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I assume this proceeding is in pursuance of the north-south connection project described here? https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/17/23727468/metra-looks-to-upgrade-rock-island-commuter-train-line Why is this filing necessary - is it just arcane requirements of railroad law even with two willing pa...

Irish Rail intend to trial direct burning of hydrogen in a 12-645. I’d love to get the real story behind that one, it feels more like “how to get EU grant money to pay for a 1970s locomotive refurb”

https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/iar ... ial-europe

New passenger locomotives are kind of expensive with long lead times. They would probably want to buy locos that would pull 8 double-deckers at 79 MPH or even faster to future proof. And they would have to be Tier-IV. So basically would have to go to the back of the line behind Amtrak. Better to ov...

If the writer thinks 601/603 is unusual he should see the Corridor J-trains, which could be one loco-coach combo (like P42-Renaissance) attached to a wholly different one (F40-LRC, say)

My recollection is that F125 introduction was not happy, but perhaps things have improved since. I had been wondering if EMD had given up on any more sales, whether Alstom would offer a diesel-only ALP45 to the various systems who for whatever reason preferred not to go with Siemens/Cummins. Those M...

Victor Wembanyama is French. Maybe he can go on TV about how it sucks not to have trains to get around the region where the commie NBA draft system obliges him to live and work.

I don’t think it’s block working, at least on the long surface portion between Science Center Station and Kennedy Station Portal. But I haven’t been along that portion of the line since test vehicles started running on it

Apologies if this was noted elsewhere on a thread I have not yet seen https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/vehicles/press-release/53097409/metrolink-metrolink-to-purchase-two-zero-emission-rail-vehicles-12-tier-4-locomotives-with-state-grant The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coas...

I wonder how many NEW unidirectional tram systems have been created in the last 20 years? Bidirectional systems don’t need off street loops and the land required for them which usually cross a traffic lane, but can use them if already there. They are also, like all other rail curves, potentially scr...

The Toronto downtown network is built to 2.54m wide, falling between the 2.45m and 2.65m widths you see on some European systems. However, that was not the main reason building the new low floor cars was tricky - curve radius was. When Metrolinx took over building the wholly new lines, they ditched ...

The Eglinton Crosstown line in Toronto will operate at 60km/h at grade - the City passed a bylaw to permit that section speed because the road limit is 50km/h. The grade crossings are not gate protected which may be a factor but Metrolinx may have also merely said that with stop spacing and all trai...

If you can’t move locomotives by road, how do you get them to the yard from the airport?

Considering the year round climate of Mexico -compared to the harsh winters of Canada where the ex-CP Budd Company cars have reigned supreme for almost 69 years now- the Amfleets and SPV coaches should easily get another 20 years of service life. Maybe if they weren’t so robust compared to newer ge...

There is at least one other MTU 4000 passenger locomotive platform in North America - Brookville’s BL36PH (Tri Rail). Perhaps one day there will be enough demand for Brookville to roll out a Tier 4 version.

There’s always Caltrain’s 2 x AEM-7s once they are done with that catenary testing

They could also go shopping in Montreal if their ALP-45s are able to accept multisystem power like NJ’s can (and could then be disposed to NJT after the crisis passed)