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QUOTE: "About 5:39 pm on February 16, 1996, Maryland Rail Commuter (MARC) train 286 collided with National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train 29 near Silver Spring, Maryland. En route from Brunswick Maryland to Union Station, Washington DC, MARC train 286 was travelling under CSX Transportation Inc (CSXT) operation and control on CSXT tracks. MARC train 286 passed an APPROACH signal before making a station stop at Kensington, Maryland; proceeded as if the signal had been CLEAR; and then, could not stop for the STOP signal at Georgetown Junction, where it collided with Amtrak train 29. All 3 CSXT operating crew members and 8 of the 20 passengers on MARC train 286 were killed in the derailment and subsequent fire. Eleven passengers on MARC train 286 and 15 of the 182 crewmembers and passengers on AMTRAC train 29 were injured. Estimated damages exceeded $7.5 million" (page vii, NTSB, 1997).
QUOTE: Originally posted by TheStationmaster It's been a while since I've updated it, but I have a page on my website for "Today in U.S. RR History: http://www.railwaystation.com/rrhistory.html It took a while to fill in 366 days (Don't forget Leap Day!)
QUOTE: Originally posted by GN RickUnfortunately, this meant the demise of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle.
QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick Nothing for the 16th. 2/17/1961-The merger application that would ultimately lead to the formation of the Burlington Northern Railroad was filed with the ICC. Took 9 years and several court fights, but it finally did happen. Unfortunately, this meant the demise of the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle.
QUOTE: Posted by a hardy Norwegian-AmericanAnybody else? February looks to have been a "slow" month, as far as history-making railroad events.
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 QUOTE: Posted by a hardy Norwegian-AmericanAnybody else? February looks to have been a "slow" month, as far as history-making railroad events. It's too dam cold outside to make history !
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Seems like the GN boys did alright in the cold weather. You'd think the Canadians, being the hardy souls that they are, would have accomplished a lot in February.
QUOTE: They seem to be doing alright in the Winter Olympics.[:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Feb. 20th, in railroad history... 1973: Patrick B. McGinnis, former head of Central of Georgia, New Haven, and Boston&Maine dies. A controversial figure, one of the positives associated with him was the flashy New Haven paint job, that now bears his name. Anybody else? .
QUOTE: Originally posted by dmoore74 QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Feb. 20th, in railroad history... 1973: Patrick B. McGinnis, former head of Central of Georgia, New Haven, and Boston&Maine dies. A controversial figure, one of the positives associated with him was the flashy New Haven paint job, that now bears his name. Anybody else? . He was a great role model for the management of Enron.
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 Feb 20, 1998- Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern applies to the Surface Transportation Board to build a rail line into Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Sounds like a simple project, it will probably be completed by 2003.[;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 Feb 21, 2002- DME announces it will purchase the 1700 mile I&M Rail Link.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 Feb 21, 2002- DME announces it will purchase the 1700 mile I&M Rail Link. Boy, those DM&E guys seem to keep busy in February![;)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick 1947. The Great Northern Railway inaugurates its first streamlined passenger train, the new, postwar Empire Builder.
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