Reinstated line from Taistock to Bere Alston provides some cheer in the west country..... another station being considered by MerseyTravel.....Galashiels wants its empty shops in business again to enhance the Borders Railway when it opens in a year's time...
And is Balfour Beatty about to be bought by a Chinese buyer...??????
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UK
Re-instatement of railway between Tavistock and Bere Alston on track for £13m after Bovis homes plan.(Western Morning News)
City speculates on Chinese buyer for Balfour Beatty.(Global Construction Review)
Galashiels empty shops task force call.(BBC News)
New city station considered in Merseytravel 30-year plan.(BBC News)
Greater Anglia train disruption: Network Rail reconsiders engineering work.(BBC News)
Being Brunel museum given 1,000 items.(BBC News)
Southampton Central Bridge structural problems found.(BBC News)
More tube strikes planned for September (London Evening Standard)
UK Heritage News
Re: RSH 0-4-0ST No. 7058 ‘Olwen’
Currently under overhaul, 1942 built RSH 0-4-0ST No. 7058 ‘Olwen’ (owned by the Gwili Railway Preservation Society) is on the Olwen Preservation Group's wish list.....
"Olwen was based on the internal railway network at the Central Electricity Generating Board's Earley Power Station. It became Earley No. 1.
In 1976. following the decommissioning of the Earley site , being deemed as surplus to requirements following the opening of Didcot "A" ,No. 1 was soon sold to the fledgl...ing Gwili Railway, where it has seen regular service, and has spent many years in 'Percy' livery. It has also masqueraded as cosmetically similar Swansea Harbour Trust shunter No. 1144 in both GWR and BR(W) guises, and has visited other railways in this condition.
The Olwen Preservation Group is being formed to purchase the locomotive from the current owners, subject to funds being raised.
So, here is an opportunity to get involved in locomotive ownership in some way.. The Group is looking for trustees, membership secretary.. and funds!
If there is any way you can help, then please contact the FB group (Olwen Preservation Group)
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National Railway Museum’s trainspotting season to open with Ian McMillan poem.(The York Press)
So, here is an opportunity to get involved in locomotive ownership in some way.. The Group is looking for trustees, membership secretary.. and funds!
If there is any way you can help, then please contact the FB group (Olwen Preservation Group)
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National Railway Museum’s trainspotting season to open with Ian McMillan poem.(The York Press)
International
China: How China’s high-altitude rail created an economic miracle.(Global Construction Review)
Denmark: DSB proposes $US 4bn rolling stock investment (IRJ)
India: Konkan railway delay forces commuters to take the bus.(Mid-Day)
(Courtesy Konkan Railway)
India: Govt. notifies FDI norms for railways.(The Hindu)
India: Modi's Japan visit 2014: Steps to concretise Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.(The Economic Times)
Poland: Akiem orders 10 Traxx locomotives. (IRJ)
Turkey: Ankara-İstanbul high-speed train malfunctions again.(Todays Zaman)
USA:
BTS Releases June 2014 North American Freight Numbers
U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $103.0 billion in June 2014 as all five major transportation modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more freight by value in June 2014 than in June 2013, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Freight by Mode
Of the $9.5 billion, or 10.2 percent, increase in US-NAFTA freight from June 2013, truck freight contributed the most, $4.4 billion, followed by pipeline, $2.1 billion. The trucking increase was predominately due to an increase in the value of U.S.-Mexico truck freight, which was up $2.9 billion, or 64.8 percent, of the total trucking increase.
The pipeline increase was almost exclusively due to a rise in the value of U.S.-Canada pipeline freight, which was up $2.0 billion, or 94.0 percent, of the total pipeline increase.
In June, commodities moving by pipeline grew in value by the largest percentage of any mode, 35.2 percent. This increase is due, in part, to exports of crude oil by pipeline from the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana. Vessel freight increased 19.3 percent followed by a truck increase of 7.8 percent, an air increase of 6.5 percent, and a rail increase of 4.5 percent. The increase in the value of freight carried by pipelines reflects both a rise in the volume and prices for oil and other petroleum products, the primary commodity transported by pipelines.
