SHOW NOTES


RAILROAD SHOWCASE  Ep 005
airing Feb 4, 2019  


[note: these are the notes for the full length episode. More material may be reference that what appears on the segments found on YouTube, Facebook, etc]


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FEATURE: WESTERN RAILWAY MUSEUM Part 1

Museum Site:

http://www.wrm.org/
Guest Host / WRM Film Archivist: Hunter Lohse

Aerial Footage: Alex Marcopulos



NEWS REVIEW


-----BIG BOY PROGRESS-----

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plt6UgVo9x4

https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/steam-update-1-29-2019.htm



-----PFE REEFER-----

https://www.gofundme.com/save-wp-pfe-reefer-55069

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=PslpAZE1tOE

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2199450310118303&id=156532277743460



-----RAIL BLOCKADE, MEXICO-----

News Item:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3LXsb_GBOk

News Item:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/teachers-get-another-800mn-pesos/

News Item:

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-01-28/mexico-teachers-block-railway-lines-food-shortages-feared

News Item:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/teachers-blockades-strand-140-trains-in-michoacan/

News Item:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-25/mexico-blockages-to-roads-rails-have-already-cost-53-million

News Item:

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/teachers-refuse-to-end-michoacan-rail-blockade/

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/teachers-agree-to-lift-blockades-in-michoacan/




-----PROGRESS RAIL, TUNISIA-----

News Item:

https://www.railwayage.com/mechanical/progress-rail-locomotives-delivered-to-tunisia/?RAchannel=home

News Item:

https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/locomotives-delivered-to-tunisia.html

News Item:

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/supplier_spotlight/news/Rail-supplier-news-from-Progress-Rail-Alstom-Steel-Dynamics-TranSystems-and-the-NRC-Jan-18--56546

“Coleman Place” Youtube clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IzXFde2LE

Progress Advertisement:
https://youtu.be/ihpYNJQYdp8

Company Page:

https://www.progressrail.com/


----- Pikes Peak Equipment Contract-----

https://gazette.com/business/pikes-peak-cog-railway-orders-engines-cars-rail-for-million/article_49d14bb8-2580-11e9-8f7f-aff40ec93c8d.html


FAVORITE FINDS


-----ALABAMA POOP TRAIN-----

News Item:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpR91_Ql_IE

News Item:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVizoVwSmi0

News Item:

https://whnt.com/2018/04/04/train-hauling-10m-pounds-of-human-feces-stranded-in-walker-county-town-god-help-us-if-it-gets-hot/


-----HEATING TRACK-----

https://www.cnn.com/videos/weather/2019/01/30/chicago-train-tracks-fire-newsource-orig.cnn


-----TSG MULTIMEDIA-----

https://youtu.be/KrRCWPwsucI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgSLyEP5BPM


----- The Railroader-----

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/00000168-80f8-df6b-ad7d-c0fe1f210000



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