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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 137

Author: Espee99

Date: 06-22-2010 - 20:18

Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 137 - 06/22/10

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This day in Railroad History
June 22, 1918
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train was involved in a rear-end collision on the Michigan Central Railroad near Hammond, Indiana about 4am. Just beyond the city's eastern border at Ivanhoe, circus train was paused on a siding waiting to switch over to a track which would take it Hammond. However, the circus train was not completely clear of the main line, and right behind it was an empty troop train heading west to Chicago, Illinois. The engineer of the oncoming troop train did not see the circus train blocking his right of way, because he had just fallen asleep at the throttle. The troop train plowed full steam, some 60 mph into the circus train. A fire spread rapidly from the kerosene lanterns used for lighting the sleeper cars, as many of the Pullman cars of the circus train were constructed of wood. Of the 300 passengers on board the circus train 86 were killed and some 127 were injured. Many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition. A majority of those killed in this disaster are buried at the Showman's Rest in Chicago's Woodlawn Cemetery.
[www.hammondindiana.com]

Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.

POVA 8310 a former IC GP10 painted into the POVA heritage scheme, celebrating 100 years
of railroading 1909-2009, runs around its train at Newport WA on April 19, 2010. The heritage locomotive celebrates the history of the railroad which includes the Idaho and Washington Northern, Milwaukee Road and POVA railroads. Todays railroad also operates on the former Great Northern Mainline from Newport, WA to Sandpoint, Idaho.

L.A.Scrafford Photo

http://trainnews.webhop.org/photos/062210_0001.JPG

Domestic News

Train-vehicle wreck leads to Red Bluff man's arrest
[www.redding.com]

Maryland agency to revamp subway system's busiest transit center
[progressiverailroading.com]

Sound Transit names Kupersmith deputy CEO
[progressiverailroading.com]

Amtrak Service Workers Council approves five-year pact
[progressiverailroading.com]

FTA to host webinar on proposed project evaluation rulemaking
[progressiverailroading.com]

Allegheny County Transit Council elects new board members
[progressiverailroading.com]

North Carolina DOT bolsters two crossings
[progressiverailroading.com]

Operation Lifesaver observes international crossing awareness day
[progressiverailroading.com]

DOT, Railroads Come Closer to Agreements
[joc.com]

S&P Hikes Kansas City Southern Debt Rating
[joc.com]

Officials struggle to explain MARC train breakdown
[www.baltimoresun.com]

Sound Transit train hits teenage girl, survives
[www.seattlepi.com]

Witness says train sparked fire near Royal Gorge
[www.denverpost.com]

Train Traffic Resumes After Storm
[kdka.com]

Train Derailment North of Power
[www.kfbb.com]
and
Locomotives derail near Power
[www.greatfallstribune.com]

Drunk Who Lost Leg in Subway Also Loses $2.3 Million Award
[gothamist.com]

Train services resume on Khargapur-Tatanagar section
[sify.com]

Las Vegas train: Will it ever happen?
[articles.latimes.com]

Nothing runs (over you) like a train
[blogs.kansascity.com]

Spotlight Vol. 9, No. 13: Northeast Train Service, Moving Toward A Bolder Vision
[www.rpa.org]

Second train break down on the Penn line in two days
[www.abc2news.com]
and
900 riders stuck on MARC train for more than two hours with no air conditioning
[www.washingtonpost.com]

Train enthusiasts flock to Scranton for annual convention
[thetimes-tribune.com]

Smart Ticket Machines: Coming to a Train Station Near You
[www.baristanet.com]

BNSF appeals Anoka verdict
[www.startribune.com]

Watch for stopped buses at rail crossings
[www.issaquahpress.com]

Metro Transit To Perform Emergency Drill Wednesday Morning
[kaaltv.com]

Fast-Rail Plans Face Leadership Vacuum
[www.bondbuyer.com]

Canadian News

VIA Rail releases contingency plan for potential CAW strike
[progressiverailroading.com]

Train derails downtown
[www.wausaudailyherald.com]

Via Rail G20 routing causes booking confusion
[www.cbc.ca]

International News

Train crash in southern Congo 'kills 60'
[news.bbc.co.uk]

Passengers more content with train prices
[www.ft.com]

One more train added to Delhi-Gurgaon corridor
[sify.com]

Translink fare increase criticised by Consumer Council
[news.bbc.co.uk]

Motor failures delay first run for new train
[www.theage.com.au]

Train services hit after bomb scare
[sify.com]

