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Transportation on the Minneapolis Riverfront
RAPIDS, REINS, RAILS: TRANSPORTATION ON THE MINNEAPOLIS RIVERFRONT Mississippi River near Stone Arch Bridge, July 1, 1925 Minnesota Historical Society Collections Prepared by Prepared for The Saint Anthony Falls Marjorie Pearson, Ph.D. Heritage Board Principal Investigator Minnesota Historical Society Penny A. Petersen 704 South Second Street Researcher Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Hess, Roise and Company 100 North First Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 May 2009 612-338-1987 Table of Contents PROJECT BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................. 1 RAPID, REINS, RAILS: A SUMMARY OF RIVERFRONT TRANSPORTATION ......................................... 3 THE RAPIDS: WATER TRANSPORTATION BY SAINT ANTHONY FALLS .............................................. 8 THE REINS: ANIMAL-POWERED TRANSPORTATION BY SAINT ANTHONY FALLS ............................ 25 THE RAILS: RAILROADS BY SAINT ANTHONY FALLS ..................................................................... 42 The Early Period of Railroads—1850 to 1880 ......................................................................... 42 The First Railroad: the Saint Paul and Pacific ...................................................................... 44 Minnesota Central, later the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad (CM and StP), also called The Milwaukee Road .......................................................................................... 55 Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railway ................................................................................. -
Rail Deck Park Engineering and Costing Study
Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 1 1.0 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Alignment with Other Initiatives ................................................................................. 8 1.3 Project Team ............................................................................................................. 9 City of Toronto.................................................................................................. 9 Build Toronto.................................................................................................... 9 WSP Canada Group Limited............................................................................ 9 2.0 STUDY METHODOLOGY.............................................................................................. 10 2.1 Study Area............................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Data Gathering ........................................................................................................ 10 3.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS............................................................................................... 12 3.1 Topography & Landforms....................................................................................... -
DART+ South West Technical Optioneering Report Park West to Heuston Station Area Around Heuston Station and Yard Iarnród Éireann
DART+ South West Technical Optioneering Report Park West to Heuston Station Area around Heuston Station and Yard Iarnród Éireann Contents Chapter Page Glossary of Terms 5 1. Introduction 8 1.1. Purpose of the Report 8 1.2. DART+ Programme Overview 9 1.3. DART+ South West Project 10 1.4. Capacity Increases Associated with DART+ South West 10 1.5. Key infrastructure elements of DART+ South West Project 11 1.6. Route Description 11 2. Existing Situation 14 2.1. Overview 14 2.2. Challenges 14 2.3. Structures 15 2.4. Permanent Way and Tracks 17 2.5. Other Railway Facilities 19 2.6. Ground Conditions 19 2.7. Environment 20 2.8. Utilities 20 3. Requirements 22 3.1. Specific requirements 22 3.2. Systems Infrastructure and Integration 22 3.3. Design Standards 25 4. Constraints 26 4.1. Environment 26 4.2. Permanent Way 27 4.3. Existing Structures 27 4.4. Geotechnical 27 4.5. Existing Utilities 28 5. Options 29 5.1. Options summary 29 5.2. Options Description 29 5.3. OHLE Arrangement 29 5.4. Permanent Way 30 5.5. Geotechnical 31 5.6. Roads 31 5.7. Cable and Containments 31 5.8. Structures 31 5.9. Drainage 31 6. Options Selection Process 32 6.1. Options Selection Process 32 6.2. Stage 1 Preliminary Assessment (Sifting) 32 6.3. Preliminary Assessment (Sifting) 32 6.4. Stage 2: MCA Process – Emerging Preferred Option 33 DP-04-23-ENG-DM-TTA-30361 Page 2 of 40 Appendix A - Sifting process backup 35 Appendix B – Supporting Drawings 36 Tables Table 1-1 Route Breakdown 11 Table 2-1 Existing Retaining Walls 17 Table 5-1 Options Summary 29 Table 6-1 Sifting -
Train Station Models Building Guide 2018
