I would think UP on the Embarcadero in Oakland, CA; 2 main tracks in pavement, in mixed traffic with cross streets, used by Coast Starlight, Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin, and UP double-stack trains.
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I would think UP on the Embarcadero in Oakland, CA; 2 main tracks in pavement, in mixed traffic with cross streets, used by Coast Starlight, Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin, and UP double-stack trains.
Looks like he knows what works.
The Silverliner III's had the engineer's position on the left to enable head-end passenger boarding at stations with right-side platforms during single-car operation, but I don't think they ever did it. In PRR days they ran single MP54's between Media and West Chester, but that was manual block, wit...
When PATCO (Philadelphia) began operation (1968?) their police immediately took action against fare jumpers, with apparently lasting reults: word quickly spread around -- don't try it. In New York, I think during the Koch administration, a crackdown on fare jumpers caught a guy who had no criminal r...
I think the first ones were acquired by SP pre-Caltrain (they were painted in the Overland scheme); probably seemed a good idea at the time, since the Harriman coaches were not air-conditioned (and as I recall the windows couldn't be opened -- not a problem in The City but of course the weather is a...
Excellent shots; thanks for posting. Was there much fuss and bother crossing the frontier?
A number of larger lines used smaller vessels--or even barges -- to serve lower-volume ports with sort of a "last mile" connecting operation for transshipment of transatlantic containers moving via a major nearby port. Sea-Land had such an operation connecting New York with other North Atl...
When the Altamont Corridor Express was inaugurated the UP publicity department informed the media that it was the first UP passenger service to operate over Altamont Pass -- technically correct, but forgetting (or not knowing) that the CZ operated over the WP from 1949 to 1970(?) on tracks later acq...
With joint through trains so operated I'm sure that was all coordinated in advance; it happened every year in season, and the need came as no surprise. Of course in those days there was a lot of equipment on hand for such occasions.
I can't imagine what container line would consider calling at both Halifax and Portland on the same voyage; containerships are so expensive to operate that the emphasis is to make as few port calls as possible to keep the ships moving. It's been frequently commented that no vessel earns money while ...
Another unique feature apparently now gone: The FA's were equipped with air horns scratch-made from drawings .found in Roseville, apparently used on Interurban Electric and Pacific Electric interurbans dating from the early 20th century (maybe also NWP?). The line is largely side-of-road with many g...
I wonder whether anyone got a photo of the large concrete bumping block (at least as high and wide as a coach or RDC) at the end of at least one of the stub tracks at Newark Broad St., displaying a rectangular blue sign reading "END OF BLOCK."
The Class I railroads are all private companies, but their employees are subject to the Railway Labor Act; in fact all railroads were private companies when the RLA was enacted. Even Conrail employees were not Government employees when Conrail was owned by the Government. AUTOCORRECT ALERT: It wants...
There was a report at the time that the truck driver, as he was helped from his cab after the crash, was heard to mutter that he "didn't know it was the fast one." I think it was found that he drove around the lowered gates.
In many cases the installation of high platforms has been accompanied by a do-over of the entire station, including a rather substantial station building and of course ADA. I don't know what the selection criteria are -- maybe ridership? Trivia question: what was the earliest station in SEPTA territ...