SHOW NOTES


RAILROAD SHOWCASE  Ep 010

airing March 11, 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

AeroTrain

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

Video:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3CI82xVNig&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfw_Xca5QQ



Photographs:

Henry Salomé


Arnaud Pérat

http://data.abuledu.org/wp/?LOM=22717


http://acjb.net/histoire_jean_bertin.html





TurboJet Train

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

Photographs:

https://www.slavorum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1-95-758x526.jpg

John Phelan

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Faolin42

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc-x29493.jpg


Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8ZIJFlU_pA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saG-QQSiG4I



Schienenzeppelin

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


Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ID_ktSoLY





NEWS REVIEW

-----BOARDMAN-----

Greg Casford photos:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2355220537855495&id=100001027142081

Ken Marty photos:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1036076169925759&id=223210594545658

Railway Age news item:

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/intercity/joe-boardman-dec-23-1948-march-7-2019/

Trains news item:

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/03/07-joe-boardman-former-amtrak-president-dies

Andrew Fletcher Photo:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10218947693903634&id=1242080451

Amtrak official statement:

https://media.amtrak.com/2019/03/media-statement-from-amtrak-board-chair-tony-coscia-and-amtrak-president-ceo-richard-anderson/


----- 60 MINUTES: RAIL SAFETY -----

CBS news item:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-safe-are-americas-railroads-60-minutes/


QUICK BITS

----- NTSB LEADERSHIP -----

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news/NTSB-makes-key-leadership-changes--56901

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_pacific/news/Canadian-Pacific-renews-funding-of-heart-research--56914

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/bnsf_railway/news/BNSF-unveils-capex-projects-for-Kansas-Missouri-Nebraska--56883

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_national/news/TSB-Broken-axle-led-to-CN-coal-train-derailment--56886

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/LIRR-trains-collide-after-car-drives-around-lowered-gates--56875


FAVORITE FINDS


-----TROLLEYGEDDON-----

https://youtu.be/TUCwRxjSq3M


----COLUMBIA GORGE MRR----
Oregon Public Broadcasting video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-A5MVBJ5js

Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club website:

http://www.columbiagorgemodelrailroadclub.com/
Colin E video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahW_4wj4UpY


-----STRASBURG SNOW-----

RailFilm Productions video:

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

Christopher Pollock video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZkemn9I4Mk

717 Drone video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhveuJNg0MQ



-----HAMSTER TRAIN-----

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1057513957686340&id=139645862806492&refid=52&__tn__=-R


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