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    Snowplow on Donner - December 12, 2022

    Maybe this is the place for this, although it is a link to a news item. 3:55 minutes of low arial (drone?) views of a wing snowplow in action on the line near/in Donner Pass. Two plows in action. A Wing Snowplow on each end with two locos in the middle. Not all views of the same setup. A...
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    Fate of rail passenger service in various countries

    To the best of my knowledge, ALL Mexican passenger trains are gone and have been for quite a few years. Please correct me if I am wrong, along with information about whatever they are running now.
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    Two men killed on BART tracks, about 1:45 pm on Oct 19, 2013

    Two men were killed on the track on BART between Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations. That is on the East Bay side. The tracks are at grade and parallel to a road at this location. This is one of the better news articles...
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    Honolulu Light Rail

    Recently heard that there was some serious opposition to construction of the Honolulu Light Rail Line. My first reaction was a, you have got to be kidding. First, it is a nearly linear city sandwitched between mountain and sea. Second, being a long way from anywhere, gasoline is most likely...
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    SMART - Sanoma-Marin County NWP for commuter

    Little noitced in all the other hoopla, in the 2008 general election, Sonoma and Marin Counties in California passed Measure Q. Measure Q is a 1/4 percent sales tax to fund restoration of 70 miles of the ex Northwestern Pacific for commuter service. It was approved by 70% of the voters. The...
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    Taiwan High Speed Train Derailment - 3/04 earthquake

    Earthquake this morning at 8:18 am (Taiwan local time, last night 9:18 pm EST US time) Richter scale 6.4 earthquake center about 20 miles away, earthquake intensity about 5.0 at the track and we have: The lead car derailed, sliding along the track passengers shook up no apparent injuries...
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    Suicide by Train

    Caltrain - the San Francisco to San Jose commuter service - has had two fatalities, one yesterday, one today both apparent suicides. Publicity has been fairly minimal, which I consider a very good idea so as not to encourage copycats. The two do not appear to be related, even though they...
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    Daytime on the Southern Main Alex-Greensboro NC

    Looks like a chance to take a daylight ride on the old Southern Railway main north of Greensboro? From the NCDOT web site: www.bytrain.org/pdf/june22_service_change.pdf "Carolinian Trains 79 and 80 -Service Change - Effective June 22 Only Trains 79 and 80 will operate on an alternate route...
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