QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 15th, in rialroad history....... 1953:PRR Federal Express runsaway into Washington Union station. GG 1 4876 winds up in the basement; 9 station employees slightly injured. How did yhey get it out of the basement?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 14th, in railroad history.... 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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QUOTE: Originally posted by rvos1979 QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 15th, in rialroad history....... 1953:PRR Federal Express runsaway into Washington Union station. GG 1 4876 winds up in the basement; 9 station employees slightly injured. How did yhey get it out of the basement? I imagine they used a crane, or lots of jacks and blocks. More info: Cause of accident was the angle **** coming into contact with the underframe and closing. Runaway was realized, and station was cleared of people befor the Federal Limited ran through the bumper at 35 mph. The locomotive had an extended stay in the basement, due to Eisenhowers' inauguration two days later, so the hole in the floor was covered over. Information from 'Railway Disasters of the World' by Peter Semmens. Randy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding QUOTE: Originally posted by rvos1979 QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 15th, in rialroad history....... 1953:PRR Federal Express runsaway into Washington Union station. GG 1 4876 winds up in the basement; 9 station employees slightly injured. How did yhey get it out of the basement? I imagine they used a crane, or lots of jacks and blocks. More info: Cause of accident was the angle **** coming into contact with the underframe and closing. Runaway was realized, and station was cleared of people befor the Federal Limited ran through the bumper at 35 mph. The locomotive had an extended stay in the basement, due to Eisenhowers' inauguration two days later, so the hole in the floor was covered over. Information from 'Railway Disasters of the World' by Peter Semmens. Randy I wonder, if they had time enough to clear the station, why did 9 station employees get slightly injured?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 15th, in rialroad history....... 1831: First American built passenger locomotive to pull passenger train/Best Friend of Charleston runs Charleston to Hamburg, S.C. I bet there was an earlier passenger run by a British built locomotive somewhere? 1908: Portland & Seattle (P&S) opens: Cliffs to Lyle WA. 1952: Last passenger run on Astoria Line (SP&S) 1953:PRR Federal Express runsaway into Washington Union station. GG 1 4876 winds up in the basement; 9 station employees slightly injured. How did yhey get it out of the basement? 1990: Canadian makes last run on CP as Via system is cut in half. Anybody else?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 16th, in railroad history.... 1906: United Railways Incorporated.???? Anybody know what this is?
QUOTE: Originally posted by germanium 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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QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 Jan 17, 1996- Illinois Central announces it will purchase 850 mile regional Chicago Central and Pacific, which it had spun off 12 years earlier, for $157 million dollars. ICG had sold off this regional during 1985 when it was struggling with to much track and a different labor situation. During 1995 IC had a operating ratio of 62 % and CCP was at 70 %. During 1991 IC had tried to repurchase spin-off MidSouth, which included ICG's first spin-off, Gulf and Mississippi.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 Jan 17, 1996- Illinois Central announces it will purchase 850 mile regional Chicago Central and Pacific, which it had spun off 12 years earlier, for $157 million dollars. ICG had sold off this regional during 1985 when it was struggling with to much track and a different labor situation. During 1995 IC had a operating ratio of 62 % and CCP was at 70 %. During 1991 IC had tried to repurchase spin-off MidSouth, which included ICG's first spin-off, Gulf and Mississippi. OK map guy,[;)] Is that the (now) CN line that runs down into Sioux City, Iowa from the northeast, or the line that comes into Council Bluffs from the east/northeast?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar 1969 and a few year hence, was involved in Automotive testing in Kingman, Az area and {as noted above}, used to watch the Super C go through Kingman....Understood at the time it was a high priority run.....
QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 18 th in railroad history....... Anybody else?
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Today, Jan. 18 th in railroad history....... Anybody else? Jan 18, 1991- Canadian Pacific buys Delaware and Hudson for $25 million. http://www.bridge-line.org/ http://www.trainweb.org/trains/d&h.htm Jan 18, 1993- Two South Shore passenger trains collide on gantlet track in Indiana, killing 7 passengers. http://southshore.railfan.net/ss-oops.html A second bridge was added over the former PRR mainline after the accident- http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=9&Z=16&X=4682&Y=46060&W=1&qs=%7cgary%7c%7c Gantlet- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantlet_track
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