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Pennsy had a live-in station manager at each suburban station in the northeast because their insurance bill was much lower with occupied structures. ALso this whole story is a laugh and shows how messed up California is. If this were a private home with a squatter, the local government would bend ov...

The GM&O and Southern stations, side by side, are built to receive trains from the north. If you look at the map, the Southern comes right down the River and US 43 from the due north. The GM&O comes in from the northwest and has a junction by I-65 where a belt line goes around town in both d...

Been thinking about this building lately. It was supposed to be Ford's big "mobility" headquarters where all of their non-traditional offerings were headquartered - essentially anything that was not a straight-gas auto. The EV business lately has not been great for automakers other than Te...

Since the City of Mobile is the party that would be paying for this in any case, what benefits does the city get by paying for a train that doesn't go to Mobile? There are multiple jurisdictions paying for this train, including cities and states. If Mobile cannot get their act together, Pascagoula ...

News flash: Birmingham News says after three years the plan has changed little. Mobile needs to find $3m to build the storage track and platforms. I say start running the trains to Pascagoula, using the depot there and the MSE sidings that are soon to be vacated in favor of a new interchange east of...

Hell, a single-level Comet V cab has 109 seats, is accessible at all positions, has 3 (!) doors for boarding, and is also made of stainless steel! Because they have 3+2 seating. Nobody likes 3+2 seating except the purchasing agents. I'm sure we could come up with something more innovative after all...

If the Canadian government is so concerned with carbon emissions, why are they refurbishing so many F40PH locomotives with the dirtiest carbon and other noxious gasses emissions in service in North America today? DIdn't they convert them to pony motor HEP at the last rebuild? That would mean the en...

Mod note: this isn't really Amtrak material. Also, according to the news: "Search and rescue operations pulled two workers from the water, one in critical condition who was hospitalized. Efforts to locate the other six are ongoing. Authorities said that sonar had detected cars in the water, whi...

Good morning, I have a chance to do some customer visits in the Sault. I would like to ride the RDC and/or Agawa train. Any advice or thoughts? Does the Agawa train not run until August? Looks like the best option for the Via RDC is White River, overnight Sudbury, back to White River due to the hote...

Good god no, these cars are absolutely awful. - zero accessibility. it's 2024. - extremely inefficient boarding and unloading with a single door per car in the middle - awkward second level that requires backtracking if there are no seats I remember the first time I rode these cars in 2007 and coul...

I've done a bit of Houston light rail riding (yes to the rodeo and a ball game) and it is as it sounds. Someone said "we need light rail" and they got it. It's a bit better than Buffalo but certainly not on par with Dallas, let alone the other four biggest cities in the US for transit (chi...

Perhaps San Pierre and Miquelon are in your future!

I've said for years, Atlanta really needs a "day train" from DC, i.e. one that arrives in the evening and departs in the morning. The problem of course is blocking the NS tracks. But honestly, with the right timing, you'd basically be able to leverage the existing staff. This is the truth...

Mr. ExCon, a sadistic power hungry "Iceman" at the Detroit River Tunnel, "So you drove from Chicago just to go to Canada for Dinner?" (Thu was Indpls, Friday Cleveland, at least he didn't say "where did you drop the stash?"). "Where are you staying tonight? "...

Interesting that the HST is now in Nigeria and Mexico. A twist nobody thought we'd see. Unfortunately most of the former British Empire uses broad gauge so Mexico and Nigeria were the only logical places left to send the HST. Too bad they never made a low-platform MkIII coach as the Detroit line wou...