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Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 156
Author: Espee99
Date: 07-16-2010 - 20:16
Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 156- 07/16/10
Editors note -Train news will not publish tomorrow due to week end work, and will return on Monday evening.
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 16, 1948
The Southern Railway ran its last passenger train on the Murphy Branch, in western North Carolina. Until 1980, the branch connected with the L&N’s line to Blue Ridge, Georgia. Various short lines connected with the Murphy branch, incuding the celebrated Graham County Railroad, which operated Shays until 1970. By 1985, Norfolk Southern traffic was gone on the Andrews to Murphy leg. and the State of North Carolina purchased the Dillsboro to Murphy tracks to keep them from being destroyed. Remarkably, 3 years later service was restored when the Great Smoky Mountains Railway began running passenger excursions. In 2003 Graham County Shay #1925 was loaned from the North Carolina Transportation Museum to the GSMRR to pull passenger trains for a few days.
[www.gsmr.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
On a bright November morning in 2007 Santa Fe #95 sit in the Richmond, Ca yard waiting for its next call to duty.
Shannon Smith Photo
Domestic News
Cleanup of Train Derailment Expected to Take Most of Day
[www.ktbs.com]
Property owners brace for fight over bullet train
[hollisterfreelance.com]
Pgh-Cle High-Speed Train Explored
[wduqnews.blogspot.com]
Feds want Florida to reduce train-car collisions
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
Fewer Amtrak trains for VRE riders
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Light Rail train testing to begin soon
[www.wtkr.com]
Michigan By Rail forum stops in B.C.
[www.battlecreekenquirer.com].
Options For High-Speed Rail Discussed Again
[www.wdsu.com]
Weigh in on High Speed Rail Station Designs
[www.ladowntownnews.com]
Feds Continue to Probe Fatal Train Accident
[www.lawyersandsettlements.com]
Alaska Railroad takes steps to reduce coal dust in Seward
[www.alaskajournal.com]
UPDATED: Downtown Shreveport train derailment cuts off street to traffic
[www.shreveporttimes.com]
Union Pacific CEO meets with Wyoming employees
[www.kcautv.com]
Idle rail cars blending into Berks County scenery
[www.pottstownmercury.com]
MBTA to purchase 20 new trains
[www.dailynewstribune.com]
Berks County to spend $91K on Colebrookdale Spur
[www.pottstownmercury.com]
Willow Grove residents win battle of the tower
[www.montgomerynews.com]
Train "derailment" more of a "slip"
[www.wrcbtv.com]
Hinsdale police bearing down on rail track risk takers
[www.mysuburbanlife.com]
Amtrak to stay in Dowagiac
[www.southbendtribune.com]
Does Union Pacific's Pull-Back Represent an Opportunity?
[www.bloggingstocks.com]
Canadian News
Bombardier JV wins $761 million China train deal
[www.reuters.com]
A do-nothing rail plan
[www.timescolonist.com]
International News
Laredo Rail Disruptions Could Go into August
[joc.com]
EU Clears Geodis to Acquire Giraud
[joc.com]
Pioneering software cuts train delays in EU
[www.bbc.co.uk]
No separate train for Konkan during Ganpati
[www.hindustantimes.com]
Train driver saves passengers from fire
[news.smh.com.au]
Train returns to Dondo district after seven years
[www.portalangop.co.ao]
KiwiRail announces potential train suppliers
[tvnz.co.nz]
UP gets its first woman train driver
[www.hindustantimes.com]
A train with a view
[joongangdaily.joins.com]
Ballarat train upgrades kept under wraps
[www.thecourier.com.au]
Theft of rail components plagues overhaul effort
[www.cubastandard.com]
Running Extra
Get aboard the gravity train
[io9.com]
Virginia City rail line a blast from the past
[www.sfgate.com]
Editors note -Train news will not publish tomorrow due to week end work, and will return on Monday evening.
