The current issue of Trains magazine has
photos showing "Big Boy" being placed
inside the Cheyenne shops as a prelude
to rebuilding
for future service.
The Norfolk Southern steam trains
website indicates a schedule for Nickel
Plate 765 running in various states to
July 3, 2014not including our area. A
later schedule will be published in July
which, hopefully, will include the
Pittsburgh area. We'll try to keep you
posted
What follows comes from two rather
unusual sources for a PGRS Newsletter:
_ The June 3rd issue of the
International city/county assn.
Newsletter
_ The July- August issue of Yankee
Magazine
Both of these publications
devote considerable space to the issue
of wrecks of trains carrying crude oil
or fracking bi products
The ICMA article indicates that a task
force has been formed of railroad
officials, energy suppliers, and local
police-fire officials. This group in
the St Paul area will train personnel in
how to react to oil spills from
derailments The carriers will fund this
project.
The Yankee article is titled
"our town is gone" an is a report of the
wreck of a run-away oil train In Lac-
megantic Quebec near the Maine border.
The train was owned by the Montreal,
Maine, and Atlantic. The derailment and
fire killed 47,destroyed most of the
town and forced the railroad into
bankruptcy.
The transport of oil and petroleum
products is a hazard we all need to
prepare for...