Hopes for a nice place to get a cuppa joe at the rail station
2009-09-23 12:50:00 (Read the first two installments on the CTA's contract with Jones Lang LaSalle.) Toward the end of our visit, I asked both the CTA's Bill Trumbull and JLL's Sandra Greene about what successes they hoped to accomplish in the next year. Greene gave both a corporate and more human response:"We hope to make reasonable and realistic accomplishments in providing more revenue to the CTA." That's corporate speak, of course. "But I'd also like to be able to sit and have a cup of coffee with you right here," she added, gesturing to the empty storefront at Granville. Yep, that's appeals to the human side in all of us. Trumbull summed it up like this: "The stations are anchors for the...
The Modern Streetcar System and Light Rail
2009-09-23 07:00:00 In recent years, cities have revitalized or installed streetcars and light-rail systems to stimulate economic and demographic growth. Not surprisingly, the public has taken to the idea in great numbers. During the 1970s and 1980s, some cities listened to commuter calls for an alternative way t
Just how old is your CTA rail car?
2009-09-22 05:53:00 CTA President Rich Rodriguez is no Oprah--not everyone will be getting a new car when the CTA receives its shipment of rail cars at the end of the year. Rodriguez said the CTA hasn't determined which lines will get the new cars--which have to undergo testing and won't be operational until 2011--but chances are if you are on the Blue Line, you could use them.The Blue Line has some of the oldest cars in the CTA's fleet of 1,190. The ones with the folding doors are more than 40 years old....
Where Does the +5V Rail Go?
2009-09-18 12:56:00 can any1 explain where the +5v rail goes? i know the 12v goes to pin 9 of the db9 which connects to pin 16 of the j1962 http://www.obddiag.net/allpro.h-tml
CTA: New rail cars arrive soon
2009-09-14 23:00:00 Via Facebook, Nate Beal asked "Going Public" about new "L" cars. The CTA's response is below."Hey, ask the CTA when that test order of new 'L' cars is due in. I had heard September." The CTA responded: "The CTA expects the first pair of prototype rail cars to arrive this fall. In all, the CTA will receive 10 prototype cars. However, before they are used for regular service, they must go through extensive testing on the CTA system."...
the answers to my question about new rail car design
2009-09-06 16:38:00 ; the slower the faster Dear all- last week I asked you about "Design a rail car" I got many answers , some of them were joking [It was fun!], some skeptic, and few answered me in a relevant way. The last one recommended to goog
Proposed punishment for CTA radio airwave thief: Cleaning rail cars and pro
2009-08-05 13:00:00 The Case of the CTA Radio and Airwaves Thief lit up the blogosphere yesterday. I wrote about the 20-year-old Chicagoan who charged in federal court with impersonating a train official.Marcel Carter even gave an interview on a park bench to ABC7 reporter Sara Schulte, in which he wondered whether the charge was a misdemeanor. Um, no. It's a felony charge.Now, what Carter did was dumb and dangerous, but I don't believe he deserves 20 years in prison, the maximum he could receive. I do think he should be punished, though fellow ChicagoNow blogger Garrard McClendon feels Carter deserves nothing more than probation. We discussed Carter and his proposed punishment last night on Garrard McClendon Live on CLTV. I think that while...
Rep. Kirk's double talk on transit spending; high-speed rail or fix ma
2009-07-28 13:00:00 The words of U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has come back to bite him on the issues of stimulus fund spending and high-speed rail dollars. First, Kirk wrote a letter to the Highland Park News urging Pace to buy hybrid buses, rather than the regular gas eaters. He said Pace could use stimulus funding for the purchase. Problem is, Kirk had voted against the entire stimulus package. And, as the Pace board chair wrote in another letter to the editor:"Pace approached Congressman Kirk for five straight years requesting federal funding to add hybrid buses to our fleet, and each time the request was ignored. Had he taken action, it's very likely Pace would not...
Common sense on high-speed rail
2009-07-28 00:12:00 John McCarron, an urban affairs writer, consultant and educator, nails it in this Tribune op-ed column. McCarron asks why we are spending billions of dollars (yet to be borrowed, I assume) on studying and building high-speed rail service when so much more needs to be done for local mass transit. Compare the needs of CTA, Metra and Pace riders with those who want to get to Detroit, St. Louis, the Twin Cities and elsewhere and there's no doubt where the money should be spent. As McCarron said:The purpose of high-speed rail, near as I can tell, is not to ease the daily commute of millions of Chicagoans -- we'll still clank along on what is, in many places, a century-old...