Building Guide for Season’s Greenings: All Aboard! 1 Index of buildings and dioramas Biltmore Depot North Carolina Page 3 Metro-North Cannondale Station Connecticut Page 4 Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal New Jersey Page 5 Chattanooga Train Shed Tennessee Page 6 Cincinnati Union Terminal Ohio Page 7 Citrus Groves Florida Page 8 Dino Depot -- Page 9 East Glacier Park Station Montana Page 10 Ellicott City Station Maryland Page 11 Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station Pennsylvania Page 12 Grain Elevator Minnesota Page 13 Grain Fields Kansas Page 14 Grand Canyon Depot Arizona Page 15 Grand Central Terminal New York Page 16 Kirkwood Missouri Pacific Depot Missouri Page 17 Lahaina Station Hawaii Page 18 Los Angeles Union Station California Page 19 Michigan Central Station Michigan Page 20 North Bennington Depot Vermont Page 21 North Pole Village -- Page 22 Peanut Farms Alabama Page 23 Pennsylvania Station (interior) New York Page 24 Pikes Peak Cog Railway Colorado Page 25 Point of Rocks Station Maryland Page 26 Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot Utah Page 27 Santa Fe Depot California Page 28 Santa Fe Depot Oklahoma Page 29 Union Station Washington Page 30 Union Station D.C. Page 31 Viaduct Hotel Maryland Page 32 Vicksburg Railroad Barge Mississippi Page 33 2 Biltmore Depot Asheville, North Carolina built 1896 Building Materials Roof: pine bark Facade: bark Door: birch bark, willow, saltcedar Windows: willow, saltcedar Corbels: hollowed log Porch tread: cedar Trim: ash bark, willow, eucalyptus, woody pear fruit, bamboo, reed, hickory nut Lettering: grapevine Chimneys: jequitiba fruit, Kielmeyera fruit, Schima fruit, acorn cap credit: Village Wayside Bar & Grille Wayside Village credit: Designed by Richard Morris Hunt, one of the premier architects in American history, the Biltmore Depot was commissioned by George Washington Vanderbilt III. -
MTA Board Update: 2021 Commitment & Completion Goals
Photo: Robot Drill in the Rutgers Tunnel MTA Board Update: 2021 Commitment & Completion Goals February 18, 2021 MTA Capital Program Funding Federal Formula & Flexible Grants 14% 2020-24 Capital Program Funding Sources B&T Program Total Program: $54.8b Funding 6% Other Funded Funding Sources Sources 20% 80% As we ended 2020, Federal Funding was a primary source through which capital work was advanced due to the COVID-19 related impacts on the MTA budget and revenue sources. 2 Numbers have been rounded MTA Capital Program Funding Federal Formula & Flexible Grants 14% 2020-24 Capital Program Funding Sources B&T Program Total Program: $54.8b Funding 6% Other Funded Funding Sources Sources NY State Funding 26% 74% 6% 3 Numbers have been rounded MTA Capital Program Funding Federal Formula & Flexible Grants 14% 2020-24 Capital Program Funding Sources B&T Program Total Program: $54.8b Funding 6% Other Funded Funding Sources Sources NY State Funding 32% 68% 6% NY City Funding 6% 4 Numbers have been rounded MTA Capital Program Funding Federal Formula & Flexible Grants 14% 2020-24 Capital Program Funding Sources B&T Program Total Program: $54.8b Funding 6% Other Funded Funding Sources Sources NY State Funding 50% 50% 6% NY City Funding 6% Capital from New Revenue Sources 18% 5 Numbers have been rounded MTA Capital Program Funding Federal Formula & Flexible Grants 14% 2020-24 Capital Program Funding Sources B&T Program Total Program: $54.8b Funding 6% Other Funded Funding Sources Sources NY State Funding 55% 45% 6% NY City Funding 6% Capital from -
Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 to 1860)
Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 to 1860) Virginia History Series #10-08 © 2008 Major Railroads in Virginia (from 1827-1860) • Baltimore and Ohio (1827) – Winchester & Potomac (at Harpers Ferry) – Winchester & Strasburg • South Side or “Petersburg & -- North Western to Lynchburg RR” (1849-54) Parkersburg, WV • Richmond & Danville (1847-1856) • Manassas Gap (1850-54) • Petersburg & Roanoke (river in NC) • Orange & Alexandria (1848) (1833) -- Richmond & Petersburg (1838) • Virginia Central (1836) -- Blue Ridge (1858) • Norfolk and Petersburg (1853) • Virginia & Tennessee (1850s) • Seaboard & Roanoke (river in NC) or “Portsmouth and Weldon RR” (1835) • Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac to Alexandria (1834) & Fredericksburg & Charlottesville RR Major RR Routes in Virginia by 1860 Wheeling●, Ohio River Parkersburg ● ● Grafton Maryland & York RR+ + ++++++/ + Norfolk Stn + Petersburg & + Norfolk RR + + + + Suffolk Stn + + Bristol ● + + + + Norfolk & + Roanoke RR Weldon ■ On March 8, 1827, the Commonwealth of Virginia joined Maryland in giving the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road (B&O RR) the task of building a railroad from the port of Baltimore, MD West to a suitable point on the Ohio River. The railroad was intended to provide a faster route for Midwestern goods to reach the East Coast than the successful Erie Canal across upstate NY. Construction began on July 4th, 1828. It was decided to follow the Patapsco River to a point near where the railroad would cross the “fall line” and descend into the valley of the Monocacy and Potomac Rivers. Thomas Viaduct (on the B&O RR) spans the Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley between Relay and Elkridge, MD (1833-35) It was the largest bridge in the nation and today its still the world's oldest multiple arched stone railroad bridge Further extensions of the B&O RR soon opened to Frederick and Point of Rocks on the Potomac river. -
