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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 141
Author: Espee99
Date: 06-26-2010 - 18:59
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 141 - 06/26/10
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 26, 1894
The recently organized American Railway Union, led by the charismatic labor crusader, Eugene V. Debs, voted to support striking Pullman Palace Car workers. The union membership meeting in convention in Chicago, called for a national boycott of Pullman cars on all the railroads in the country. Within the next three days the strike halted nearly all railroad traffic across the nation. The first and continuous focal point of the strike was Chicago. That city was headquarters of the American Railway Union and the main Midwestern crossroads terminal of major railroads from the Eastern cities and trans-Mississippi lines to the West Coast. Employees who refused to handle Pullman cars were summarily discharged. Such actions immediately led to a strike by all the categories of workmen encompassed by the American Railway Union.
[www.californiahistorian.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
One June 12, 2010, Motor Car Operators West ran 40 speeders on the Sierra Railroad from Oakdale to Jamestown CA, a distance of 84 miles round trip. In photo 1, we had arrived in Jamestown, site of Railtown 1897, a California State Historical Park. Speeders are on the 1922 vintage turntable and are being turned to be set out onto whisker tracks. In photo 2, the leaders are about to load onto the turntable for the return trip. In photo 3, Sierra Railway #2 leads the excursion train out of Jamestown for a 6 mile 40 minute trip. Once they return, the speeders leave Railtown for Oakdale. The Sierra Railway #3 Rogers 4-6-0 steam engine is set to return to service on July 4, 2010. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is home to one of America’s last intact, still-operating railroad roundhouses.
Richard Elgenson Photos
Domestic News
Amtrak engineers take train controls for Metrolink
[www.mercurynews.com]
Bozeman train depot offered to anyone who can move it
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
CSX Train Hits Car In McKees Rocks
[kdka.com]
NJ Transit Officer Falls on Tracks
[cranford.patch.com]
Bus, train fare to climb, but agency says it’s fair
[www.sltrib.com]
Pelosi visits stimulus-funded Minn. train station
[www.wqow.com]
V Train Goes Out With a Party
[gothamist.com]
Missing pins led to '09 train accident in Bethel Park
[www.pittsburghlive.com]
DWG train station renovation chugging along
[www.poconorecord.com]
Idle train cars make money for Tacoma Rail
[www.thenewstribune.com]
TTC, GO Train Halt Service To Downtown Core, Union Station Closed
[www.citytv.com]
Parked train cars irk east side neighbors
[host.madison.com]
Tickets for Music City Star July 4th train sell fast
[www.tennessean.com]-
Police warn of rail risks
[www.thesunchronicle.com]
Official Kick Off for Railroad Days
[www.wgil.com]
Acid spills at CSX railroad yard
[www.norwalkreflector.com]
Interview: Amtrak president on what’s next for rail in the West
[travel.latimes.com]
Special Tour Allowed to Enter BNSF Hump Tower
[www.wgil.com]
Tourist season sans train worries Chama
[durangoherald.com]
Canadian News
Lytton man hit by train raised from dead by train crew
[www.vancouversun.com]
Would an airport train be a white elephant?
[www.montrealgazette.com]
Union reports progress in contract talks with Via Rail
[toronto.ctv.ca]
International News
Latin Americans in Spain demand train crash probe
[www.google.com]
Greece Holds Fire Sale, Islands, Train System Up for Grabs
[chattahbox.com]
Watch out for the royal train
[www.nst.com.my]
New direct train service link to Scotland
[www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk]
Russia resumes train service with Abkhazia
[english.ruvr.ru]
Konkan Rail out of gear after heavy downpour
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Plans to uncover old Earlsheaton station on right track
[www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk]
Full rail service to Machu Picchu resumes July 1
[www.lasvegassun.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 26, 1894
The recently organized American Railway Union, led by the charismatic labor crusader, Eugene V. Debs, voted to support striking Pullman Palace Car workers. The union membership meeting in convention in Chicago, called for a national boycott of Pullman cars on all the railroads in the country. Within the next three days the strike halted nearly all railroad traffic across the nation. The first and continuous focal point of the strike was Chicago. That city was headquarters of the American Railway Union and the main Midwestern crossroads terminal of major railroads from the Eastern cities and trans-Mississippi lines to the West Coast. Employees who refused to handle Pullman cars were summarily discharged. Such actions immediately led to a strike by all the categories of workmen encompassed by the American Railway Union.
