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[edit] Events
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March 16 A fire outside of Sacremento,California has caused major disruptions in both passenger and freight service in the area. The fire caused a trestle owned by Union Pacific to collapse. Amtrak has been forced to re-route and bus passengers on it's California Zephyr service. (BizJournals.com)
- March 12 - A CSX freight train traveling from Buffalo to Selkirk derails in Oneida, New York. Twenty six cars out of the train's total length of 79 cars derailed around 7:00 AM; the derailment led to the explosion of at least one tank car that was carrying propane. As a precaution, the explosion forced the closure of 23 miles (37 km) of the adjacent Thruway. (CSX)[1] (CNN)[2]
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March 6 - Officials with the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, endorse a resolution to begin construction of a new intercity light railway to connect areas to the south of the city center. Beginning with a 26.5 km (16.5 mi) section between Baltiyskaya Zhemchuzhina and the Obukhovo metro station on the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line, construction is expected to begin in 2008. Extensions to Saint Petersburg State University in Peterhof and Pulkovo Airport are planned. (ITAR-TASS)[3]
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March 1 - Bombardier announces that it has been awarded a contract valued at €368 million ($487 million) from Trenitalia to build 150 new E464 electric locomotives to augment the railway's existing orders of 538 locomotives, of which 350 are currently in service. This order is expected to lead Trenitalia to become one of only a few European railway companies with single-model locomotive fleets. The new locomotives, which will be manufactured in Italy, Spain and Poland, are expected to be delivered beginning in February 2008. (Bombardier)[4] (Reuters)[5]
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February 28 - Four people are killed, and at least 30 are injured after a strong sandstorm derails a train in China. The derailment occurred after the train left a station in Turfan Prefecture, Xinjiang, bound for Aksu from Ürümqi. (CNN)[6] (Reuters)[7]
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February 27 - The Sichuan Bureau of Commerce announces that Chuantie International Technology Corporation of the People's Republic of China has been awarded a contract to build a new railway line from Port Sudan on the Red Sea to the capital city Khartoum, Sudan. The contract, valued over $1 billion, represents the largest railway construction agreement between the two nations and the largest foreign project attempted by a Sichuan company. The contract was signed earlier in February when China's president Hu Jintao was in Sudan to discuss greater cooperation with African nations. (SMC)[8]
[edit] References
- ^ CSX Transportation (2007-03-12). Derailment Recovery Underway in Oneida, New York. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
- ^ "Train carrying propane derails and explodes", CNN, 2007-03-12. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
- ^ "Construction of intercity light railway to begin in St Pete in 2008", ITAR-TASS, 2007-03-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Bombardier (2007-03-01). Bombardier Awarded 368 Million Euros Order In Italy Adding Another 150 E464 Locomotives To Reinforce. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ "Bombardier wins $487 million Italian railway order", Reuters, 2007-03-01. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
- ^ "Sandstorm derails train in China; 4 die", CNN, 2007-02-28. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Wind blows Chinese train off tracks, 3 dead", Reuters. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ "Chinese company clinches US$1 billion railway deal in Sudan", Sudanese Media Center, 2007-02-28. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
