SHOW NOTES

RAILROAD SHOWCASE Ep 008
airing Feb 25, 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

-----CALIF HIGH SPEED RAIL-----

News Item:

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/02/12/gavin-newsom-brakes-california-high-speed-rail-plan/

News Item:

https://abc7news.com/politics/gavin-newsoms-office-says-hes-fully-committed-to-high-speed-rail-between-sf-la/5135534/

News Item:

https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/marek-warszawski/article226299115.html

News Item:

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

News Item:

https://www.kget.com/video/local-leaders-transportation-experts-respond-to-governor-newsom-s-high-speed-rail-plan_20190214031846/1780448838
News Item:

http://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/02/14/no-gavin-newsom-didnt-just-kill-californias-high-speed-rail-project/

Governor Schwarzenegger video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N95Jz17Hb8A

CAHSRA business plan 2008:

http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/about/business_plans/BPlan_2008_FactSheet.pdf

CAHSRA business plan 2012

http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/about/business_plans/BPlan_2012ExecSum.pdf#page=17
CAHSRA video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FBeGBRhE7c

CAHSRA video:

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

CA Auditor’s Report

https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2018-108/index.html

NEWS REVIEW

-----ALBERTA INVESTS IN OIL BY RAIL-----

News Item:

https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/we-take-action-alberta-investing-3-7b-to-move-oil-by-rail-leasing-cars

https://globalnews.ca/news/4976233/alberta-investing-3-7b-to-move-oil-by-rail-leasing-car/

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/oil-by-rail-alberta-oilsands

-----DURANGO & SILVERTON PHOTO SPEC-----

Daniel Frauenhoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaSAGKo1qpA

Rodney Guggenheim video:

https://www.facebook.com/rodney.guggenheim/videos/10156888732002969/

Steve Clark video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MJqSBdTcs8

Yard Limit Productions video:

https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=u7nCpOKax44

-----OCRM / SCRM -----

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2301141929906653

-----FRA STRATEGY TRESPASSING-----

https://www.masstransitmag.com/safety-security/article/21069140/fra-issues-first-national-strategy-to-prevent-trespassing-on-railroad-property

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----- ROCKY MOUNTAINEER AWARD -----

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Rocky-Mountaineer-named-a-top-employer-in-British-Columbia--56835

https://www.rockymountaineer.com/

https://www.canadastop100.com/bc/

----- RAVENGLASS-----

https://ravenglass-railway.co.uk/about-us/press-centre/article.php?id=168

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2019/02/13/train-from-spain-project-wins-prestigious-heritage-award/

https://heritagerailwayassociation.pixieset.com/g/hra2019awards/

----- WALMART -----

https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-rail-operations-supply-chain-2019-2

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/shippers/news/Walmart-tests-pilot-program-that-calls-for-more-rail--56831

-----KENTUCKY RAIL HERITAGE CENTER-----
News Item:

https://lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/2019/02/08/railroad-museum-groundbreaking-slated-for-this-summer/

Organization Site:

https://www.kentuckysteam.org/

FAVORITE FINDS

----- SOLAR POWERED TRAIN -----

https://byronbaytrain.com.au/

------DRIFT BUSTING on W&S-----

Photos by Robert Jordan

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