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 16, 1948
The Southern Railway ran its last passenger train on the Murphy Branch, in western North Carolina. Until 1980, the branch connected with the L&N’s line to Blue Ridge, Georgia. Various short lines connected with the Murphy branch, incuding the celebrated Graham County Railroad, which operated Shays until 1970. By 1985, Norfolk Southern traffic was gone on the Andrews to Murphy leg. and the State of North Carolina purchased the Dillsboro to Murphy tracks to keep them from being destroyed. Remarkably, 3 years later service was restored when the Great Smoky Mountains Railway began running passenger excursions. In 2003 Graham County Shay #1925 was loaned from the North Carolina Transportation Museum to the GSMRR to pull passenger trains for a few days.
[www.gsmr.com]
Tonight's Photo - Please send photos to trainnews1@yahoo.com.
On a bright November morning in 2007 Santa Fe #95 sit in the Richmond, Ca yard waiting for its next call to duty.
Shannon Smith Photo
Domestic News
Cleanup of Train Derailment Expected to Take Most of Day
[www.ktbs.com]
Property owners brace for fight over bullet train
[hollisterfreelance.com]
Pgh-Cle High-Speed Train Explored
[wduqnews.blogspot.com]
Feds want Florida to reduce train-car collisions
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
Fewer Amtrak trains for VRE riders
[www.washingtonpost.com]
Light Rail train testing to begin soon
[www.wtkr.com]
Michigan By Rail forum stops in B.C.
[www.battlecreekenquirer.com].
Options For High-Speed Rail Discussed Again
[www.wdsu.com]
Weigh in on High Speed Rail Station Designs
[www.ladowntownnews.com]
Feds Continue to Probe Fatal Train Accident
[www.lawyersandsettlements.com]
Alaska Railroad takes steps to reduce coal dust in Seward
[www.alaskajournal.com]
UPDATED: Downtown Shreveport train derailment cuts off street to traffic
[www.shreveporttimes.com]
Union Pacific CEO meets with Wyoming employees
[www.kcautv.com]
Idle rail cars blending into Berks County scenery
[www.pottstownmercury.com]
MBTA to purchase 20 new trains
[www.dailynewstribune.com]
Berks County to spend $91K on Colebrookdale Spur
[www.pottstownmercury.com]
Willow Grove residents win battle of the tower
[www.montgomerynews.com]
Train "derailment" more of a "slip"
[www.wrcbtv.com]
Hinsdale police bearing down on rail track risk takers
[www.mysuburbanlife.com]
Amtrak to stay in Dowagiac
[www.southbendtribune.com]
Does Union Pacific's Pull-Back Represent an Opportunity?
[www.bloggingstocks.com]
Canadian News
Bombardier JV wins $761 million China train deal
[www.reuters.com]
A do-nothing rail plan
[www.timescolonist.com]
International News
Laredo Rail Disruptions Could Go into August
[joc.com]
EU Clears Geodis to Acquire Giraud
[joc.com]
Pioneering software cuts train delays in EU
[www.bbc.co.uk]
No separate train for Konkan during Ganpati
[www.hindustantimes.com]
Train driver saves passengers from fire
[news.smh.com.au]
Train returns to Dondo district after seven years
[www.portalangop.co.ao]
KiwiRail announces potential train suppliers
[tvnz.co.nz]
UP gets its first woman train driver
[www.hindustantimes.com]
A train with a view
[joongangdaily.joins.com]
Ballarat train upgrades kept under wraps
[www.thecourier.com.au]
Theft of rail components plagues overhaul effort
[www.cubastandard.com]
Running Extra
Get aboard the gravity train
[io9.com]
Virginia City rail line a blast from the past
[www.sfgate.com]
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 Trainnews - volume 3 - issue 156 |
Espee99 | 07-16-2010 - 20:16 |
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1stcajon | 07-16-2010 - 21:16 |
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L.A.Scrafford | 07-17-2010 - 08:05 |
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Shannon | 07-17-2010 - 19:09 |
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Union Pacific workers leave trash alo | 07-17-2010 - 22:42 |
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Union Pacific workers leave trash along tracks
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Snuffy | 07-17-2010 - 22:43 |
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Re: Union Pacific workers leave trash along tracks
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E | 07-18-2010 - 08:55 |
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Re: Union Pacific workers leave trash along tracks
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P.Kepler | 07-18-2010 - 14:55 |
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Re: Union Pacific workers leave trash along tracks
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Joe Magruder | 07-18-2010 - 18:45 |