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Posted by Murphy Siding on Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:28 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

Jan 14, 1994- Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey red train derails on CSX in Florida killing elephant trainer and a clown. None of the animals were killed or had to be put down.
Jan 14, 1994- Southwest Chief rerouted off of the Pasadena Subdivision, onto the route through Fullerton.



Thanks for the addition. I had it somewhere, and somehow managed to *lose* it.[:I]

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Posted by nanaimo73 on Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:23 PM
Jan 14, 1994- Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey red train derails on CSX in Florida killing elephant trainer and a clown. None of the animals were killed or had to be put down.
Jan 14, 1994- Southwest Chief rerouted off of the Pasadena Subdivision, onto the route through Fullerton.
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Posted by germanium on Saturday, January 14, 2006 11:46 AM
Murphy Sding - Dunno where you get all this information from, but it's jolly interesting !!
Probably the best thread of the lot.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:37 AM

Today, Jan. 14th, in railroad history....



1977: Conrail's ex-Erie Youngstown commuter train makes last run from Cleveland Union Terminal.

1984 (?): President Reagan signs law authorizing transfer of Alaska Railroad to the state of Alaska. (There's a train I want to ride some day. Has anybody here done that?)

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Posted by waltersrails on Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:26 AM
Cool
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, January 13, 2006 9:13 PM
1857: Patent #16,381 is issued to Thaddeus Fairbanks for first railway scale. (I presume this name is 1/2 of Fairbanks-Morse, of diesel locomotive fame)

nanaimo73 found us a railroad history site-[:)]

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, January 13, 2006 6:36 AM

Today, Jan. 13th, in railroad history,,,,



1997: Runaway on LTV Steel Railroad. F9A 4213 & 4214, F9B 4220 & 4221, 93 cars of taconite pellets come down 2% grade and derail. (Yikes!)

I believe this is somewhere on the North Shore of Minnesota, north of Duluth. Can anyone elaborate?

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:38 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick[/i]

January 12, 1929: Great Northern Railway officially opens 7.79 mile long
Cascade Tunnel, with great ceremony and celebration, thereby eliminating
the old line up through Tye (Wellington)-the toughest 9 miles operationally
on the entire system.


QUOTE: I KNEW you'd catch that one.[:D]
Of COURSE I would[;)] It was a watershed event in GN history.
I'll probably drive you all nuts with GN trivia, eventually. (For some, that is
a much shorter drive than others.)[:D]

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Posted by GN-Rick on Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:02 PM
Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick[/i]

January 12, 1929: Great Northern Railway officially opens 7.79 mile long
Cascade Tunnel, with great ceremony and celebration, thereby eliminating
the old line up through Tye (Wellington)-the toughest 9 miles operationally
on the entire system.


QUOTE: I KNEW you'd catch that one.[:D]
Of COURSE I would[;)] It was a watershed event in GN history.
I'll probably drive you all nuts with GN trivia, eventually. (For some, that is
a much shorter drive than others.)[:D]
Rick Bolger Great Northern Railway Cascade Division-Lines West
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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:43 PM
cool information first time i've read today in rr history like this forum. Keep it coming.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:27 PM
1977: VIA Rail Canada created as CN subsidary

1986: Adirondack route north of Rouse Point to Montreal switched from NJ-CP (Windsor Station) route to cn(Central Station).

1999: ATSF 3751 hauls 30 BNSF freight cars on shakedown from San Bernadino to Hobart Yard.

2000: Texas utilities Big Brown power plant opens 18 mile spur and begins to receive 1.5 million tons of PRB coal per year.

2005: GM announces sale of EMD to Greenbriar Equity Group LLC and Berkshire Partners LLC.

(thanks once again to nanaimo73 for some info)

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:10 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by GN-Rick

January 12, 1929: Great Northern Railway officially opens 7.79 mile long
Cascade Tunnel, with great ceremony and celebration, thereby eliminating
the old line up through Tye (Wellington)-the toughest 9 miles operationally
on the entire system.