MX-ELEC STR-SPEC-2017-Rev3.0
Capital Projects Group Performance Specifications for Structures Passing Over Electrified Corridors MX-ELEC STR-SPEC-2017-Rev3.0 May 12th 2017 Contents Chapter 1 ‐ General ............................................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 Design Criteria Overview ..............................................................................................................................4 1.2 Abbreviations ...............................................................................................................................................4 1.3 Basis of Design .............................................................................................................................................7 1.4 Regulations, Codes, Standards and Guidelines (Latest Version) ..................................................................7 1.5 General Design Parameters .........................................................................................................................8 1.6 Design Life ....................................................................................................................................................8 1.7 Standardization ............................................................................................................................................8 1.8 Durability ......................................................................................................................................................8 -
Network Rail a Guide to Overhead Electrification 132787-ALB-GUN-EOH-000001 February 2015 Rev 10
Network Rail A Guide to Overhead Electrification 132787-ALB-GUN-EOH-000001 February 2015 Rev 10 Alan Baxter Network Rail A Guide to Overhead Electrification 132787-ALB-GUN-EOH-000001 February 2015 Rev 10 Contents 1.0 Introduction ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 2.0 Definitions �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 3.0 Why electrify? �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4 4.0 A brief history of rail electrification in the UK �����������������������������������������������������5 5.0 The principles of electrically powered trains ������������������������������������������������������6 6.0 Overhead lines vs. third rail systems ����������������������������������������������������������������������7 7.0 Power supply to power use: the four stages of powering trains by OLE 8 8.0 The OLE system ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������10 9.0 The components of OLE equipment ��������������������������������������������������������������������12 10.0 How OLE equipment is arranged along the track ������������������������������������������17 11.0 Loading gauges and bridge clearances ��������������������������������������������������������������24 12.0 The safety of passengers and staff ������������������������������������������������������������������������28 -
Issue #30, March 2021
High-Speed Intercity Passenger SPEEDLINESMarch 2021 ISSUE #30 Moynihan is a spectacular APTA’S CONFERENCE SCHEDULE » p. 8 train hall for Amtrak, providing additional access to Long Island Railroad platforms. Occupying the GLOBAL RAIL PROJECTS » p. 12 entirety of the superblock between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and 31st » p. 26 and 33rd Streets. FRICTIONLESS, HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTATION » p. 5 APTA’S PHASE 2 ROI STUDY » p. 39 CONTENTS 2 SPEEDLINES MAGAZINE 3 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER On the front cover: Greetings from our Chair, Joe Giulietti INVESTING IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECTS WILL CREATE HIGHLY SKILLED JOBS IN THE TRANS- PORTATION INDUSTRY, REVITALIZE DOMESTIC 4 APTA’S CONFERENCE INDUSTRIES SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION PROD- UCTS AND SERVICES, REDUCE THE NATION’S DEPEN- DENCY ON FOREIGN OIL, MITIGATE CONGESTION, FEATURE ARTICLE: AND PROVIDE TRAVEL CHOICES. 5 MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL 8 2021 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 9 SHARED USE - IS IT THE ANSWER? 12 GLOBAL RAIL PROJECTS 24 SNIPPETS - IN THE NEWS... ABOVE: For decades, Penn Station has been the visible symbol of official disdain for public transit and 26 FRICTIONLESS HIGH-SPEED TRANS intercity rail travel, and the people who depend on them. The blight that is Penn Station, the new Moynihan Train Hall helps knit together Midtown South with the 31 THAILAND’S FIRST PHASE OF HSR business district expanding out from Hudson Yards. 32 AMTRAK’S BIKE PROGRAM CHAIR: JOE GIULIETTI VICE CHAIR: CHRIS BRADY SECRETARY: MELANIE K. JOHNSON OFFICER AT LARGE: MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN 33 -