More Rail Electrification for Britain
2009-07-23 11:15:00 The government just has announced plans to electrify part of the rail routes heading to the west of London out as far as Swansea. The task will involve substantial civil works to tunnels and bridges, electrical works to install the overhead cable, and the ordering of new trains. Link.
Max-capacity rail cars maxed out by CTA
2009-07-05 19:05:00 As huge throngs of people made their way our of Grant Park Friday night after viewing the fireworks, some Brown Line riders might have done a double take in boarding one of the CTA's three "max-capacity" rail cars. These train cars have most of the seats removed to allow for greater capacity.These rail cars were first broached by then CTA President Ron Huberman at the first CTA Tattler Coffee with Ron more than a year ago. Then last fall the CTA spent about $10,000 per rail car to roll out three test cars. It turns out those max-capacity cars failed the test and plans to expand the pilot were quietly dropped late last year. "The factors were that customers didn't...
Rail Gun Designs
2009-05-29 19:52:00 I'm thinking about building myself a rail gun just for grins. They seem simple enough, a High voltage multiplier connected to a big oil filled capacitor bank that is momentarily discharged through a paramagnetic conductive projectile between two conductive rails. I've been thinking about the
Rail v. Car 1928
2009-05-22 09:28:00 Mundane accident, bitingly symbolic, somewhere in between? I got a real kick out of this 1928 photo. Will rail triumph once again later in 2009 when you need a ride to the airport? It’s scheduled to open then. Click on the photo for the super high res. Photo shows a car parked or stopped just under ...
How do I decide if the Crane Rail requires replacement
2009-05-17 11:49:00 We have got some 25 years old cranes in our plant which are in 24 hrs operation. Part of the crane inspection includes the cross travel rails. What are the criteria to decide if the cross travel rails require replacement (other than visual inspection)? Appereciate if some information on rail toleran
Rail
2009-05-08 10:49:00 Dear Sir, What is the necessity for providing fish plate joint in Rail instad of welding the joint With Regards, Dinakar.J
Long Odds; Short Ride on the Rail
2009-05-06 07:01:00 Mine That Bird hit the record books not only for winning the 135^th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, he had the second-longest odds in the field at 50-1 and won by the second-longest margin ever at 6 ¾ lengths (Assault won by 8 in 1946). Why were the odds against Mine That Bird? Sinc
Steve wrote a new blog post: Portugal Luxury Holidays by Road and Rail.
2009-04-20 11:00:00 Steve wrote a new blog post: Portugal Luxury Holidays by Road and Rail. Portugal luxury holidays come in several forms, but if you are flying to Portugal with many of your travel then being by road and rail, you may wish to travel as nicely as possible. That involves business class flights, first-class train tickets and your own private limo with driver. If you'll find that or ... By 'stevehnsn'
By: BackBeat
Rail Simulator 2 Railworks Details
2009-03-30 16:45:00 Rail Simulator 2 Railworks is a new game announced in the recently published Rail Simulator series by EA. The game is being under development by Kiju Entertainment and is currently scheduled for release in June 2009. Rail Simulator 2 Railworks will be available in single player only.The game redefines the simulation approach. Instead of providing a product, Rail Simulator Developments (RSD) are trying to make a platform for you to build and operate virtual rails. Rail Simulator 2 Railworks will include improved networks around the Europe and North America along with many new locomotives, locations and routes introduced into the game.Rail Simulator 2 Railworks is developed on the basis of feedback received from the gaming community. You will be able to play Rail Simulator 2 Railworks through Steam also and the Steam version will be fully backward compatible. So this adds a bit ease to those who likes to play games by downloading and not by buying the disks.You will hear more about Ra...
Rail and beam
2009-03-26 08:01:00 What is the basic difeerence in application of beam and rail? Which Indian Standard is to be checked??????
Sam Hoyt on High Speed Rail Part III
2009-03-11 14:46:00 How we get the money, how we get it built, and the Central Terminal: [youtube width="425" height="344"]http://www.youtube-.com/watch?v=e3LstXkrX18[/youtu-be]
By: BuffaloPundit
Sam Hoyt on High Speed Rail Part II
2009-03-11 02:45:00 We can watch this in the wake of the Governor's announcement yesterday of a $10.2 billion high speed rail plan for the state of New York, stretching from Niagara Falls, through Buffalo, and out to Albany, from where it will then branch out to Montreal, New York City, and Boston. ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Sam Hoyt on High Speed Rail
2009-03-10 02:45:00 This is the first in a set of videos that WNYMedia.net's Buffalo Geek and Marc Odien shot last week with Assemblyman Sam Hoyt explaining why high speed rail in New York State will not become Failrail. Given the massive hassle that air travel has become, traveling at 125 - 150 ...
