcar lines
[www.nola.com]
Site of Amtrak train derailment repaired, reopened
[www.bnd.com]
and
Amtrak train strikes 20-inch pry bar, causing fire
[www.chicagotribune.com]
Woman pulled out alive from under BART train
[www.sfgate.com]
Train station still homeless
[www.thespec.com]
Salt Lake City Train Accident: Fatal TRAX train-car crash brings lawsuit
[www.newyorkinjurynews.com]
Q&A with Anne-Marie Idrac: French minister touts super-fast trains
[www.miamiherald.com]
Discussions to resume on long-term railroad agreement
[www.newarkadvocate.com]
US companies gauge rail deals
[www.thenational.ae]
]
Canadian News
Flag fun helps fix train station
[www.bclocalnews.com]
Quebec Bridge inspection to begin - part of CN's commitment to its continued structural integrity
[www.newswire.ca]
International News
Rail industry prepares for public funding cuts
[www.guardian.co.uk]
Sarmiento train derailed today
[momento24.com]
Another Train, Another baby, Another Near Miss
[www.13wmaz.com]
Reunion for Whitby train pair
[www.whitbygazette.co.uk]
First it was leaves on the line... now its DANDELIONS halting our trains
[www.dailymail.co.uk]
Woman's arm severed by speeding bullet train in Hiroshima
[mdn.mainichi.jp]
Private train companies to travel north
[www.barentsobserver.com]
Withdraw charge sheets against colleagues: WR motormen
[www.mumbaimirror.com]
Gautrain to revolutionise travelling
[www.jacarandafm.com]
Metrorail passengers suffer as strike drags on
[www.eyewitnessnews.co.za]
Choo Chooooo!
[www.registan.net]
Cargo Trains Line Up In Latest Uzbek-Tajik Row
[www.rferl.org]
Some Injured in Train Accident in Guantánamo
[www.solvision.co.cu]
ICBC Prepared to Provide Financing for UAE Railway
[www.businessweek.com]
£168,000 to breathe new life into Scotland's railways
[news.stv.tv]
DB Schenker's trains to carry 1m letters a day for Royal Mail
[www.independent.co.uk]
Running Extra
Ask a Train Operator
[cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com]
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 Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 119 |
Espee99 | 05-31-2010 - 19:10 |