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Why is the Shalamcheh-Basra railroad so important to Iran and Iraq?
the battle to liberate Shalamcheh was one of the bloodiest batles during the early days of Iraq invasion of Iran, the fact that Iran is building a railroad (no Iraq is not helping much there, despite their much talk). Because it is in Iran's interest to use the new connection to the rest of Iranian railroad system that is in really bad shape and need massive amount of money to modernize it, in order to be able to be part of the new Silk Road, to be ale to bypass the US sanctions and connect Russia and China to Arab countries without having Azerbaijan or Turkey involved.
Railroad defect detector database. There was a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that released carcinogenic vinyl chloride. According to rumor the first people to know there was something wrong were "open source intelligence" (OSINT) people using software defined radio to listen in on defect detectors along the tracks. This website gives you a map of defect detectors and their frequencies. You can zoom in on your area and find the frequencies for defect detectors on rail tracks near you.
Railroad defect detectors do such things as measure the temperature of wheels and notice if wheel bearings are getting too hot, count train cars to make sure they're all there, and detect loose parts or equipment getting dragged on the track. It uses a VHF transmitter that is picked up by the driver up front, but anyone can pick them up. In my area (Denver), I can see 3 Union Pacific defect detectors and 1 BNSF defect detector.
When your hate for trains, environment and anything that helps the public is much stronger than your love for the country and the well being of the nation, you end up acting like what the current Swedish neo-nazi-extreme-right-liberal-christian-taliban coalition is doing!
The European Union has decided to spend 100s of billions of Euro to support modernizing the train networks across the continent and push for new routs as well as repair and modification of existing network.
One country has said no to getting such support, and it is the Swedish government. Their hate for trains and anything that benefits the fight against climate change is so strong that they have said no to receive up to 200 billion in EU funds in the coming years, creating 10s of thousands of jobs and a huge income for the government in shape of new taxes and benefits from the future high speed trains.
This is what right wing stupidity and CON-servatism doing. Their Trumpian hate of such progress is truly disgusting!
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US Railroad Workers ‘Under the Thumb’
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/05/us-railroad-workers-under-the-thumb/
'This past week both the administration and Congress have made a #railroad #strike #illegal by passing legislation to that effect. Railroad workers in the US have always been a target of government #strike-prevention. The RailwayLaborAct in 1926 set the pattern that was taken up for the rest of the US labor-force with Taft-Hartley in 1947 and all #anti-strike measures that followed.
The current 2022 railroad negotiations and government intervention is but the latest example of joint corporate-government intervention in labor negotiations designed to #prevent-workers-from-striking.' We are in a period when the US ruling elites are willing to attack any challenge to their hegemony and power #domestically, as well as internationally. The government’s recent intervention to #deny #railroad #workers #the-right-to-strike is but the latest and most visible expression of the elites’ #class-war-policy-at-home.'#under-the-thumb #unions #biden #govt #capitalism #us #administration #congress #railroad #strike #illegal #workers #strike-prevention #labor-force #taft-hartley #railroadlaboract #corporate-government #intervention #negotiations #ruling-elites #class-war
Bernie backs railroad workers union
Quote below from https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3643255-sanders-blocks-proposal-to-force-rail-unions-to-accept-labor-deal/
[Bernie] argued that railroad companies are making huge profits and should start treating their workers more fairly.
“The rail industry has seen huge profits in recent years and last year alone made a record-breaking $20 billion in profit,” Sanders said. “Last year, the CEO of CSX made over $20 million in total compensation, while the CEOs of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern made over $14 million each in total compensation.”
By contrast, Sanders said that workers in the freight rail industry are “entitled to a grand total of zero sick days.”
Quotes below from https://www.axios.com/2022/09/13/with-rail-strike-looming-two-unions-are-holding-out
Working conditions — more than pay demands — are holding up the resolution of a years long labor dispute between the nation's largest freight rail companies and their unions.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and The SMART Transportation Division say in statements that they need paid sick leave and better policies around work hours, before they sign onto the deal, according to a recent statement.