By: BuffaloPundit
High Speed Rail in Tor-Buff-Chester
2009-03-04 08:36:00 Douglas Turner in the Buffalo News wrote about Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's push for high-speed intercity rail for upstate New York: Reversing more than three decades of neglect, even attempted bureaucratic suffocation, President Obama has placed the White House strongly behind Amtrak and a national intercity rail passenger system. In one month, ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Maximum Velocity of the LM Rail
2009-02-24 07:18:00 Hi to all, In my application i am using the LM Guide which should to run the velocity of 60m/min. Shall we get this much of velocity by using LM Guide and LM block....? The drive i am using is Servo motor with gear box. What will be the maximum velocity of the LM Guide and LM block..? How we can
ABTFO: High-Speed Rail Corridor Designations
2009-02-18 21:57:00 [Click the map to see it larger. ]This is the proposed siting for the new high-speed rail sought by the Obama administration as part of the Stimulus Package. Not everyone benefits (Las Vegas is bummed they aren't slated for a link to LA, and the whole west is out of luck), but for many millions of us, this arrangement would be brilliant. I live over on the west coast link, which would allow speedy access from San Diego all the way up to the Bay Area and Sacramento. This would be huge!
By: Tumerica
ABTFO: Lots of Funding for High-speed Rail in the US
2009-02-17 22:17:00 Somehow, long about the time the late Henry Ford was about to redraw the future of the world with his horseless carriages and assembly lines, Ford company patsies were dispatched to decimatd the American rail system. Up until then, the American rail system had been the envy of the world. I'm not making this up. Ford's minions systematically attacked anything to do with trains and railways?to force his competition out of the arena, ensuring the dominance of the solo-powered vehicle. Ford succeeded, and the world moved gleeful toward its doom.Now, President Obama makes peace by righting some of the wrongs of the past, bill by bill. Tucked into the Stimulus Package is a chunk o' money for high-speed rail--$8 billion now, and perhaps another $1 billion a year for the next five years included in the 2010 budget, to be outlined next week.Now that rail has lots of money to spend, you'd think that would make our railway future look bright. In fact, the biggest first obstacle is the frei...
By: Tumerica
UK Rail Investment
2009-02-06 15:16:00 From The Engineer: Network Rail has given the green light for a multi-billion pound investment in the UK's rail infrastructure over the next five years. The rail operator today accepted the Office of Rail Regulation's (ORR) £28.5bn spending budget, which will come into operation
Air Conditioning in Rail Coaches
2009-01-15 14:05:00 For Air Conditioning in Rail Coaches there are individual Air conditioners powered by Battery fitted in each coach. Why we can not have Centralised Air Conditioner with Air duct running for all Coaches ? Also, we can have Vapour Absorption Chillers using the Exhaust Gas of Diesel Locomotiv
Standard of Crane Rail
2009-01-13 13:47:00 I need manufacturing standard of crane rail for preparing WPS and PQR If anybody has and share with me any rail sample of WPS and PQR ,I'l be glad. Thanks by now.
Europe by Rail Posted By : Erdal
2008-12-27 01:12:00 Nowadays the internet offers plenty of information about local and international railways in Europe. The site of European railways eurail.com offers the possibility to buy different rail passes, which makes it possible to travel in Europe within a certain period of time. More: continued here
Scrap Railcar, Rail and Railroad Recycling Prices
2008-12-04 13:51:00 Scrap Railcar Wheels 180.00 200.00 ton USD Scrap Railcar Axles 180.00 200.00 ton USD Scrap RailCars 198.00 220.00 ton USD Mixed Scrap Rail 216.00 240.00 ton USD No.1 Scrap Rail... more from scrapmetalprices...