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited – Annual Return 2011 3 MB
Network Rail Annual Return 2011 “More trains would take the pressure off at busy times. They nearly all seem to be crowded.” The railways have never been more popular. The result is that we need more capacity. More trains. Longer trains. We spent £1.7bn in the year on capacity enhancements and plan to invest £12bn over the five years to 2014 *Passenger comment, December 2010 Helping Britain run better Contents 1 Executive Summary 8 Introduction 11 Section 1 – Operational performance and stakeholder relationships 25 Section 2 – Network capability and network availability 37 Section 3 – Asset management 75 Section 4 – Activity volumes 89 Section 5 – Safety and environment 98 Section 6 – Enhancement Programme “Projects designed to increase capacity and improve services range from the new Airdrie-Bathgate rail link in Scotland to Thameslink across London, from platform lengthening on the East Coast to the redevelopment of Reading and entirely new stations such as Newport.” Contents Executive Summary 1 Track failures 50 Overall performance in 2010/11 1 Condition of asset temporary speed restriction sites (M4) 51 Operational performance and stakeholder relationships 2 Track geometry faults (M5) 54 Network capability and network availability 3 Earthwork failures (M6) 57 Asset management 4 Earthwork condition (M33) 58 Safety and environment 5 Tunnel condition 59 Expenditure and efficiency 6 Bridge condition (M8) 61 Enhancements schemes 7 Signalling failures (M9) 64 Signalling asset condition (M10) 64 Introduction 8 Alternating current traction -
Riviera Line Manual
The Riviera Line © Copyright RailSimulator.com 2012, all rights reserved Release Version 1.0 Train Simulator – The Riviera Line 1 ROUTE INFORMATION .............................................................................3 1.1 History................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Exeter St. Davids Station.......................................................................... 4 1.3 Paignton Station...................................................................................... 5 2 ROLLING STOCK......................................................................................6 2.1 Class 143 Diesel Multiple Unit ................................................................... 6 2.2 Design & Specification.............................................................................. 6 2.3 Class 143 DMSL FGW ............................................................................... 7 2.4 Class 143 DMS FGW................................................................................. 7 3 DRIVING THE CLASS 143.........................................................................8 3.1 Cab Controls........................................................................................... 8 4 SCENARIOS.............................................................................................9 4.1 [143] 1. First Look................................................................................... 9 4.2 [143] 2. Preparations.............................................................................. -
Railway Maintenance Engineering
This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com WAR SERVICE If-: LIBRARy BOOKS ARE PROVIDED -BY THE-PEOPLE OF-THE UNITED-STATES THROUGH-THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE-USE-OF THE-SOLDIERS AND-SAILORS RAlLWAY MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING WITH NOTES ON CONSTRUCTION BY WILLIAM H. SELLEW, A.S.M.E. Author, " Steel Rails, their History, Properties, Strength and Manufacture " Non-resident Lecturer on Railway Engineering, University of Michigan Member American Railway Bridge and Building Association Member American Railway Engineering Association 194 ILLUSTRATIONS SIX FOLDING PLATES SECOND PRINTING NEW YORK IX VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY 25 PARK PLACE 1919 YKK N-VV V .&? 8929 A A ....••• ill -Ji N Copyright, 1915, BT D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. •OOK MANUFACTURCRB BROOKLYN. N. V. PREFACE THE book has been prepared from notes used by the author in his classes in Railway Engineering at the University of Michi gan. While it has been written to present the subject from the view point of the student, an endeavor has been made to introduce matter of a sufficiently advanced character to make the book of value outside the classroom. The question of major bridges has not been dealt with, as it was felt that this would be beyond the scope of the work and that it was a subject requiring special treatment. The same is true of yards and terminals, which are so fully covered by Mr. Droege's recent book that a general discussion here would be of little value to the student.