There is no need for a #strike if #management agrees to reasonable #pay and #leave policies for #railroad #workers.
Vibrant color photographs of Chicago's Rail Yards taken by Jack Delano, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos
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Vibrant color photographs of Chicago's Rail Yards taken by Jack Delano, 1940s
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
A view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad and buildings in downtown Chicago on May 1, 1943.
In 1942 and 1943, the Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano spent time in the rail yards of Chicago, documenting the busy freight hub and the workers’ everyday life. The photographs were made on Kodachrome color transparencies creating vibrant and extra colorful shots.
More lines of track radiate in more directions from Chicago than from any other city in the United States. Chicago built its first rail connection in 1848 to connect the Windy City with the lead mines of Galena, Illinois. Later lines connected the city with Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, and St. Paul.
Chicago has long been the most important interchange point for freight traffic between the nation’s major railroads and it is the hub of Amtrak, the intercity rail passenger system.
By the beginning of the 20th century, no fewer than 30 interstate routes fanned out from the city, and the resulting ease in reaching both raw materials and markets contributed to the city’s rapid commercial and industrial development.
Most important of all, Chicago was the terminus of every one of the railroads; passengers, raw materials, and finished goods all had to be transferred between lines in the city, thus contributing to an extraordinary development of hotels, restaurants, taxicabs, warehouses, rail yards, and trucking companies.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
L. Logan, of West Chicago, a boilermaker at the roundhouse in the Proviso yard in Melrose Park, near Chicago, photographed in December 1942.
Railroads were especially important as haulers of grain and livestock, which helped Chicago gain a primary role in the grain marketing and meatpacking industries.
Trade encouraged ancillary industries such as the manufacture of steel rails and railroad equipment, shipbuilding, packaging, and printing, as well as the development of hotels and restaurant facilities.
The largest of these yards include Proviso and Bensenville on the western edge of the city, Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, Barr and Blue Island Yards on the far South Side, and Corwith Yard near the Stevenson Expressway.
Until the 1960s the Chicago Loop contained six major railroad terminals for intercity rail passenger traffic. Passengers traveling between the East and West Coasts often had half a day to spend in Chicago between trains and took advantage of the time by sightseeing.
The decline of intercity rail passenger travel brought about by the advent of jet airlines led to the decline of the passenger train and the eventual consolidation of remaining services under Amtrak in 1971.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
In the roundhouse of a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
A view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
A switchman throwing a switch at Chicago and North Western Railroad’s Proviso yard in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Chicago and North Western Railroad locomotive shops, photographed in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
A welder works in the roundhouse of the Chicago and North Western Railroad’s Proviso yard in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at the Proviso yard, photographed in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops in Chicago in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Illinois Central Railroad freight cars at the South Water Street freight terminal in Chicago in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
The night is lit up by a giant Pabst Blue Ribbon sign above Chicago’s South Water Street freight terminal in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
A long-exposure view of lantern lights in a departure yard in Chicago and North Western Railroad’s Proviso yard at twilight in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Locomotives in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard near Chicago sometime between December 1942 and May 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
The Chicago and North Western Railroad tower man R. W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Illinois, at work in the Proviso yard in May 1943. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
The freight depot of the U.S. Army consolidating station in Chicago in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Freight cars are maneuvered in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
William London has been a railroad worker for 25 years, now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard. Photographed in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
The yardmaster’s office at the receiving yard in North Proviso in December 1942.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
Putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt Chicago and North Western Railroad caboose at the rip tracks in the Proviso yard in Chicago in April 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad switchman demonstrating a signal with a fusee, which is used at twilight and dawn when visibility is poor. This signal means “stop.” Photographed in Calumet City in January 1943.
chicago rail yards color vintage photographs
An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad switch engine in a yard near the Calumet Park stockyards in Calumet City, near Chicago, in January 1943.
(Photo credit: Jack Delano / Library of Congress / The Atlantic Magazine / Encyclopedia of Chicago).
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Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad
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