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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 143
Author: Espee99
Date: 06-29-2010 - 18:24
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 143 - 06/29/10
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 29, 1906
The Hepburn Act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.In addition, the ICC could view the railroads' financial records, a task simplified by standardized bookkeeping systems. For any railroad that resisted, the ICC's conditions would remain in effect until the outcome of litigation said otherwise. By the Hepburn Act, the ICC's authority was extended to cover bridges, terminals, ferries, sleeping cars, express companies and oil pipelines. The ICC staff grew from 104 in 1890 to 178 in 1905, 330 in 1907, and 527 in 1909. The limitation on railroad rates depreciated the value of railroad securities, a factor in causing the panic of 1907. Scholars consider the Hepburn Act the most important piece of legislation regarding railroads in the first half of the 20th century. Economists and historians debate whether it crippled the railroads, giving so much advantage to the shippers that a giant unregulated trucking industry—undreamed of in 1906—took away their business.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
BNSF 7512 leading southbound manifest into tunnel 9 on the approach to Walong.
Charles Zmijewski Photo
Domestic News
Starling to succeed Haverty as KCS' CEO in August
[progressiverailroading.com]
St. Louis Metro restores service after voters approve transit tax
[progressiverailroading.com]
Teamsters Rail Conference, BMWED elect officers
[progressiverailroading.com]
SEPTA completes work on Wayne station
[progressiverailroading.com]
NS, ports among Virginia's DHS grant recipients
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Ansaldo STS, Bombardier, Thales, L.B. Foster and Aconex
[progressiverailroading.com]
Md. official on troubled MARC train
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
TRAX train hits minivan; driver suffers minor injuries
[www.deseretnews.com]
Target ad wraps entire NYC subway train
[www.startribune.com]
Light Rail train gets stuck in Tukwila
[www.nwcn.com]
and
Passengers stranded for hour on light rail train
[www.komonews.com]
Commuters Locked In Cheverly Metro Station
[www.wusa9.com]
Train, flatbed truck collide in Thorsby
[www.clantonadvertiser.com]
Grand jury releases North Bay commuter train report
[abclocal.go.com]
$200,000 in claims over 2009 Muni light rail crash
[abclocal.go.com]
Lamont releases transportation plan
[blogs.courant.com]
No timetable for CTA train tracker
[www.chicagonow.com]
Mansfield police ticket KCS conductor
[www.shreveporttimes.com]
Lilydale train station expansion derailed
[lilydale-yarra-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au]
U.S. government seeking more high-speed rail applications
[www.pittsburghlive.com]
and
Federal Railroad Administration Seeks Applications for $2.3B in High-Speed Rail Grants
[www.favstocks.com]
Ex-FEC station would be Amtrak stop
[www.examiner.com]
Injured hiker gets his own Cog Railroad ride
[www.unionleader.com]
Horns blaring for new railroad sound in Wolf Point
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
National Railroad Museum appoints Frank as executive director
[www.greenbaypressgazette.com]
Engine problems derail Buckhorn Northern Railroad
[www.coloradoan.com]
Columbia Basin Railroad gives update regarding railroad project in Moses Lake
[www.i-newswire.com]
Troop B officers conduct “Trooper on the Train” enforcement operation
[www.hannibal.net]
Railroad CSX spends $1.1M lobbying in 1Q
[www.herald-dispatch.com]
Canadian News
Train station work goes well with community help
[www.canada.com]
Canadian Pacific: Track closures to hit 2Q income
[www.businessweek.com]
International News
Train derailment kills eight in Indonesia
[www.google.com]
HSBC in final negotiations with infrastructure funds on train sale HSBC in final negotiations with infrastructure funds on train sale
[www.altassets.com]
Commuters face delays after tram, train breakdowns
[www.theage.com.au]
Train carnage: More claimants than bodies
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train derails outside Polokwane
[www.iol.co.za]
Freight Train Bombed
[www.themoscowtimes.com]
Czech train derails, at least one dead
[en.wikinews.org]
START OF MAJOR WORKS FOR SUNBURY'S NEW TRAIN SERVICES
[media-newswire.com]
Taiwan Mass Rapid Transit investigates cracks in 5 Siemens train cars
[www.etaiwannews.com]
SCR special train to Shirdi
[www.deccanchronicle.com]
Rail worker who 'manhandled' smoker loses dismissal case
[www.irishtimes.com]
Bangladesh to introduce electric train in capital Dhaka
[english.people.com.cn]
Russia Places Order For 200 High-Speed Electric Locomotives
[www.fastcompany.com]
Armenia's Orient Express
[www.eurasianet.org]
Peab restores the railroad north of Karlskrona
[www.cisionwire.com]
German Rail celebrates its anniversary with a discounted rail pass
[www.stripes.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 29, 1906
The Hepburn Act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.In addition, the ICC could view the railroads' financial records, a task simplified by standardized bookkeeping systems. For any railroad that resisted, the ICC's conditions would remain in effect until the outcome of litigation said otherwise. By the Hepburn Act, the ICC's authority was extended to cover bridges, terminals, ferries, sleeping cars, express companies and oil pipelines. The ICC staff grew from 104 in 1890 to 178 in 1905, 330 in 1907, and 527 in 1909. The limitation on railroad rates depreciated the value of railroad securities, a factor in causing the panic of 1907. Scholars consider the Hepburn Act the most important piece of legislation regarding railroads in the first half of the 20th century. Economists and historians debate whether it crippled the railroads, giving so much advantage to the shippers that a giant unregulated trucking industry—undreamed of in 1906—took away their business.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
BNSF 7512 leading southbound manifest into tunnel 9 on the approach to Walong.
