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MM&A: Unit Oil Train 22 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
It's been more than a month since the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (MM&A) Lac-Mégantic Runaway Train Disaster. Media attention has largely disappeared. Investigators continue the arduous task of reconst...
Off in a Cloud of Dust! 3 Aug 2013 | 10:13 am
And a hearty "Hi-Ho Bertha, and away!" Seattle's Tunnel Boring Machine - the largest TBM in the World, began chewing beneath Seattle on Tuesday July 23rd. On Saturday, July 20th, the Washington State...
A Night to Remember 15 Jul 2013 | 09:59 am
Fellow Blogger, Leland Weiss - Lost Rail - uncovered an absolutely stunning graphic, taking the reader step by step through the recent rail disaster at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. (Click on photo for full s...
Rails to Trails - Part 1: The Soil 15 Jun 2013 | 03:56 am
Right after graduating from high school, I enrolled at Washington State University (WSU) located on the eastern border of Washington in Pullman. I was a student from 1961 to 1963. The urban legend co...
Some Assembly Required! - Part Three 3 Jun 2013 | 08:05 am
Assembly of Seattle's State Route (SR99) Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) reached an important milestone today with the placement of the Cutter Head into the assembly pit. Newly appointed Washington State...
Something Strange This Way Comes! 13 May 2013 | 12:10 am
For several weeks I had been following a series of events taking place in South Korea, where a radical departure in vessel design was taking shape. I verified data. I monitored daily progress. Soon m...
Some Assembly Required! - Part Two 1 May 2013 | 01:12 am
I continue to be the consumate "sidewalk superintendant," following the progress of re-assembling the World's Largest Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM.) "Bertha," as she has become known, was first assembl...
Some Assembly Required! 25 Apr 2013 | 04:12 am
Monday night, April15th, Jumbo's Fairpartner completed delivery of the SR99 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) at Pier 46 in Seattle, Washington. And by late last Tuesday afternoon, she cleared the Strait...
First Ashore! 12 Apr 2013 | 11:25 am
The 887-ton Cutter Head was the first piece of Seattle's SR99 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to be landed at Pier 46 from Jumbo Fairpartner. The massive 17.48 m (57.5 ft) diameter Cutter Head was carefu...
Unloading Bertha TBM Has Begun! 8 Apr 2013 | 02:57 am
The Fairpartner moved to Pier 46 in Seattle today (Saturday) to begin off loading "Bertha." Once she has been re-assembled in a nearby pit, the Tunnel Boring Machine will begin drilling Seattle's SR9...
