SHOW NOTES


RAILROAD SHOWCASE  Ep 004
airing Jan 28, 2019  


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NEWS REVIEW


-----WABTEC / GE TRANS MERGER-----

News Item:

https://www.railwayage.com/financeleasing/wabtec-ge-slated-for-late-february-closure-terms-modified/?RAchannel=mechanical

News Item:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ge-wabtec-culp-overhaul-cash-balance-sheet-51548433072?mod=article_emailShare


-----SIEMENS vs. WABTEC-----

News Item:

https://www.law360.com/articles/1122201/siemens-awarded-6-7m-in-wabtec-train-control-ip-trial

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6207229/siemens-mobility-inc-v-westinghouse-air-brake-technologies-corporation/



-----KCS PRECISION SCHEDULED RAILROADING-----

News Item:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroads/kc-southern-precision-railroading?#.XEI2K7dcdCs.facebook

News Item:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kc-southern-results/kansas-city-southern-takes-aim-at-rail-efficiency-shares-jump-idUSKCN1PC1LO

News Item:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroad/csx-jbhunt-kcsouthern-psr

News Item:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroads/kansas-city-southern-precision-railroading




-----THAT SMELL-----

News Item:

https://www.ktbs.com/residents-complain-of-odor-from-railroad-ties/video_fa106ec6-634a-55a6-b8f3-c9ec2ce4eeea.html



-----DERAILMENT-----

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2248134962116573&id=164697223559731

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dashboard-video-captures-moment-52-car-train-derails-near-saskatoon-1.4264158

https://twitter.com/WarmanFire/status/1087791974453780483/photo/1


Feature



Railroad Scams

---1868 Western North Carolina Railroad Scandal---

https://www.ncpedia.org/western-north-carolina-railroad

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/swepson-george-william

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/littlefield-milton-smith

http://ncccha.blogspot.com/2006/11/george-william-swepson-1819-1883.html


-----CREDIT MOBILIER-----

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6PRu9b3ykk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A9dit_Mobilier_of_America_scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C._Durant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Francis_Train

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakes_Ames

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax


-----Holmans Absurdity----

http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/holman/holman.html

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,3978023

Book:  Development of the Locomotive Engine: A History of the Growth of the Locomotive From Its Most Elementary Form, Showing the Gradual Steps Made Toward the Developed Engine, With Biographical Sketches of the Eminent Engineers and Inventors Who Nursed It on Its Way to the Perfected Form of to-Day


(Lordy, that's a mouthful)

FAVORITE FINDS


---Rerailing a Steam Engine---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzaI84GCFYk


-----PASADENA MODEL RR CLUB-----

https://vimeo.com/305668278


----- FEB ISSUE OF TRAINS MAGAZINE -----

http://trn.trains.com/issues/2019/february-2019


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