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Posted by GN-Rick on Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:05 AM
January 12, 1929: Great Northern Railway officially opens 7.79 mile long
Cascade Tunnel, with great ceremony and celebration, thereby eliminating
the old line up through Tye (Wellington)-the toughest 9 miles operationally
on the entire system.
Rick Bolger Great Northern Railway Cascade Division-Lines West
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:36 AM

Today, Jan. 12th. in railroad history.....



1988: GM says it will end locomotive assembly at EMD's La Grange (ILL) plant, move work to Diesel Division at London, Ontario.

More to come-just to find some time to type!

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Posted by techguy57 on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:43 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by techguy57


Today, Jan. 11th, in railfan history.......



1979: techguy57 was born[:D] Sorry, just couldn't resist!

Mike
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Thanks Murphy Siding!
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Jan. 10th, 1990: Former Trains editor, David P. Morgan passes away at age 62.

I thought you were going to miss that one.
What an incredibly talented writer he was. David Page Morgan took over as Editor of Trains magazine from Willard V Anderson in January 1953, and retired with the July 1987 issue. He was born in Monticello Georgia on March 17, 1927. He also wrote several books, True Adventures of Railroaders (1954), Steam's Finest Hour (1959), Canadian Steam ! (1961), Diesels West ! (1963), Locomotive 4501 (1968), Fasten Seat Belts (1969), Our GM Scrapbook (1971), The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate, and Other Tales (1975), and I Like Trains (1980).


And you just gave me a whole bunch of books to go looking for![:)]

I believe Fasten Seat Belts would be about Airlines.


I like airplanes too! And trains...and ships....and....From what I've read of his work, he could probably make just about any subject sound interesting.[8D]

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Posted by nanaimo73 on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:57 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Jan. 10th, 1990: Former Trains editor, David P. Morgan passes away at age 62.

I thought you were going to miss that one.
What an incredibly talented writer he was. David Page Morgan took over as Editor of Trains magazine from Willard V Anderson in January 1953, and retired with the July 1987 issue. He was born in Monticello Georgia on March 17, 1927. He also wrote several books, True Adventures of Railroaders (1954), Steam's Finest Hour (1959), Canadian Steam ! (1961), Diesels West ! (1963), Locomotive 4501 (1968), Fasten Seat Belts (1969), Our GM Scrapbook (1971), The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate, and Other Tales (1975), and I Like Trains (1980).


And you just gave me a whole bunch of books to go looking for![:)]

I believe Fasten Seat Belts would be about Airlines.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:37 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by techguy57


Today, Jan. 11th, in railfan history.......



1979: techguy57 was born[:D] Sorry, just couldn't resist!

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Posted by techguy57 on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:31 AM

Today, Jan. 11th, in railfan history.......



1979: techguy57 was born[:D] Sorry, just couldn't resist!

Mike
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:39 AM

Toady, Jan. 11th, in railroad history.......



1999: Debut of Amtrak's Talgo equipped Cascades, based in Seattle.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:34 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Jan. 10th, 1990: Former Trains editor, David P. Morgan passes away at age 62.

I thought you were going to miss that one.
What an incredibly talented writer he was. David Page Morgan took over as Editor of Trains magazine from Willard V Anderson in January 1953, and retired with the July 1987 issue. He was born in Monticello Georgia on March 17, 1927. He also wrote several books, True Adventures of Railroaders (1954), Steam's Finest Hour (1959), Canadian Steam ! (1961), Diesels West ! (1963), Locomotive 4501 (1968), Fasten Seat Belts (1969), Our GM Scrapbook (1971), The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate, and Other Tales (1975), and I Like Trains (1980).


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Posted by nanaimo73 on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:38 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Jan. 10th, 1990: Former Trains editor, David P. Morgan passes away at age 62.