Trucks carry three-fifths of U.S.-NAFTA freight and are the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both U.S.-NAFTA partners. Trucks carried 59.5 percent of U.S.-NAFTA freight in June 2014, accounting for $29.8 billion of imports and $31.4 billion of exports.
Rail remained the second largest mode, moving 15.0 percent of all U.S.-NAFTA freight, followed by vessel at 8.9 percent, pipeline at 8.0 percent, and air at 3.8 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 82.4 percent of the total U.S.-NAFTA freight flows.
Year-to-year, the value of U.S.-Canada freight by pipeline increased the most of any mode, growing 35.1 percent. U.S.-Canada pipeline freight was valued at $7.7 billion, 94.2 percent of total U.S.-NAFTA pipeline freight in June. Freight by vessel increased by 24.7 percent, air by 9.5 percent, truck by 5.3 percent and rail by 1.4 percent.
Trucks carried 53.7 percent of the $57.9 billion of freight to and from Canada, followed by rail at 15.5 percent, pipeline at 13.3 percent, vessel at 6.2 percent and air at 4.5 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 82.5 percent of the total U.S.-Canada freight flows.
Year-to-year, the value of U.S.-Mexico freight by pipeline increased the most of any mode, growing 36.9 percent, due to an increase in mineral fuels exports, although pipeline remained the smallest of the major modes. Freight with Mexico by vessel rose 16.1 percent followed by truck at 10.6 percent, rail at 9.2 percent and air at 1.2 percent.
Trucks carried 66.9 percent of the $45.1 billion of freight to and from Mexico, followed by rail at 14.3 percent, vessel at 12.3 percent, air at 2.9 percent and pipeline at 1.1 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 82.2 percent of the total U.S.-Mexico freight flows.
See BTS Transborder Data Release for summary tables and additional data. See North American Transborder Freight Data on the BTS website for additional data for surface modes since 1995 and all modes since 2004.
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Other Railway Press Releases
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SmartRail World have partnered with Thailand’s number one railway publication, ThaiTRANS, and the team behind SmartRail Asia (Bangkok, Thailand 26-28 November 2014) to create a special edition of their magazine packed with interviews and features with some of the leading industry Asian Rail industry figures and much more. Now available to downlaod, this free 32 page magazine includes:
Its been our most read story of the past week. Have you read it yet? “Mobility. It’s the life-blood of a modern economy. America’s mobility is declining–threatening our future prosperity and quality of life. As driving and flying become less attractive and more expensive, Americans are rediscovering trains. Since 2000, public use of intercity trains has increased three times faster than the population, six times faster than road use and seventeen times faster than air travel. Train travel reached a new record in 2012" Take a look now... (Click on headline link above)
Network Rail completes infrastructure upgrade on Swindon and Kemble line
China plans to construct undersea railway tunnel to connect provincial capitals UK operator Network Rail has completed the £45m infrastructure upgrade project on the railway line between Swindon and Kemble. China is reportedly planning to construct an undersea railway tunnel to operate high-speed bullet trains, in a bid to connect Beijing with all of the provincial capitals in the country. China Railway to upgrade Saudi Railways' freight line in Riyadh Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) has signed a $32.8m contract with a subsidiary of China Railway Construction for the renewal of a 78.4km freight line between Dammam and Riyadh. Network Rail reopens West Coast main line UK rail infrastructure operator Network Rail has reopened the West Coast main line, following the completion of the third successive weekend of upgrade work at Watford.
InnoTrans 2014
InnoTrans 2014: list of locomotives, multiple-units, coaches, wagons and other rail vehicles on show in Berlin(Railway Gazette)
See the full list on the InnoTrans 2014 site HERE
Travelling the Transsiberian train (Russian Railways on Youtube)
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Nick Dariece and his wife presenting their Trans-Siberian Highway rail trip. Conditions, nature, new acquaintances..
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