Charles Zmijewski Photo
Domestic News
Starling to succeed Haverty as KCS' CEO in August
[progressiverailroading.com]
St. Louis Metro restores service after voters approve transit tax
[progressiverailroading.com]
Teamsters Rail Conference, BMWED elect officers
[progressiverailroading.com]
SEPTA completes work on Wayne station
[progressiverailroading.com]
NS, ports among Virginia's DHS grant recipients
[progressiverailroading.com]
Updates from Ansaldo STS, Bombardier, Thales, L.B. Foster and Aconex
[progressiverailroading.com]
Md. official on troubled MARC train
[voices.washingtonpost.com]
TRAX train hits minivan; driver suffers minor injuries
[www.deseretnews.com]
Target ad wraps entire NYC subway train
[www.startribune.com]
Light Rail train gets stuck in Tukwila
[www.nwcn.com]
and
Passengers stranded for hour on light rail train
[www.komonews.com]
Commuters Locked In Cheverly Metro Station
[www.wusa9.com]
Train, flatbed truck collide in Thorsby
[www.clantonadvertiser.com]
Grand jury releases North Bay commuter train report
[abclocal.go.com]
$200,000 in claims over 2009 Muni light rail crash
[abclocal.go.com]
Lamont releases transportation plan
[blogs.courant.com]
No timetable for CTA train tracker
[www.chicagonow.com]
Mansfield police ticket KCS conductor
[www.shreveporttimes.com]
Lilydale train station expansion derailed
[lilydale-yarra-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au]
U.S. government seeking more high-speed rail applications
[www.pittsburghlive.com]
and
Federal Railroad Administration Seeks Applications for $2.3B in High-Speed Rail Grants
[www.favstocks.com]
Ex-FEC station would be Amtrak stop
[www.examiner.com]
Injured hiker gets his own Cog Railroad ride
[www.unionleader.com]
Horns blaring for new railroad sound in Wolf Point
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
National Railroad Museum appoints Frank as executive director
[www.greenbaypressgazette.com]
Engine problems derail Buckhorn Northern Railroad
[www.coloradoan.com]
Columbia Basin Railroad gives update regarding railroad project in Moses Lake
[www.i-newswire.com]
Troop B officers conduct “Trooper on the Train” enforcement operation
[www.hannibal.net]
Railroad CSX spends $1.1M lobbying in 1Q
[www.herald-dispatch.com]
Canadian News
Train station work goes well with community help
[www.canada.com]
Canadian Pacific: Track closures to hit 2Q income
[www.businessweek.com]
International News
Train derailment kills eight in Indonesia
[www.google.com]
HSBC in final negotiations with infrastructure funds on train sale HSBC in final negotiations with infrastructure funds on train sale
[www.altassets.com]
Commuters face delays after tram, train breakdowns
[www.theage.com.au]
Train carnage: More claimants than bodies
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Train derails outside Polokwane
[www.iol.co.za]
Freight Train Bombed
[www.themoscowtimes.com]
Czech train derails, at least one dead
[en.wikinews.org]
START OF MAJOR WORKS FOR SUNBURY'S NEW TRAIN SERVICES
[media-newswire.com]
Taiwan Mass Rapid Transit investigates cracks in 5 Siemens train cars
[www.etaiwannews.com]
SCR special train to Shirdi
[www.deccanchronicle.com]
Rail worker who 'manhandled' smoker loses dismissal case
[www.irishtimes.com]
Bangladesh to introduce electric train in capital Dhaka
[english.people.com.cn]
Russia Places Order For 200 High-Speed Electric Locomotives
[www.fastcompany.com]
Armenia's Orient Express
[www.eurasianet.org]
Peab restores the railroad north of Karlskrona
[www.cisionwire.com]
German Rail celebrates its anniversary with a discounted rail pass
[www.stripes.com]
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