Rail Blogging: Sunset in Churchville, NY
2008-11-26 05:24:00 Decided to share some photography my older boy put together. He’s becoming rather good at this kind of thing. As usual, drill the pic twice to get full size. This pic is taken at one of our favorite railfanning spots, just following a rainstorm. We’re at Sanford Road, Chruchville, at sunset. If you look close, you can see a train approaching. Here’s another, as the train passes us. And, another And finally, the train gets by us, headed east. As the train passed, and we looked after it, Matt noticed the odd sun pattern had mixed with the rain to produce a rather striking rainbow . BitsBlog Tags: sanford road, Churchville NY, sunset, photography, rainstorm
By: BitsBlog
Railroad Standards
2008-11-24 22:31:00 As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. The eventual result was the adoption throughout a large part of the world of a standard gauge allowing inter-connectivity and the inter-operability of ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
(Urea)Ship loaders and rail track for Jetty
2008-11-12 05:54:00 Dear members, I am working for one proposal and for that I have to issue Mterial Requisition for subject items. I have never seen it in my carrier but, I want to understand How it looks like and what are the important parameters and informations should I consider for the selection/procurement/P
Ship Loaders and Rail Track for Jetty
2008-11-12 05:54:00 Dear members, I am working for one proposal and for that I have to issue Mterial Requisition for subject items. I have never seen it in my carrier but, I want to understand How it looks like and what are the important parameters and informations should I consider for the selection/procureme
Metro Discount From Bus to Rail
2008-11-07 16:23:00 Lena Sun of the Washington Post is reporting that, "beginning next year, tens of thousands of Metro riders who transfer from bus to rail will save 50 cents a trip if they use electronic SmarTrip cards, officials said yesterday. The long-promised change is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 4, the same day the agency is eliminating paper transfers."This makes me happy. Bus fares are going up 25 cents in January, but now I'll end up saving 25 cents each day because of the 50-cent (you can find him in da club) transfer reduction. Well, maybe not. According to this chart, I'm only going to save 10 cents a day. Now I'm slightly confused, which really doesn't take much to occur.
By: Sean's Ramblings
Rail Waste Companies and Systems
2008-10-14 01:00:00 What Transfer Stations use rail? What are the pros & cons? Where I live in Orange County NC, USA, they are going to close the landfill, and open another place called a Transfer Station. Where the Landfill is currently is very near a railroad spur. The State of NC owns the State railways via
Putra Light Rail Transit System
2008-09-14 14:13:00 I will start working at the new place tomorrow. But first day is not what makes me a little nervous here (mgkn da biase sbb esek lompat kerje je). It's instead the new daily routine I'm going to experience.I've been using the LRT monthly travel cards since September 2005 until August 2008, last month. I've been the LRT regular customer for 3 years.Starting tomorrow I'm no longer using Putra LRT. And I'm gonna miss it walaupong LRT byk buat problem hehe.By the way, lepas susun balik monthly travel cards, there's one missing, October 2006. Hmm. Tragedi Oktober kot?p/s: Doakan ku on my first day. Chuak gak sbenarnye hehe. I may be a lot busier starting tomorrow.da~
By: ad3ck's bLoG
Nike SB Dunk Low - Melbourne - Gold Rail
2008-09-08 01:35:00 Thanks to NikeSB.org, we have some insight into this pair of Nike SB Dunk Lows. They are Australia exclusives, and are inspired by the city of Melbourne and Flinders Street Station. Their construction is quite unique as they put to use several materials at once including canvas, suede, and mesh. ...
By: KicksOnFire.com
Gen. Wesley Clark Touches The Third Rail
2008-07-04 15:45:00 Today, Independence Day, seems like a perfectly appropriate time to praise two war heroes: Lt. Commander John McCain, shot down in 1967 over North Vietnam by an enemy missile; and Army Captain (now General) Wesley Clark, shot four times three years later by a Viet Cong soldier. You would think these two war heroes would have ...
Calgary Rail Bombs ? Terrorism or Teenerism?
2008-06-17 20:31:00 Late Monday night a Calgary Transit worker found a device that looked like a pipe bomb adjacent to part of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) rails. Police were alerted and after closer inspection of the line between the Heritage and Southland transit rail stations a total of 8 homemade devices were discovered. Two of which ...
