SHOW NOTES

RAILROAD SHOWCASE Ep 012
airing Mar 25, 2019

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

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NEWS REVIEW

----- SKOOKUM PHOTO RUN -----

TRAINS post:

https://www.facebook.com/TrainsMagazine/posts/10157063423335050

Russ Hatch Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8UjCAx5pc

Jeff Johnston video of crew training:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOA9_HD1ToA

Broosem repair video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX7j31XHUak

----- FLOODING -----

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2315056061861493&id=100000713655687

News Item:

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/class_is/news/Railroads-flood-ravaged-Midwestern-tracks-trigger-FRA-emergency-declaration--57161
News item:

https://www.railwayage.com/mw/contractors-railroads-battle-catastrophic-flood-damage/

MEXICO TRAIN ROBBERIES

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/train-track-robberies-soared-almost-300/

https://warisboring.com/the-great-mexican-train-robberies/

https://www.apnews.com/9147b3c5e7c54cceafb5375751a7bb99

----- DEADLY CONGO DERAILMENT -----

News item:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6822567/Toll-rises-32-dead-91-hurt-DR-Congo-train-derails.html

News item:

https://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Toll-rises-32-dead-DRC-train-derails/3126394-5030992-10vxj0r/index.html

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/260011657/32-dead-90-injured-in-congo-train-accident

----- SILVER DOLLAR CITY -----
Post:

https://www.facebook.com/204285902996782/photos/a.502980486460654/2146112012147485/?type=3&theater

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5NGzzKR2yE

Photo:

Dominique Hogue

----- DOYLE RETIRING -----

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1711360729009190&id=190481757763769

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/03/21-mccormack-retires-as-oregon-rail-heritage-foundation-president

Pic:

http://www.railfanguides.us/or/portland/map4/index.htm

https://www.cineplex.com/People/doyle-l-mccormack/Photos

FAVORITE FINDS

----- HIGH TENSION RAIL -----

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec0_1435171306

----- MY OLD KENTUCKY DINNER TRAIN -----

Wes Sparkmon “To The Trains” video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z3OAvdcdbo

Website:
http://www.kydinnertrain.com/

----- LAST MILE SWITCHING ON FLORIDA CENTRAL -----

Danny Harmon, Distant Signal videos:

https://youtu.be/zj-NitO_XLQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAj6IieodK8

FINE PRINT

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