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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 124
Author: Espee99
Date: 06-06-2010 - 14:21
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 124 - 06/06/10
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.
This day in Railroad History
June 5, 1883
The inaugural run of the Express d’Orient left Paris’s Gare de l’Est station. The train’s route took it to Germany, Austria and Bulgaria before arriving in Istanbul. In 1885, a second route was introduced, this time offering service via Vienna, Belgrade and Plovdiv. From there passengers could sail to Istanbul. The Orient Express made its first non-stop run from Paris to Istanbul on June 1, 1889. Istanbul remained the train’s eastern terminus until 1977. The following year, the train’s name was officially changed from Express d’Orient to the Orient Express. Operations were suspended during World War I. When the train began to run again, in 1918, the completion of the Simplon Tunnel a year later allowed for the introduction of a southern route, by way of Milan.
[rail-history.suite101.com]
June 6, 1864
The San Francisco-San Jose Railroad, built by Peter Donahue, Timothy Dane, and Henry Newhall brought passenger rail service to the San Francisco Peninsula. The railroad was an instant success, since it reduced the cost of passage between San Francisco and San Jose from the stage fare of $32 to $2.50. Encouraged by their success, they formed the Southern Pacific Railroad in December 1865, for the purpose of building a new line to the Colorado River. Upon the completion of the CP-UP transcontinental line in 1869, the "Big Four" of the Central Pacific, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, and Collis P. Huntington, watched with some concern the successes of the upstart Southern Pacific. By 1868, the 3 SP entrepreneurs were not only running scheduled passenger service on the San Francisco-San Jose line, but had formed a third railroad, the Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley, to lay track to Gilroy. From there they had surveyed a route through Pacheco Pass, down the San Joaquin Valley and over the Tehachapis to join the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad at Needles. In 1870 the Central Pacific bought out the 3 smaller lines and merged them under one company, the Southern Pacific. The new Southern Pacific then announced plans to build a coast route from San Francisco to Los Angeles, opening the entire western coast for settlement.
[www.mchsmuseum.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
Scooter, the St.Maries engineer has given me the heads up that the UP is rolling into town,
behind UP 1445 a former D&RGW 3129 GP40-2. St.Maries 102 and 103 are sitting on the east leg of the former Milwaukee Road wye at Plummer Jct. The UP has 12 empties to set out for the St.Maries River RR and 13 loads of finished lumber to pick up from them, plus an empty fertilizer tanker in Plummer on April 16. 2010.
L.A.Scrafford
Domestic News
Another train enters fray for L.A. to LV route
[www.lasvegassun.com]
Tarp incident delays Amtrak traffic
[www.theday.com]
Qns. track blaze traps hundreds in J-train tunnel
[www.nypost.com]
Through Sunday Morning
[www.myfoxchicago.com]
Shreveport plans underpass to keep railroad crossing open
[www.shreveporttimes.com]
Canadian News
One dead, one critical following train incidents
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
International News
Africa's first high-speed train opens
[news.smh.com.au]
Swiss national charged with vandalising SMRT train
[www.worldbuzznow.com]
Train commuters face chaos
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Rail traffic affected as train derails in Chhattisgarh
[www.dnaindia.com]
Orient Express coaches auctioned
[www.calgaryherald.com]
Budget plans to fast track rail line to Springfield
[www.brisbanetimes.com.au]
Railway administration ensures continued trains operation
[www.app.com.pk]
Iran-Pakistan-Turkey Freight Train to Start Regular Service in August
[english.farsnews.com]
ACI Named Provider of Tren Urbano Subway Service in Puerto Rico
[pr-usa.net]
Makkah Metro to serve pilgrims this Haj
[www.zawya.com]
Running Extra
A Look Back: Harvey Houses were popular with rail riders
[www.pe.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.
This day in Railroad History
June 5, 1883
The inaugural run of the Express d’Orient left Paris’s Gare de l’Est station. The train’s route took it to Germany, Austria and Bulgaria before arriving in Istanbul. In 1885, a second route was introduced, this time offering service via Vienna, Belgrade and Plovdiv. From there passengers could sail to Istanbul. The Orient Express made its first non-stop run from Paris to Istanbul on June 1, 1889. Istanbul remained the train’s eastern terminus until 1977. The following year, the train’s name was officially changed from Express d’Orient to the Orient Express. Operations were suspended during World War I. When the train began to run again, in 1918, the completion of the Simplon Tunnel a year later allowed for the introduction of a southern route, by way of Milan.
[rail-history.suite101.com]
June 6, 1864
The San Francisco-San Jose Railroad, built by Peter Donahue, Timothy Dane, and Henry Newhall brought passenger rail service to the San Francisco Peninsula. The railroad was an instant success, since it reduced the cost of passage between San Francisco and San Jose from the stage fare of $32 to $2.50. Encouraged by their success, they formed the Southern Pacific Railroad in December 1865, for the purpose of building a new line to the Colorado River. Upon the completion of the CP-UP transcontinental line in 1869, the "Big Four" of the Central Pacific, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, and Collis P. Huntington, watched with some concern the successes of the upstart Southern Pacific. By 1868, the 3 SP entrepreneurs were not only running scheduled passenger service on the San Francisco-San Jose line, but had formed a third railroad, the Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley, to lay track to Gilroy. From there they had surveyed a route through Pacheco Pass, down the San Joaquin Valley and over the Tehachapis to join the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad at Needles. In 1870 the Central Pacific bought out the 3 smaller lines and merged them under one company, the Southern Pacific. The new Southern Pacific then announced plans to build a coast route from San Francisco to Los Angeles, opening the entire western coast for settlement.
[www.mchsmuseum.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com. Thanks for sending interesting photos, please keep them comming.
Scooter, the St.Maries engineer has given me the heads up that the UP is rolling into town,
behind UP 1445 a former D&RGW 3129 GP40-2. St.Maries 102 and 103 are sitting on the east leg of the former Milwaukee Road wye at Plummer Jct. The UP has 12 empties to set out for the St.Maries River RR and 13 loads of finished lumber to pick up from them, plus an empty fertilizer tanker in Plummer on April 16. 2010.
L.A.Scrafford
Domestic News
Another train enters fray for L.A. to LV route
[www.lasvegassun.com]
Tarp incident delays Amtrak traffic
[www.theday.com]
Qns. track blaze traps hundreds in J-train tunnel
[www.nypost.com]
Through Sunday Morning
[www.myfoxchicago.com]
Shreveport plans underpass to keep railroad crossing open
[www.shreveporttimes.com]
Canadian News
One dead, one critical following train incidents
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
International News
Africa's first high-speed train opens
[news.smh.com.au]
Swiss national charged with vandalising SMRT train
[www.worldbuzznow.com]
Train commuters face chaos
[www.heraldsun.com.au]
Rail traffic affected as train derails in Chhattisgarh
[www.dnaindia.com]
Orient Express coaches auctioned
[www.calgaryherald.com]
Budget plans to fast track rail line to Springfield
[www.brisbanetimes.com.au]
Railway administration ensures continued trains operation
[www.app.com.pk]
Iran-Pakistan-Turkey Freight Train to Start Regular Service in August
[english.farsnews.com]
ACI Named Provider of Tren Urbano Subway Service in Puerto Rico
[pr-usa.net]
Makkah Metro to serve pilgrims this Haj
[www.zawya.com]
Running Extra
A Look Back: Harvey Houses were popular with rail riders
[www.pe.com]
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