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New GSI Report: NJ Transit’s Transit Microgrid Project Cancellation Offers Lessons for State’s Electricity Challenges
As New Jersey faces rising electricity costs, growing demand for power, and concerns about grid reliability, a new report from the Garden State Initiative looks back on a canceled energy infrastructure project that could have helped address these challenges. Resiliency Lost: The Energy and Leadership Costs of Canceling NJ Transit’s Grid Infrastructure, authored by Chris Jeter, examines the history of a proposed transportation microgrid dubbed NJ TRANSITGRID. Developed in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, the project was ultimately canceled by NJ Transit in January 2024. The report offers both a history lesson and a cautionary tale about the
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Person Struck and Killed by Preserved Southern Railway Locomotive Eddystone
(Railfanning.org News Wire) — A person was killed after being struck by a heritage steam locomotive at Hanwell station in west London on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Preserved Southern Railway steam locomotive No. 34028 Eddystone was set to operate a Remembrance Day railtour. According to reports, British Transport Police confirmed officers and paramedics were called to the station at approximately 6:30 a.m. following reports of a casualty. A person was pronounced dead at the scene. In a Facebook post, Swanage Railway expressed condolences to the victim’s family and friends and said crew welfare remains its top priority. Officials said arrangements were
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