Railroads in the News Wednesday Jan 30th

Modelers in the News...
NewsTimes.com - Bethel man's project nears end of the line
BETHEL -- A model railroad Al Barney has been building in his attic for 20 years is nearly complete.
"It's 90 percent done," the genial 68-year old Bethel resident said, leading a visitor up to the third-floor in the 1848 farmhouse where he lives with wife Carol, 69.
They bought the house 40 years ago and raised eight children. Daughter Lisa, 45, gave her father a small figure eight train set for Christmas one year, Barney said.
"She knew I loved trains as a child, and that got me going."
A retired electrical engineer, he drew the layout on a computer from detailed maps he found mostly on the Internet. It is a sprawling three-dimensional world centered around a slow-moving train. Full story here


Club News...
ABINGTON LINES MODEL RAILROAD CLUB, 2066 Second St. Pike, Richboro, will hold an open house noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. For information visit http://www.abingtonlines.org .

Prototype in the News...
National Post - Train derailment causes commuter chaos in Vancouver BC.

Canoe.ca - Canadian trains among world's top rail experiences,

Canada.com - British columbia's new commuter service. A commuter train service on the E&N rail line between Langford and downtown Victoria could be built for about $16 million, and cost less than $2 million a year to operate, says a consultant's report to be released today.

Railroads cashing in on tax breaks. This story is up all over the web here are just a few links
articles bloggingstocks - bloomberg - rttnews - CNN

Newsday - Metro North gets good grades from riders

MercuryNews - UP Cameras on trains will record accidents
Union Pacific says devices will provide critical information and help to improve safety. By year's end, about 90 percent of Union Pacific Railroad's locomotives will feature digital cameras. This year, the Class I plans to install more than 1,600 Track Image Recorders (TIRs) on locomotives to digitally record views of tracks, crossings and signals in front of a train.

NTV - UP proud of efforts to reduce emissions, conserve energy

TradingMarkets - Arizona Eastern Railway, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

Patriot-News - Railroad drops site for wind turbine

Westport Now - Metro-North to Introduce Credit Card On-Board Sales

International bits...
Vietnam News - Century-old cogwheel railroad and antique station in Da Lat

China - Travelers describe China chaos. Guangzhou is a place of vast numbers of migrant workers. They saved up for the whole year to afford a third-class ticket to their home province for the holiday and they can't get anywhere near the station. BBC version - CNN version

Korea - Two Korea's discuss changes to cross-border train service

Historical Bits...
KTRE.com - Current Texas State Railroad Schedule

Redding.com - Weather stalls delivery of antique train

Columbiabasinharold - Holm locomotive bound for Pullman depot

Blogs and Column's...
Newsobserver - Where trains can take us
We are under no illusions that trains are going to replace highway construction. But traditional thinking will not meet future transportation needs, which are so important to North Carolina's economy and jobs.

California State Railroad Museum (Sacramento California)

Blog - Great looking Blog with an ongoing layout build happening

Dogcaught - Winter's still here

Train kept a rolling... Traveling far east by train