Showing posts with label Railroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Railroad. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2009
Train Cuts Town In Two
Not to sound too cold hearted but if that's the worst thing happening to you then you're doing pretty damn good.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Goodbye....For now
Well it looks inevitable that for the immediate future I no longer have a job with the railroad.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Escape From City 17
Fan made video inspired by Half Life. I just like it because of the shootout at the rail yard.
Friday, February 13, 2009
HSR a Winner in Stimulus Bill
# High-speed and inner-city rail: Went from $300 million in House bill to $2.25 billion in Senate to $8 billion in final version. There also is a $6.9 billion provision for public transit.
# Amtrak: Picked up $500 million from both House and Senate versions to total $1.3 billion. The bill stipulates that no more than 60 percent can go to the Northeast Corridor.
Full Story here
# Amtrak: Picked up $500 million from both House and Senate versions to total $1.3 billion. The bill stipulates that no more than 60 percent can go to the Northeast Corridor.
Full Story here
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Suicidal urged not to choose Paris metro
France’s state rail company launches campaign to discourage would-be suicides from jumping to their deaths on rail tracks after figures show surge in suicides on Paris train network.
Full Story here.
Full Story here.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
5 High Speed Trains to Check Out
Full story here about developing high speed rail systems. No surprise, no USA, at ALL.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Amtrak police arrest photographer participating in Amtrak photo contest
All I can say is WOW. We really are living in a police state.
Armed with his Canon 5D and his new Lensbaby lens, photographer Duane Kerzic was out to win Amtrak’s annual photo contest this week, hoping to win $1,000 in travel vouchers and have his photo published in Amtrak’s annual calendar.
He ended up getting arrested by Amtrak police; handcuffed to wall in a holding cell inside New York City’s Penn Station, accused of criminal trespass.
Kerciz says he was hardly trespassing because he was taking photos from the train platform; the same one used by thousands of commuters everyday to step on and off the train.
“The only reason they arrested me was because I refused to delete my images,” Kerzic said in a phone interview with Photography is Not a Crime on Friday.
“They never asked me to leave, they never mentioned anything about trespassing until after I was handcuffed in the holding cell.”
In fact, he said, the only thing they told him before handcuffing him was that “it was illegal to take photos of the trains.”
Obviously, there is a lack of communication between Amtrak’s marketing department, which promotes the annual contest, called Picture Our Trains, and its police department, which has a history of harassing photographers for photographing these same trains.
Not much different than the JetBlue incident from earlier this year where JetBlue flight attendants had a woman arrested for refusing to delete a video she filmed in flight while the JetBlue marketing department hosted a contest encouraging passengers to take photos in flight.
While the Amtrak contest page does state that trespassers are subject to arrest and fines, it also states that contestants must also stay in the “public access areas”, which describes the train platform because how else are passengers going to board the train?
Full story here
Armed with his Canon 5D and his new Lensbaby lens, photographer Duane Kerzic was out to win Amtrak’s annual photo contest this week, hoping to win $1,000 in travel vouchers and have his photo published in Amtrak’s annual calendar.
He ended up getting arrested by Amtrak police; handcuffed to wall in a holding cell inside New York City’s Penn Station, accused of criminal trespass.
Kerciz says he was hardly trespassing because he was taking photos from the train platform; the same one used by thousands of commuters everyday to step on and off the train.
“The only reason they arrested me was because I refused to delete my images,” Kerzic said in a phone interview with Photography is Not a Crime on Friday.
“They never asked me to leave, they never mentioned anything about trespassing until after I was handcuffed in the holding cell.”
In fact, he said, the only thing they told him before handcuffing him was that “it was illegal to take photos of the trains.”
Obviously, there is a lack of communication between Amtrak’s marketing department, which promotes the annual contest, called Picture Our Trains, and its police department, which has a history of harassing photographers for photographing these same trains.
Not much different than the JetBlue incident from earlier this year where JetBlue flight attendants had a woman arrested for refusing to delete a video she filmed in flight while the JetBlue marketing department hosted a contest encouraging passengers to take photos in flight.
While the Amtrak contest page does state that trespassers are subject to arrest and fines, it also states that contestants must also stay in the “public access areas”, which describes the train platform because how else are passengers going to board the train?
Full story here
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
SoCal Woman Stuck on Tracks Called 911 Before Death
In all seriousness, if you find yourself stuck on a track anywhere at any time, the first thing to do is get to a safe distance, THEN call 911!.
Full Story here
Full Story here
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
CP Rail Cuts 600 Union Jobs
More good news on the industry. From the UP site
Canadian Pacific Railway is cutting 600 union jobs, restricting air travel and suspending bonuses in a bid to weather the recession, reports the Globe and Mail citing an internal company message.
In the message to staff, CP Chief Executive Fred Green said the "coming months will not be easy ones." He said his goal is to get the "franchise back on track" by focusing on "containing costs on all fronts, in tough ways," the newspaper reported, noting Green held a town hall meeting with staff on Dec. 16.
In addition to cutting 600 jobs from its workforce of 16,000 and restricting business travel, CP also is doing away with "flex days" for office staff, the newspaper said.
Canadian Pacific Railway is cutting 600 union jobs, restricting air travel and suspending bonuses in a bid to weather the recession, reports the Globe and Mail citing an internal company message.
In the message to staff, CP Chief Executive Fred Green said the "coming months will not be easy ones." He said his goal is to get the "franchise back on track" by focusing on "containing costs on all fronts, in tough ways," the newspaper reported, noting Green held a town hall meeting with staff on Dec. 16.
In addition to cutting 600 jobs from its workforce of 16,000 and restricting business travel, CP also is doing away with "flex days" for office staff, the newspaper said.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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