the newsletter of tbd consultants - edition 16, 4th qtr 2009
						Printable PDF version Subscribe to our newsletter In this Edition Rainhill Trials' 180th Heavy & Light Rail Cal High Speed Rail Light at End of Tunnel
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		Rainhill Trials' 180th Geoff Canham, Editor It will be 180th anniversary in October of the Rainhill Trials, and in this article we take a quick look at this landmark event in the history of the railroads.
		Heavy & Light Rail Our cities have, and continue to be, shaped by light rail transit systems and heavy rail metro systems. Here we look at what the fundamental difference is between light and heavy rail systems.
		California High Speed Rail High Speed Rail is coming to California at last! In this article we take a look at where we are in the project, and at what is planned.
		Light at the End of the Tunnel? Ben Bernanke says, and we agree with him, that the recession is probably technically over. So can we heave a collective sigh of relief and expect the construction industry to recover as fast as it collapsed? We look back at the recession of the 1990's to see how that recovery progressed, to try and get a feel for how things might go this time.
		Design consultant: Katie Levine of Vallance, Inc.