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Surprised, anyone? Associated Press reports that the lawyers are stepping up to the feeding trough Fair Use: BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the massive container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should be held fully liable for the deadly collapse, according to c...

This Fitch rating report can hardly be considered a "positive" for Brightline continuing to remain in the private sector: https://www.fitchratings.com/research/infrastructure-project-finance/fitch-assigns-b-exp-rating-to-brightline-east-llc-outlook-stable-22-04-2024 I'm quite certain that ...

But it would appear to me that these batteries, assuming that the "EV" fad is not about to die. Certainly appears that "the times they are a changin'" since I wrote this during November. Let us hope that the sudden "disinterest" in EV's does not mean Chrysler is out of...

I once learned as a teenager (and much more the railfan than I am today) that tracks - all eventually becoming part of the New Haven, converged at Hawleyville from six different directions. A review of New Haven system maps, as well as the immediate video submitted here by Mr. Shepaug, certainly bea...

Here's more from the NBC outlet WBAL that was filed April 19:

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/key-brid ... 4/60547125

Key takeaway from this report is that there has been no breach of the m/v Dali's hull, so at this time, such can be considered sound.

Finally lest we forget, steam held on until "late in the game"....so it figures that their freight Diesels, which were mainly GP units, would be liveried as if they were simply carrying on in the footsteps of their steam predecessors. For ready reference: https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5...

For ready reference, here is a video summarizing the 2012 VIA derailment incident at Aldershot ON: https://www.google.com/search?q=aldershot+train+derailment&sca_esv=ce6ee22342e8dec9&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ACQVn08Elo32wKMCNLtHD8-0wFNsLd-FUg%3A1713715378965&source=hp&ei=sjglZpe7OKy70PEPk...

Mr. Wolf's local Fox outlet, WBFF 45, has a good report on the status of the debris removal. The video apparently was produced within the past several days:

https://youtu.be/IQGDAtc0IkQ?feature=shared

2024 - 1999 = 25 year old engine... but still, seemed to be doing mighty fine showing the new upstarts how it's done and looking as good as a black brick can in doing so! Mr. White, going off topic at the sufferance of the Moderators, do you also refer to Norfolk Southern engines as "Black Bri...

Let's hope for the good of your local economy, Mr. Wolf, your immediate holds to be the case.

Possibly Mr. ExCon, Deere wanted to get their farm tractors to the Port of Brunswick in time to make the sailing the Times' reporter was covering, and that they will revert to rail transportation as the pipeline gets filled again. No question whatever; highway transport is quicker than rail. But if ...

Meanwhile, back on the rails and waves. https://gaports.com/rail/ Presuming the Times' reporter has the facts straight, I have to wonder why Deere has chosen to use trucks from Waterloo to Brunswick. Both Chessie and Topper serve the Port. It certainly appears that the Baltimore Longshoremen represe...

Mr. Wolf, my way sure sounded like a waitress at Haussner's. But then, you live in the area, and I do not.

And I understand that Haussner's is no more.

Lest we forget, Mr. Dunville, both the NP and the UP had those bars you note as well. However, I do not recall them on Eastern trains; especially the New Haven MU's I reported on earlier in the topic. Adding insult to injury, just like the Amtrak A-1's, the NH did not have Dutch Doors except on thei...

You have a point, Mr. Olesen. There have been no reports that the train was without HEP, so one of those engines must have been operative. Now so far as a PTC failure, yes apparently that is grounds to have an engine Bad Ordered. But what ever happened to a Rules Qualified pair of eyes (depending on...