[www.californiahistorian.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
One June 12, 2010, Motor Car Operators West ran 40 speeders on the Sierra Railroad from Oakdale to Jamestown CA, a distance of 84 miles round trip. In photo 1, we had arrived in Jamestown, site of Railtown 1897, a California State Historical Park. Speeders are on the 1922 vintage turntable and are being turned to be set out onto whisker tracks. In photo 2, the leaders are about to load onto the turntable for the return trip. In photo 3, Sierra Railway #2 leads the excursion train out of Jamestown for a 6 mile 40 minute trip. Once they return, the speeders leave Railtown for Oakdale. The Sierra Railway #3 Rogers 4-6-0 steam engine is set to return to service on July 4, 2010. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is home to one of America’s last intact, still-operating railroad roundhouses.
Richard Elgenson Photos
Domestic News
Amtrak engineers take train controls for Metrolink
[www.mercurynews.com]
Bozeman train depot offered to anyone who can move it
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
CSX Train Hits Car In McKees Rocks
[kdka.com]
NJ Transit Officer Falls on Tracks
[cranford.patch.com]
Bus, train fare to climb, but agency says it’s fair
[www.sltrib.com]
Pelosi visits stimulus-funded Minn. train station
[www.wqow.com]
V Train Goes Out With a Party
[gothamist.com]
Missing pins led to '09 train accident in Bethel Park
[www.pittsburghlive.com]
DWG train station renovation chugging along
[www.poconorecord.com]
Idle train cars make money for Tacoma Rail
[www.thenewstribune.com]
TTC, GO Train Halt Service To Downtown Core, Union Station Closed
[www.citytv.com]
Parked train cars irk east side neighbors
[host.madison.com]
Tickets for Music City Star July 4th train sell fast
[www.tennessean.com]-
Police warn of rail risks
[www.thesunchronicle.com]
Official Kick Off for Railroad Days
[www.wgil.com]
Acid spills at CSX railroad yard
[www.norwalkreflector.com]
Interview: Amtrak president on what’s next for rail in the West
[travel.latimes.com]
Special Tour Allowed to Enter BNSF Hump Tower
[www.wgil.com]
Tourist season sans train worries Chama
[durangoherald.com]
Canadian News
Lytton man hit by train raised from dead by train crew
[www.vancouversun.com]
Would an airport train be a white elephant?
[www.montrealgazette.com]
Union reports progress in contract talks with Via Rail
[toronto.ctv.ca]
International News
Latin Americans in Spain demand train crash probe
[www.google.com]
Greece Holds Fire Sale, Islands, Train System Up for Grabs
[chattahbox.com]
Watch out for the royal train
[www.nst.com.my]
New direct train service link to Scotland
[www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk]
Russia resumes train service with Abkhazia
[english.ruvr.ru]
Konkan Rail out of gear after heavy downpour
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Plans to uncover old Earlsheaton station on right track
[www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk]
Full rail service to Machu Picchu resumes July 1
[www.lasvegassun.com]
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Espee99 | 06-26-2010 - 18:59 |
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REHeadline: Amtrak engineers take train controls for Metrolink
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Richard Elgenson | 06-26-2010 - 20:34 |
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1stcajon | 06-26-2010 - 21:07 |
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OldPoleBurner | 06-26-2010 - 23:37 |
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Civil (Polite) Engineer | 06-27-2010 - 05:50 |
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john | 06-27-2010 - 08:15 |
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Dr Zarkoff | 06-27-2010 - 09:50 |
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Tony Johnson | 06-27-2010 - 08:22 |
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Mr Guy | 06-27-2010 - 10:06 |
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wsabo | 06-27-2010 - 13:25 |