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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 151
Author: Espee99
Date: 07-10-2010 - 20:56
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 151 - 07/10/10
Editors note - Please rest assured that if or when Altamont Press closes, Trainnews will continue at trainnews.org, a RR discussion board with a format similar to the board at Altamont Press.
This day in Railroad History
July 10, 1929
Pacific Electric Magazine, published an article detailing the development of the first "magnetic flagman" (wigwag) crossing signals by the Pacific Electric Company in Los Angeles beginning in 1909. The first signal, a type of automatic bell, was installed at Michelinda, on the Monrovia Line. After some intensive study and no small amount of work, the first motor-driven automatic flagman was tested out at Albia crossing on the Long Beach Line in 1910. In 1914 magnetic flagman began to appear. They had no motor, but in its place two sets of coils, each set being energized in turn by an ingeniously designed pile changer, causing the banner to swing and the gong to ring. Immediately the advantage of the magnetic flagman was seen, there being a lesser number of moving parts and consequently it reduced operating cost, and it soon began to replace the motor driven type. The Pacific Electric magnetic flagmen wigwags were the very first electric crossing signals.
[www.trainweb.org]
July 11, 1851
The North Carolina Railroad Company held its ground-breaking ceremony in Greensboro. The NCRR Company was not the state's first railroad line, but its creation marked the culmination of two decades of both lawmakers' efforts and private development across North Carolina. It was the first rail line founded by the state and owned predominantly by it, and the company—together with its predecessors— would play a pivotal role in North Carolina’s economic development. The NCRR Company was created by the General Assembly in 1848, although efforts had begun as early as 1833 to pass legislation to sponsor a railroad. The 1848 plan stated that the state would purchase $2 million in company shares while another $1 million would be sold to the public. The first train traveled the completed line—from Charlotte to Goldsboro—in January 1856. Today, Norfolk Southern operates the line under a lease from NCRR.
[docsouth.unc.edu]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
Against the backdrop of the Cabinet Mountains, an eastbound BNSF vehicle train enters the Kootenai River Canyon just east of Crossport, Idaho, on the evening of June 26, 2010.
Photo by Sean Kelly
Domestic News
Thousands Stranded as Metro-North’s New Haven Line Shuts Down
[www.nytimes.com]
Attempt to derail train prompts reward offer
[www.buffalonews.com]
Blue Line train ran signal before hitting police car in Long Beach, videotapes show
[www.latimes.com]
Truck-train crash injures Moorhead semi driver
[www.dl-online.com]
Train spills 50 tons of grain at Kershaw
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
Train wreck drops coal in creek
[cjonline.com]
Train derails near Apple Creek; dozens of cars spill coal
[www.bismarcktribune.com]
Tour train hits parked vehicle near Santa Paula; no one hurt
[www.vcstar.com]
Palo Alto considering Bullet Train study
[kliv.com]
Restored train station vandalized
[www.reviewonline.com]
Dennis Carlson: Need answers on cost of running the train
[host.madison.com]
Thomas draws crowd to Hagerstown Railroad Museum
[www.herald-mail.com]
Railroad crossing expected this fall near Cottonwood Elementary
[www.tri-cityherald.com]
Alaska Railroad take steps to reduce Seward coal dust
[www.ktuu.com]
Man in hospital after being run over by train
[www.wdam.com]
Momentum builds for return of the Clinchfield No. 1
[www.erwinrecord.net]
Bridge Damaged in Train Derailment
[www.klfy.com]
Amtrak's Last Runs on VRE
[www.whsv.com]
Canadian News
Calls for more trains off-island
[www.montrealgazette.com]
CN files $2M lawsuit over derailment
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
International News
Robbers strike in moving train yet again in state
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Special train for Amavasya Mela
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Toy train re-launch put off
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
New centre to train railway staff
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Blast derails freight train in Russia's North Caucasus
[en.rian.ru]
Midnight train to Georgia: Packed with oil, steaming ahead
[georgiandaily.com]
Metro train recalled on technical glitch
[www.business24-7.ae]
Cargo train catches fire in Rahim Yar Khan
[tribune.com.pk]
Running Extra
Key ODOT staffer engineering 3-C train plan the focus of Ohio Highway Patrol DUI investigation
[www.examiner.com]
Aboard the Glacier Express!