I thought you were going to miss that one.
What an incredibly talented writer he was. David Page Morgan took over as Editor of Trains magazine from Willard V Anderson in January 1953, and retired with the July 1987 issue. He was born in Monticello Georgia on March 17, 1927. He also wrote several books, True Adventures of Railroaders (1954), Steam's Finest Hour (1959), Canadian Steam ! (1961), Diesels West ! (1963), Locomotive 4501 (1968), Fasten Seat Belts (1969), Our GM Scrapbook (1971), The Mohawk That Refused to Abdicate, and Other Tales (1975), and I Like Trains (1980).
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:41 PM
Jan. 10th, 1990: Former Trains editor, David P. Morgan passes away at age 62.

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Posted by dmoore74 on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:16 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Today, Jan. 10th, in railroad history...



2003: Washington County Railroad begins operation of former Boston&Maine and Canadian Pacific trackage between White River and Newport Conn.

(Thanks nanaimo73 for some info.)

Anybody else?

It's between White River Junction and Newport, VERMONT, on the former Boston & Maine Connecticut River line.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:41 AM

Today, Jan. 10th, in railroad history...



2003: Washington County Railroad begins operation of former Boston&Maine and Canadian Pacific trackage between White River and Newport Vermont.

(Thanks nanaimo73 for some info.)

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, January 9, 2006 6:34 AM

Today, Jan. 9th, in railroad history......



1989: Florida Trial-Rail begins commuter train service on 67 miles of former CSX track running north of Miami. (Is this still running?)

1990: Santa Fe allie Gateway Western buys CM&W Kansas City-St. Louis line.

(Who is/was CM&O?)

2003: Montreal, Maine & Atlantic purchase the Bangor&Aroostook System

(Is MM&A a subsidary of CN or CP?)



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Posted by nanaimo73 on Sunday, January 8, 2006 9:37 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

Today, Jan. 8th, in railroad history....



1954: New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Opens. (Is it still used? by Amtrak?)
Yes. The tri-weekly Sunset Limited, and the daily City of New Orleans and Cresent use it. It was used for a jail during the aftermath of Katrina.
QUOTE: 2001: Trains forum starts (see info on Bergie's birthday thread)
Early members are listed here-http://www.trains.com/community/forum/members.asp?page=10150&method=datedesc&mode=search
QUOTE: Anybody else?


Jan 8, 1980- 9420 mile Union Pacific announces a merger with 11,277 mile Missouri Pacific

Jan 8, 1982- Amtrak’s Cardinal is reinstated, after it had been cancelled Sept 30, 1981 due to funding.

Jan 8, 1991- Amtrak service to Philadelphia International Airport service ends, which had begun on June 1, 1990.

Jan 8, 1992- Wisconsin Central announces it will purchase the Green Bay and Western and the Fox River Valley Railroad.

Jan 8, 1995- Canadian American Railroad, Eastern Maine Railroad and New Brunswick Southern Railway begin operations on former eastern end of Canadian Pacific.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, January 8, 2006 9:08 AM

Today, Jan. 8th, in railroad history....



1954: New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Opens. (Is it still used? by Amtrack?)

2001: Trains forum starts (see info on Bergie's birthday thread)

1492:(OK- unknown) Birthday of "Bergie", moderator/referee on this forum. See Bergie post elsewhere, and wish him a happy one.

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Posted by nanaimo73 on Saturday, January 7, 2006 9:23 AM
Jan 7, 2002- Amtrak increases speeds of the Wolverine and the International (now the Blue Water) from 79 to 90 mph between Niles and Kalamazoo, MI. Amtrak owns this line, and further west to Porter, Indiana, as it was not wanted by Conrail during 1976. Amtrak also owns sections of track in Detroit and Chicago, and around Albany and Schenectady.
Operation is expected to go to 110 mph this year, mentioned on this thread-
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=54197
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Saturday, January 7, 2006 9:06 AM

Today, Jan. 7th, in railroad history.....



1948: Virginian receives largest electric locomotives, two-unit GE motor-generator sets.

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