Train derails near Burnie
[www.themercury.com.au]

Inquest underway into Potters Bar rail crash
[www.comparecarhire.co.uk]

Train stoppage extended
[www.deccanherald.com]

Maintenance blamed for train derailment
[news.smh.com.au]

New train operation diagram to be implemented in Xiamen from July
[www.whatsonxiamen.com]

Rail noise rules fail to silence critics
[www.abc.net.au]

Railway connecting Luanda/Ndalatando/ Malanje to resume in July
[www.portalangop.co.ao]

Azerbaijan Railways sends second staff to construct Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
[en.trend.az]

Running Extra

ED. - Only in California
Bill would expose high-speed train contractors with Holocaust ties
[www.insidebayarea.com]

Rolling in class on a private rail car
[articles.latimes.com]

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Espee99 Wrote:
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> Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 137 - 06/22/10
> 
> 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 22, 1918
> The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train was involved in
> a rear-end collision on the Michigan Central
> Railroad near Hammond, Indiana about 4am. Just
> beyond the city's eastern border at Ivanhoe,
> circus train was paused on a siding waiting to
> switch over to a track which would take it
> Hammond. However, the circus train was not
> completely clear of the main line, and right
> behind it was an empty troop train heading west to
> Chicago, Illinois. The engineer of the oncoming
> troop train did not see the circus train blocking
> his right of way, because he had just fallen
> asleep at the throttle. The troop train plowed
> full steam, some 60 mph into the circus train. A
> fire spread rapidly from the kerosene lanterns
> used for lighting the sleeper cars, as many of the
> Pullman cars of the circus train were constructed
> of wood. Of the 300 passengers on board the circus
> train 86 were killed and some 127 were injured.
> Many of the bodies were charred beyond
> recognition. A majority of those killed in this
> disaster are buried at the Showman's Rest in
> Chicago's Woodlawn Cemetery.
> http://www.hammondindiana.com/history/circus.htm
> 
> Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to
> trainnews1@yahoo.com. 
> 
> POVA 8310 a former IC GP10 painted into the POVA
> heritage scheme, celebrating 100 years
> of railroading 1909-2009, runs around its train at
> Newport WA on April 19, 2010. The heritage
> locomotive celebrates the history of the railroad
> which includes the Idaho and Washington Northern,
> Milwaukee Road and POVA railroads. Todays railroad
> also operates on the former Great Northern
> Mainline from Newport, WA to Sandpoint, Idaho.
>  
> L.A.Scrafford Photo
> http://trainnews.webhop.org/photos/062210_0001.JPG
> 
> 
> Domestic News
> 
> Train-vehicle wreck leads to Red Bluff man's
> arrest
> http://www.redding.com/news/2010/jun/22/train-vehi
> cle-wreck-leads-red-bluff-mans-arrest/
> 
> Maryland agency to revamp subway system's busiest
> transit center
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23646
> 
> Sound Transit names Kupersmith deputy CEO
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23652
> 
> Amtrak Service Workers Council approves five-year
> pact
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23647
> 
> FTA to host webinar on proposed project evaluation
> rulemaking
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23651
> 
> Allegheny County Transit Council elects new board
> members
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23650
> 
> North Carolina DOT bolsters two crossings
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23648
> 
> Operation Lifesaver observes international
> crossing awareness day
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23649
> 
> DOT, Railroads Come Closer to Agreements
> http://joc.com/rail-intermodal/dot-railroads-come-
> closer-agreements
> 
> S&P Hikes Kansas City Southern Debt Rating
> http://joc.com/rail-intermodal/sp-hikes-kansas-cit
> y-southern-debt-rating
> 
> Officials struggle to explain MARC train
> breakdown
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-ma
> rc-breakdown-20100622,0,1206203.story
> 
> Sound Transit train hits teenage girl, survives
> http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_train_acc
> ident.html
> 
> Witness says train sparked fire near Royal Gorge
> http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15349655
> 
> Train Traffic Resumes After Storm
> http://kdka.com/wireapnewsfnpa/Train.service.betwe
> en.2.1766986.html
> 
> Train Derailment North of Power
> http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/96908214.html
> and
> Locomotives derail near Power
> http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100622/
> NEWS01/100622009/1002/news01/Locomotives+derail+ne
> ar+Power
> 
> Drunk Who Lost Leg in Subway Also Loses $2.3
> Million Award