[www.hindu.com]
Take an African safari without leaving Toledo
[abclocal.go.com]
Editors note - Please rest assured that if or when Altamont Press closes, Trainnews will continue at trainnews.org, a RR discussion board with a format similar to the board at Altamont Press.
This day in Railroad History
July 10, 1929
Pacific Electric Magazine, published an article detailing the development of the first "magnetic flagman" (wigwag) crossing signals by the Pacific Electric Company in Los Angeles beginning in 1909. The first signal, a type of automatic bell, was installed at Michelinda, on the Monrovia Line. After some intensive study and no small amount of work, the first motor-driven automatic flagman was tested out at Albia crossing on the Long Beach Line in 1910. In 1914 magnetic flagman began to appear. They had no motor, but in its place two sets of coils, each set being energized in turn by an ingeniously designed pile changer, causing the banner to swing and the gong to ring. Immediately the advantage of the magnetic flagman was seen, there being a lesser number of moving parts and consequently it reduced operating cost, and it soon began to replace the motor driven type. The Pacific Electric magnetic flagmen wigwags were the very first electric crossing signals.
[www.trainweb.org]
July 11, 1851
The North Carolina Railroad Company held its ground-breaking ceremony in Greensboro. The NCRR Company was not the state's first railroad line, but its creation marked the culmination of two decades of both lawmakers' efforts and private development across North Carolina. It was the first rail line founded by the state and owned predominantly by it, and the company—together with its predecessors— would play a pivotal role in North Carolina’s economic development. The NCRR Company was created by the General Assembly in 1848, although efforts had begun as early as 1833 to pass legislation to sponsor a railroad. The 1848 plan stated that the state would purchase $2 million in company shares while another $1 million would be sold to the public. The first train traveled the completed line—from Charlotte to Goldsboro—in January 1856. Today, Norfolk Southern operates the line under a lease from NCRR.
[docsouth.unc.edu]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
Against the backdrop of the Cabinet Mountains, an eastbound BNSF vehicle train enters the Kootenai River Canyon just east of Crossport, Idaho, on the evening of June 26, 2010.
Photo by Sean Kelly
Domestic News
Thousands Stranded as Metro-North’s New Haven Line Shuts Down
[www.nytimes.com]
Attempt to derail train prompts reward offer
[www.buffalonews.com]
Blue Line train ran signal before hitting police car in Long Beach, videotapes show
[www.latimes.com]
Truck-train crash injures Moorhead semi driver
[www.dl-online.com]
Train spills 50 tons of grain at Kershaw
[www.greatfallstribune.com]
Train wreck drops coal in creek
[cjonline.com]
Train derails near Apple Creek; dozens of cars spill coal
[www.bismarcktribune.com]
Tour train hits parked vehicle near Santa Paula; no one hurt
[www.vcstar.com]
Palo Alto considering Bullet Train study
[kliv.com]
Restored train station vandalized
[www.reviewonline.com]
Dennis Carlson: Need answers on cost of running the train
[host.madison.com]
Thomas draws crowd to Hagerstown Railroad Museum
[www.herald-mail.com]
Railroad crossing expected this fall near Cottonwood Elementary
[www.tri-cityherald.com]
Alaska Railroad take steps to reduce Seward coal dust
[www.ktuu.com]
Man in hospital after being run over by train
[www.wdam.com]
Momentum builds for return of the Clinchfield No. 1
[www.erwinrecord.net]
Bridge Damaged in Train Derailment
[www.klfy.com]
Amtrak's Last Runs on VRE
[www.whsv.com]
Canadian News
Calls for more trains off-island
[www.montrealgazette.com]
CN files $2M lawsuit over derailment
[www.edmontonjournal.com]
International News
Robbers strike in moving train yet again in state
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Special train for Amavasya Mela
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Toy train re-launch put off
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
New centre to train railway staff
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
Blast derails freight train in Russia's North Caucasus
[en.rian.ru]
Midnight train to Georgia: Packed with oil, steaming ahead
[georgiandaily.com]
Metro train recalled on technical glitch
[www.business24-7.ae]
Cargo train catches fire in Rahim Yar Khan
[tribune.com.pk]
Running Extra
Key ODOT staffer engineering 3-C train plan the focus of Ohio Highway Patrol DUI investigation
[www.examiner.com]
Aboard the Glacier Express!
[www.hindu.com]
Take an African safari without leaving Toledo
[abclocal.go.com]
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