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Tuesday Dec 8 | 102.5 KIAK-FM

Run Rudolph R... - Southern Paci...

Southern Pacific formed in 1983 around vocalist Tim Goodman, guitarist John McFee, drummer Keith Knudsen, bassist Jerry Scheff, and keyboardist Glenn D. Hardin.

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Related Topix: Country

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Volunteers get trains ready for Holiday Express at Oaks Park

Volunteers David Thompson Jon La Tendresse and Jim Vanderbeck put a wreath on the front of the Spokane Portland & Seattle 700 Saturday, preparing for the start of the holiday train season.

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Related Topix: Portland Metro, Country

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Kerrville Daily Times

Marne N. Bass

Marne N. Bass, 90, passed away on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at a Kerrville care center.

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Related Topix: Kerrville, TX, Country

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Xinhuanet

What climate change looks like on the front lines

Something unusual is happening off the coast of Grenada. Tiny, silver fish are flocking to shallow waters by the million and filling fishermen's buckets by the ton.

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Related Topix: Country, Weather

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

Atchafalaya Voices

In 1883, the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its homogeneous railroad between New Orleans to the east and San Francisco to the west - some 2,487 miles.

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Related Topix: Country, San Antonio, TX

Sat Oct 17, 2009

KDRV

Ore. Century: Part 33: The Last Great Train Robbery

By Ron Brown A October 16, 2009 A SISKIYOU SUMMIT, Ore. -October 11th, 1923 became a day when nothing seemed to go right for three brothers trying to make their mark on the rapidly changing postwar world.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Country

Tue Sep 22, 2009

Voice of the People

Limit corporate power

George Will's column targeted the wrong precedent. The Supreme Court precedent most in need of overturning is Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad.

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Related Topix: Country, Healthcare Law, Law, University of Akron, Tallmadge, OH, Opinion

Sun Sep 20, 2009

Scoop

The Giant's Rival, Part Two - The US Response

Scoop >> Top Scoops >> Monday, 21 September 2009, 9:17 am Column: Paul G. Buchanan - A View From Afar Paul G. Buchanan 21-09-09 China's emergence as a great power rival to the US in the South Pacific went unchallenged for a decade.

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Related Topix: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Financial Services, Country, World News, Indonesia, Oceania, Marshall Islands

Sat Sep 19, 2009

Miller-McCune

Oil and Solar Do Mix

Last month, the oil and solar industry joined hands in an oil field about a century off its prime Chevron owns in Coalinga, Calif., where steam is required to sufficiently thin what oil remains so it can be extracted.

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Related Topix: Coalinga, CA, Country, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sun Sep 13, 2009

The Left Coaster

They Own The Place

The above notorious title of course refers to the felonious banking industry, uttered by Senator Dick Durbin in April 2009 as he futilely tried to pass bankruptcy reform in a hopelessly bought and grossly dysfunctional United States Senate, which naturally barfed a bill that only covered bankera TMs assess even in a crisis bankers themselves were ...

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Train Disaster, Country

Sun Aug 16, 2009

Visalia Times-Delta

Attention turns to the rails

Visalia Weekly Delta Jan. 21, 1864 "The railroad is now running order from San Francisco to San Jose, so that passengers by Thoms' Gilroy line from here arrive at the Bay on the afternoon of the second day I less than 36 hours." Jan 1, 1867 RAILROAD PROSPECTS BRIGHTENING 'While we hold that a thorough survey of the various possible routes for ...

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Related Topix: Visalia, CA, San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Country, Tulare, CA

Tue Aug 11, 2009

Division of Labour

Alternative energy c. 1909

The Aug. 6, 1909 NYT reports on a technological improvement which would lead to dramatically reduced emissions and improved efficiency - all, it seems, based on private decision making: The trial of an oil-burning locomotive on the Southern Pacific Division between Sparks and Carlin, Nev., has proved so satisfactory that the company has decided to ...

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Country, Carlin, NV

Thu Aug 06, 2009

Division of Labour

Alternative energy c. 1909

The Aug. 6, 1909 NYT reports on a technological improvement which would lead to dramatically reduced emissions and improved efficiency - all, it seems, based on private decision making: The trial of an oil-burning locomotive on the Southern Pacific Division between Sparks and Carlin, Nev., has proved so satisfactory that the company has decided to ...

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Country, Carlin, NV

Mon Aug 03, 2009

Arizona Daily Star

City lowers rent to help 2 tenants stay

Patrons dine on the patio at Maynard's Market in the Historic Train Depot. The restaurant has an agreement for its rent to be waived through February 2011.

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Related Topix: Country

Sun Jul 26, 2009

Battle Creek Enquirer

Historic train rolls into B.C.

Some left before it got there, some came and went, but many who witnessed the Southern Pacific 4449 "Daylight" steam locomotive roll into the Battle Creek Amtrak station Sunday were awed with its historic majesty.

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Related Topix: Country, Kalamazoo Metro, Battle Creek, MI, Owosso, MI

Fri Jul 24, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

The action's in Owosso this weekend

Owosso's Steam Railroading Institute will host at least eight operating steam locomotives this weekend, and one classic railway vehicle will serve as the star of the show.

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Related Topix: Country, Life, Model Railroading, Models, Hobbies, Michigan, Entertainment

Wed Jul 22, 2009

Prairie Advocate

The Daylight Special Roars Into Carroll Counts The Daylight Special...

The Daylight Special roared through Savanna Saturday, July 18. The private vintage car passenger train, pulled by the Southern Pacific's huge Steam Locomotive 4449, was about an hour behind schedule and arrived in Savanna at 3:00 p.m. After a brief service stop in the Savanna rail yard, the train proceeded through Chadwick and Milledgeville on the ...

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Related Topix: Savanna, IL, Country, Milledgeville, IL, Chadwick, IL, Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro

Tue Jul 21, 2009

PdCToday.com

Southern Pacific's SP 4449 Passes Through PdC Saturday

Southern Pacific's SP 4449 passed through Prairie du Chien early Saturday afternoon pulling vintage passenger cars.

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Related Topix: Country

Mon Jul 20, 2009

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Track the Steam Engine - Southern Pacific Daylight 4449:

NEWSCHANNEL 3 - The "World's Most Famous Steam Locomotive" is on a journey across America.

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Related Topix: Country, Owosso, MI, Kalamazoo Metro, Kalamazoo, MI

Sat Jul 18, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Steam locomotive coming through Chesterton and Porter

The former Southern Pacific steam locomotive 4449 is slated to head a 30 car train due to leave Chicago Union Station at approx 8 a.m. Sunday morning July 19.

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Related Topix: Porter, IN, Chesterton, IN, Country

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