How quickly events recede into the past. Is it 10 years since the appalling bomb attacks on trains in Madrid? The distress on those involved, of course, will not recede so readily. A time to pause and reflect on life..
The late Bob Crow's family will now be enduring their own private grief, whilst others will reflect on his contribution to the railway industry in the UK, and the London Underground in particular.
The near completion of the Dawlish sea wall and its reopening (scheduled for 4th April 2014) will also appear, from the future's standpoint, to have been a mere "blip" in the stream of time. But how to ensure it doesn't happen again, and whether to build an alternative route inland, will exercise many minds.... which is still the case for the UK's HS2...and the US HSR group...........
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Headlines..
Bob Crow Obituary...Christian Wolmar. (The Guardian)
Bob Crow's life and legacy in three Tube stops.(The Telegraph)
Spain marks 10th anniversary of Madrid train bombings.(BBC News)
A video showing the construction of the road and rail bridges over Lollypop Creek in Wyndham Vale, as part of the Regional Rail Link project.
Suzhou orders more CSR Nanjing Puzhen metro cars - Railway Gazette
€506m Doha metro Red Line contract awarded - Railway Gazette
Campaign launched to bring HS2 apprenticeship centre to York (From York Press)
President offers a four-year vision for American rail
GE 2013 Annual Report
APTA calls on Congress to hike transit funding by $11.5 billion annually
Hersman to step down as NTSB chair, assume NSC's top post
CSX, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency pact targets state's haz-mat traffic
Rising Stars' nomination deadline looms
UP garners military hiring recognition from diversity magazine
MBTA opens revamped Yawkey Station near Fenway Park
NS decorates locomotive to commemorate GoRail's 10th anniversary
Rail supplier news from ShipXpress, Thales, Hub Group and Hatch Mott MacDonald (March 12)
BTS Releases Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI); Freight Shipments Fell 2.8% in January from December
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 2.8 percent in January from December, declining for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) released today. The January 2014 index level (113.6) was 19.8 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.
BTS reported that the level of freight shipments in January measured by the Freight TSI (113.6) was 3.5 percent below the all-time high level of 117.6 in November 2013 (Table 2A). BTS’ TSI records begin in 2000.
The December index was revised to 116.8 from 116.5 in last month’s release. Monthly numbers for all of 2013 were revised slightly. Numbers for previous years were also revised.
Beginning with the April release, BTS improved procedures and refined the TSI methodology. As a result there have been minor changes in monthly numbers released previously. Documentation will be made available in the near future.
The Freight TSI measures the month-to-month changes in freight shipments by mode of transportation in tons and ton-miles, which are combined into one index. The index measures the output of the for-hire freight transportation industry and consists of data from for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways, pipelines and air freight.
Analysis: The index for each freight mode declined in January with the largest decline in trucking. These declines took place during a period of severe winter weather, which particularly hit the heavily populated parts of the country. Severe weather can affect the demand for goods to ship as well as the ability to move goods. The decline in freight TSI took place despite increases in employment and personal income in January. The Federal Reserve Board Industrial Production Index declined in January, with the Construction sector leading the decline.
Trend: The freight TSI declined for the second month in a row, the first time it has fallen for two consecutive months since October 2012. It is at its lowest point since April 2013 but remains higher than in any month prior to March 2013, except for its previous high of December 2011. After dipping to 94.8 in April 2009, the index rose by 19.8 percent in the succeeding 57 months.
See Freight TSI Press Release for summary tables and additional data. See Transportation Services Index for historical data and methodology.
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Time-lapse photography shows the complexity and length of the work.
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