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Michigan City. IN has got to be "in the running" with the C,SS,&SB operating trains (mostly passenger) down a busy street. Now relegated to history due to the double-tracking project. All down 11th St., they ripped out one entire side of the street to provide room for the second main.

but it also seems that some cameras just struggle outside of daylight regardless of lighting in the tunnels. There's also dynamic range to consider. It wasn't until recent years that high-dynamic-range digital cameras became common, and we're still far away from HDR screens being ubiquitous. In NRK...

More cab footage from Brazil, on the broad-gauge lines in the Belo Horizonte area:

https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRSilva/videos

Also, I'd note that sometime late last year/early this year, signs went up that the park is closed between 10 PM and 7 AM.

You've definitely confused the MP36's with the F40PH's. As Tadman said, the MP36's have a standalone generator, and the EMD's are tied to the prime mover. Given the amount of time they spend in motion vs. stopped to provide HEP, it's probably a wash on the fuel savings. As delivered, Metra's MP36s ...

I haven't seen an F40PH on the MILW west line in a while. It looks like mostly SD70MACHs, F59PH* and some MP36PHs. Now I am not trackside 24/7, but I live close enough to hear the trains and I haven't heard a run-8 645 either. Here in Rock Island land, it's wall-to-wall F40s (both classic and F40PH...

Quite a turnaround. Wasn't "no passenger service" one of the conditions that American freight railroads demanded before operating in Mexico? That and the wires coming down, as mentioned above. If anything ends up electrified, it'd probably be on a separate track from the freight line. Doub...

Yes, Mr. Ryan, "Historic Route 66" does have stoplights, but at one time, it had full-service restaurants. I remember one in partricular; Streids ; located on the bypass around Bloomington. I'm just young enough that I didn't get to see any GM&O power in person. I remember the RTG Tur...

Plenty of foreign power runs on CN's ex-EJ&E route (usually BNSF or UP) as well. Meanwhile, over on the Rock, we get CSX, usually once each way daily in the wee hours, and Iowa Interstate, one or sometimes two trains a day each way, typically with an evening westbound, one or two late night trai...

to aid students traveling from LaGrange to Benet Academy in Lisle. If anything, it's indicative of just how failed the Chicago Public Schools have become if people closer to downtown are willing to ride a train 20 minutes each way to get a good Catholic prep school education. Chicago and its school...

It would be possible, and I think it's a good idea, but it won't be cheap. There is a precedent (Britain's Great Western Railway), but that wasn't the size of Ukraine's network. The USSR, in Stalin's time, decreed a change from 1524 mm (exactly five English feet) to 1520, but that was barely within ...

I'm guessing the mods were extensive enough that they felt a need to flush out any mechanical or electrical problems. The trucks are also lighter, with one fewer traction motor each [edit: presumed], and I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to see how that affects operation.

That's the former Wabash/N&W/NS line from Chicago going through Forrest. In today's times, it has been cut back far to the north in Manhattan, where the Metra Southwest Service ends. Further south, just before Strawn, the track resumes to connect the Bloomer Line's ex-IC route to Gibson City. NS...

I'm assuming the James Whitcomb Riley route is gone forever -- are there any other practical possibilities? The tracks from Kankakee, IL to Lafayette, IN are still around, but owned by a short line now (Kankakee, Beaverville, & Southern). It would take a great deal of rehabilitation to make the...

This is the first part of a three-part film of the 1955 speed record runs of 331 km/h using locomotives CC 7107 (first run) and BB 9004 (second). Even with my nearly nonexistent command of French (my second language is Spanish), it was well worth the watching. It amazes me that the record would hold...