> http://gothamist.com/2010/06/22/drunk_who_lost_leg
> _in_subway_also_l.php
> 
> Train services resume on Khargapur-Tatanagar
> section
> http://sify.com/news/train-services-resume-on-khar
> gapur-tatanagar-section-news-national-kgwlEffdcaa.
> html
> 
> Las Vegas train: Will it ever happen?
> http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/20/travel/la-
> tr-0620-railfuture-20100620
> 
> Nothing runs (over you) like a train
> http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/06/no
> thing-crushes-like-a-train.html
> 
> Spotlight Vol. 9, No. 13: Northeast Train Service,
> Moving Toward A Bolder Vision
> http://www.rpa.org/2010/06/spotlight-vol-9-no-13-n
> ortheast-train-service-moving-toward-a-bolder-visi
> on.html
> 
> Second train break down on the Penn line in two
> days
> http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/second-train-brea
> k-down-on-the-penn-line-in-two-days
> and
> 900 riders stuck on MARC train for more than two
> hours with no air conditioning
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic
> le/2010/06/22/AR2010062203752.html
> 
> Train enthusiasts flock to Scranton for annual
> convention
> http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/train-enthusiasts
> -flock-to-scranton-for-annual-convention-1.858745
> 
> Smart Ticket Machines: Coming to a Train Station
> Near You
> http://www.baristanet.com/2010/06/smart_ticket_mac
> hines_coming_t.php
> 
> BNSF appeals Anoka verdict
> http://www.startribune.com/96898314.html?elr=KArks
> LckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI
> 
> Watch for stopped buses at rail crossings
> http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/06/22/watch-for-
> stopped-buses-at-rail-crossings/
> 
> Metro Transit To Perform Emergency Drill Wednesday
> Morning 
> http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S1618734.shtml?c
> at=10151
> 
> Fast-Rail Plans Face Leadership Vacuum
> http://www.bondbuyer.com/issues/119_367/stimulus_h
> igh_speed_rail-1013817-1.html
> 
> Canadian News
> 
> VIA Rail releases contingency plan for potential
> CAW strike
> http://progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp
> ?id=23645
> 
> Train derails downtown
> http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100622/
> WDH0101/6220568/Train-derails-downtown
> 
> Via Rail G20 routing causes booking confusion
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/06/22/g
> 20-via-rail-toronto-online-booking.html
> 
> International News
> 
> Train crash in southern Congo 'kills 60'
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/10386291.s
> tm
> 
> Passengers more content with train prices
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c35bdf10-7e14-11df-8478-
> 00144feabdc0.html
> 
> One more train added to Delhi-Gurgaon corridor 
> http://sify.com/finance/one-more-train-added-to-de
> lhi-gurgaon-corridor-news-default-kgwsaeddfaj.html
> 
> 
> Translink fare increase criticised by Consumer
> Council 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_irelan
> d/8754856.stm
> 
> Motor failures delay first run for new train 
> http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/motor-failures-d
> elay-first-run-for-new-train-20100622-yvu2.html
> 
> Train services hit after bomb scare 
> http://sify.com/news/train-services-hit-after-bomb
> -scare-news-national-kgwmkchceba.html
> 
> Train derails near Burnie
> http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/06/23/15
> 4161_tasmania-news.html
> 
> Inquest underway into Potters Bar rail crash
> http://www.comparecarhire.co.uk/news/inquest-under
> way-into-potters-bar-rail-crash-53818199.html
> 
> Train stoppage extended
> http://www.deccanherald.com/content/76953/train-st
> oppage-extended.html
> 
> Maintenance blamed for train derailment
> http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/main
> tenance-blamed-for-train-derailment-20100622-yude.
> html
> 
> New train operation diagram to be implemented in
> Xiamen from July
> http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news12934.html
> 
> Rail noise rules fail to silence critics
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/23/2934
> 406.htm
> 
> Railway connecting Luanda/Ndalatando/ Malanje to
> resume in July
> http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/especiais
> /reconstrucao-nacional/2010/5/25/Railway-connectin
> g-Luanda-Ndalatando-Malanje-resume-July,5ec7421b-b
> 802-4252-a9a9-bb5e6b6910ab.html
> 
> Azerbaijan Railways sends second staff to
> construct Baku-Tbilisi-Kars 
> http://en.trend.az/capital/transport/1708704.html
> 
> Running Extra
> 
> ED. - Only in California
> Bill would expose high-speed train contractors
> with Holocaust ties
> http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localn
> ews/ci_15349069
> 
> Rolling in class on a private rail car
> http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/20/travel/la-
> tr-0620-private-20100620
>

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