Saturday, January 26, 2013

Catching up

Work, weather and  the imminent arrival of my first grandchild have kept me away from the river and river news for a few days, but we can take a few minutes now to catch up on a few things:

Locomotives made the transition from steam to diesel power, and now it looks like a move to natural gas is in the works.

Whether that means a transition from diesel to natural gas in other uses, such as riverboats, remains to be seen.

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The big slide of the new Milton-Madison bridge is scheduled for July.

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Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio has introduced a bill in Congress to put the Fish and Wildlife Service in charge of efforts to halt the spread of Asian carp up the Ohio River.