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I was wondering myself why the same cars that would have been loaded at Waterloo could not have been routed to Brunswick instead of Ballamer -- something to do with port facilities at Brunswick? As to the ILA, during my working years they seemed quite parochial as far as seniority rights were concer...

One problem I always had with the public timetables was that as far as I can recall the only information about meals was the words "Dining Service" with no mention of type of car or whether it was present for the entire trip.

1. What's a #20 good for? 45 mph?
2. Couldn't they just run the expresses through on the straight route? Plenty of operations with high platforms do that.

I'm pretty sure Metrolink dispatches everything from a control center somewhere around Pomona (used to be in Glendale), and at one time BNSF and UP each had a dispatcher sitting in so that everyone knew what was coming at them; I'm not sure whether that's still the practice. In any event, all partie...

Goes back to the days of yellow pads and wooden pencils: destroy your working papers when their work is done.

There it is; 135th St. on the street sign.

"[S]teps to prevent [accidental deaths]" should include an element of personal responsibility on the part of the individual most directly concerned. Best not to leave it to the authorities to look after you. By the way, the Erie Stillwells vestibules didn't even have doors, just door openi...

A bit late to be thinking about it, but I'm wondering how complicated and expensive it would be to have heated steps (for future orders, not retrofitted on existing equipment).

According to the post immediately above, that's after the anticipated revenue is added in.

Why would a heritage railway want new equipment? Doesn't that sort of miss the point of a heritage railway? Seems like another solution in search of a problem.

(I wonder -- did the BBC mention what percentage 26 passengers was of the total rail ridership in the UK that year?)

It could have something to do with the need for an Approach Diverging indication on the distant signal, requiring the train to reduce speed much sooner than would be necessary if the home signal at the gauntlet displays Clear. (This could cause a significant delay under PTC, which is designed to mak...

That regulation seems particularly silly considering that from the beginning of railways until the 1970's or so passengers routinely opened and closed the exterior doors themselves, including on short-haul coaches (known as "slam-door" stock) which had such exterior doors on both sides of ...

Snow and ice accumulation? But the steps appear to be sheltered while the door is closed. Just wondering: is there an interlock preventing a train from starting if all doors are not closed and steps retracted, or does it depend on the crew eyeballing the train and checking indicator lights before gi...

If the New York Central Historical Society has copies of "Central Headlight" (their monthly employee magazine), it very likely devoted a page or more to that sequence and named every employee involved. You might also try reposting under New York Central in Fallen Flags and Historic Roads -...

Complete with streetcar-type gong -- thanks for the info. Had they gotten as far as considering how far the B&A electrification would go?