
Conrock industrial switchers in Azusa, CA 1983 (SP Azus
The quarry is now run by Vulcan Materials, and I believe all the rails within the facility are gone. Business parks now line the eastern border of the property along Todd Avenue where these …
Southern Railway in the DC/Alexandria Area
> Virginia into Alexandria? Where do these trains > terminate? > Yes. On the northwest side of the railroad/Van Dorn St intersection, I remember Vulcan Materials was the destination. Here's …
SP Azusa Branch Memories - Trainorders.com
From the junction with the Metrolink San Gabriel Sub (former SP Baldwin Park branch, previously Pacific Electric) at Orange Ave. Jct near the Irwindale/Baldwin Park border, the line heads …
Diesel Hydraulic vs. Hydrostatic vs. Torque Converter
I am cleaning up a bunch of locomotive builder lists, for builders that produced smaller locomotives for industries, including Plymouth, Whitcomb, Vulcan, Brookville, Davenport, and …
The NS Warrenton Branch in Virginia
The primary customer on the Warrenton Branch is the Vulcan quarry at Casanova, VA. However, into the early 1980s there was also a single customer in downtown Warrenton, a farmer's co …
BNZF:. PTC complete on MRL.Sub
I found the US DOT page below and it says the PTC rules require it on Class I mainlines that carry 5 million or more gross tons annually and certain hazardous materials are transported.
SMART names design/build extension to Lytton. Work starts in Jan.
All sounds like really good news. I wonder if Healdsburg will serve as SMART's second freight yard considering the amount of property they own at the former yard site and the fact that they …
Restored Davenport Trench Engine in California
Deliveries of materials from the central shops at Abainville during the Meuse-Argonne offensive were the most extraordinary of all. The Chief Engineer (1919) reports that a single 108-mile …
"Rail Security Awareness" Exam - Trainorders.com
Just another example of our "Homeland Security Department." (1.) Hazardous materials security awareness is of the utmost importance in our workplace environment & …
Calif. High speed rail releases RFP for laying track in Cent.Val.
Anyone know where the railhead cited in the story is located? "The authority has completed track installation at its 150-acre railhead facility in Kern County, Calif. The facility is positioned at the …