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This day in Railroad History June 10, 1971 Amtrak train No. 1, the southbound City of New Orleans passenger train operating on the tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and New Orleans, Louisiana, derailed near Salem, Illinois. Two locomotive units and the first seven cars were turned over on their sides. The derailment resulted in 11 fatalities and 163 injuries. Th
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This day in Railroad History June 3, 1902 The Directors of the Preston & Berlin Railway awarded a contract to A.A. McDonald & Co. for grading, ditching, culverts, fencing, track laying and ballasting. This was the beginning of construction for a line connecting Galt, Preston, Hespeler and Berlin with a long-desired railway connection to the Canadian Pacific Railway at Galt, Ontario, Can
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This day in Railroad History May 27, 1888 Northern Pacific runs the first train through Stampede Tunnel in the Washington state Cascade Range. NP trains for the previous 12 months had been running over the pass via switchbacks until Nelson Bennett's crews could complete the tunnel. The NP was the second transcontinental railroad, and its western terminal was Tacoma, WA, and it construction was
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This day in Railroad History May 20, 1892 After running for 54 years on broad-gauge, (7 feet wide) track, the last broad gauge train pulled out of Paddington, United Kingdom on the Great Western Railway, this was the old "Cornishman" express. The conversion was a marvel of organization, 170 miles of broad-gauge track were changed to standard gauge in two days, on May 21 and 22. Before
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This day in Railroad History May 13, 1949 The last steam locomotive from the erecting halls of Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio was delivered to the Nickel Plate Road. NPR #779 is a 2-8-4. It was later donated to the City of Lima, Ohio where it resides today at the John H. Keller Memorial Railroad Exhibit at Lincoln Park. Lima Locomotive built steam locomotives ranging from "Super Power&quo
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This day in Railroad History May 6, 1851 The Orange & Alexandria Railroad prepared for its inaugural celebration tomorrow by running the engine 'Pioneer' from the north end of Union Street to the Wilkes Street tunnel in Alexandria, Virginia. The inaugural run extended from the western edge of downtown Alexandria to the waterfront, a total of under 2 miles. The O&A railroad reached Lynch
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As you can see by today's photos I have traveled to Panama City to visit family but did manage to get some RR photos. Shuttle trains move containers between Oceans faster and cheaper that what the canal charges, so some folks move them across Panama by train. According to locals they save approx $1000 per container. One train crew member we talked with said that those containers are
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NOTICE: I will be traveling next week, therefore this is the last edition to post for April. Trainnews will return on May 6th. This day in Railroad History April 22, 1906 Over the past 4 days, the Southern Pacific Railroad, at no charge, has evacuated over 225,000 refugees from the San Francisco earthquake. This was over half the entire population of the City of San Francisco. Between 6 a.
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This day in Railroad History April 15, 2002 The Alameda Corridor went into operation today. The Alameda Corridor is a 20 mile freight rail "expressway" owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, connecting the national rail system near downtown Los Angeles, California to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, running parallel to Alameda Street. The project is notable
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This day in Railroad History April 9, 1945 LOOK magazine published an article in its "Science" section explaining the Pennsylvania's Railroad new steam turbine locomotive. Built by Baldwin, the S2 Turbine was delivered to Pennsylvania Railroad in September 1944. It was originally designed as a 4-8-4, but due to shortages of lightweight materials during World War II, the S2 became the
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This day in Railroad History April 1, 1872 The first railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio opened. Originally the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge, it was replaced with the current 'Pennsylvania Pratt' style truss bridge in 1896 and accommodated streetcar, pedestrian and automobile traffic. In 1904, the bridge was renamed the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bridge. The bri
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This day in Railroad History March 25, 1807 A railroad carriage converted to carry people was pulled by horse along the perimeter of Swansea Bay, travelling between "the dunes" at Swansea, Wales, and destined for Mumbles, an oyster harvesting and fishing village on the west of the bay. The people who undertook this journey were unknowing pioneers - they were the first railway passenge
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This day in Railroad History March 18, 1855 The first train operated on the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, the world's first working railway suspension bridge. It spanned 825 feet and stood 2.5 miles downstream of Niagara Falls. Connecting Niagara Falls, Ontario to Niagara Falls, New York, the bridge carried trains over the river by way of the bridge's upper deck while pedestrians and carriag
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This day in Railroad History The Spokane Portland & Seatte's "golden spike" was driven at MP 50.5, near North Bonneville, Washington. James J. Hill, builder of the Great Northern, dreamed of California, and saw Oregon as a stepping stone along that route. Though Hill at times regretted his decision to build the line, he pressed ahead regardless to thrust branches into the heart
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This day in Railroad History March 4, 1890 The Forth Bridge, a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland was opened today by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, who drove home the last rivet, which was gold plated and suitably inscribed. This was the first bridge in Britain to be built in steel rather than the customary iron. Each main span comprises two
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