Rail traffic between Delhi and Rajasthan restored
2008-06-07 08:14:00 NEW DELHI: Rail traffic between Delhi and various destinations in Rajasthan was restored on Saturday with eight trains resuming their services after being suspended for nearly two weeks due to Gujjar agitation demanding ST status for the community."The situation has improved. We have restored the rail services in certain areas of Rajasthan," a Northern Railway official said."Train services have been partially restored in Rajasthan today and eight trains that were suspended due to the agitation will run as per their schedule from today," the official said.The trains that have been restored on Saturday are Ahmedabad-Haridwar Express, Delhi-Jodhpur Mandore Express, Delhi Sarai Rohila-Jodhpur Express, New Delhi- Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express, Ala Hazrat Express, Jaipur-Amritsar Express, Porbander-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express and Ashram Express.The services of Jodhpur Sampark Kranti Express would resume from tomorrow, whereas Jasalmer Express and Jammu- Delhi-Ajmer Express have been partiall...
RAIL SIMULATOR 2008 TORRENT
2008-06-05 07:25:00 Rail Simulator will offer the opportunity for players to take charge of steam, diesel and electric trains on real routes in the UK and Germany. Challenging and fun gameplay will even enable players to design their own ideal support the creation of add-on third party content. Journey routes. Rail Simulator will become the gold standard rail simulation title and will fully Torrent Info: Category
Rail traffic disrupted again in state
2008-06-05 06:07:00 JAIPUR: The rail traffic was once again thrown out of gear, as nearly 200 Gujjar women blocked a three kilometer stretch from Bandikui, a key railway track near Shalawas, in Dausa district on Wednesday.At least 40 trains have been cancelled and over a dozen partially cancelled when the rail traffic got disrupted on route linking Rajasthan to its adjoining states.Security forces are keeping strict vigil in the violence-hit areas.Deputy SP, GRP, Raghuveer Saini, who is camping in Dausa district, told TOI, around 800 Gujjar protestors including 200 women blocked the Jaipur-Delhi rail track with wooden logs, which resulted in the disruption of train traffic."The agitators demolished the track and pulled them apart," he added. Around 23 Gujjar protestors including 12 women, who tried to create disturbance in Bandikui, were arrested on Tuesday and later released on bail.Meanwhile, hundreds of agitators in Sawai Madhopur district resorted to blocking of the highway, linkingto Madhya Prades...
Gujjars block rail traffic, security beefed up
2008-06-04 06:22:00 Gujjars block rail traffic Gujjar protesters blocked rail traffic by squatting on tracks in violence-hit Dausa district as authorities today tightened security in the affected areas by deploying additional contingents of para-military forces. The stand off between the Gujjar protesters and the state government on the issue of postmortem on bodies of agitation victims here ended as their relatives decided to cremate them following conduct of autopsy last night. A large number of Gujjar protesters, including women, disrupted train movement by sitting on the tracks at a bridge over Banganga river in Bandiqui area in Dausa district, where 14 people were killed in police firing and clashes on ...
Travel By Rail In Style on a RailRider
2008-06-03 17:13:00 Readers were in awe of the Trailcart, the four wheeled pedal car that will take over the ATV Market. But there is a lot of rolling resistance on a dirt trail; that is why they invented the railroad. That's where the RailRunner comes in; it is a
By: mini wisdom
Gujjars block rail traffic, security beefed up
2008-06-03 10:11:00 Gujjar protesters blocked rail traffic by squatting on tracks in violence-hit Dausadistrict as authorities tightened security in the affected areas by deploying additional contingents of Para- military forces. The stand off between the Gujjar protesters and the state government on the issue of postmortem on bodies of agitation victims in Karwadi ended as their relatives decided ...
By: Latest News
The Rail Rider
2008-06-02 00:00:00 The Rail Rider, a bicycle that you cycle on an old train rail. It features 2" rounded edges aluminum frame, 3/4" stainless steel axles, 17" polyurethane wheels and two or four seats, parts from your local bike shop used to power, easy to fix, one or two people can pedal, ...
By: 2dayblog
Sure and Secure Double Bed Rail
2008-06-01 21:12:00 If you’re planning to transition your little one from the crib to his or her own bed, bed railings are a necessity. Choose one that fits onto the mattress, for a secure fit. And make sure that its mechanism is kid-friendly but sturdy. This bed rail from Summer Infant conveniently folds down when not it use. The ...
By: Mattresszine
Drunk Fan Hopped the Rail at the Smackdown
2008-05-30 04:08:00 A drunk fan hopped the rail at the Smackdown taping in Colorado, Springs last night, rushed the ring and tried to attack The Edgeheads. Bam Neeley who was in the ring with Chavo Guerrero hit the fan in the head and security came out and took him away. Obviously this segment will need to be ... |
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