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Amtrak will be adding cab cars to all the NEC regional day trains. The reason is to have faster turnarounds so they can run more trains using the same number of rolling stock. Adding a requirement to turn all the seats significantly slows the turnaround. You'll be defeating the reason for adding the...

Lucid Stew's latest video on CHSR stations, their locations, and their ease of access.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLt7mqn1Lfw
I do not think he thinks they are great.

No! You missed why this report was made in the first place. Congress passed a law in 2021 for the FRA, not Amtrak, to make a report for returning to service long distance trains Amtrak had killed since 1971, when Amtrak was started, and future routes the FRA found might be started. This report is th...

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? If you are going to use diesel locomotives, buy some new or used locomotives meeting th...

An ALC-42E battery equipped locomotive would not be the appropriate solution for an electrified corridor throughout Virginia. A battery equipped ACS64 locomotive would be instead to run on electricity through a tunnel without catenaries. But let's get realistic, Virginia is not going to be able to e...

Tadman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:13 am "Union Pacific, which operates a majority of America’s railroads, pulled out of the deal."

gotta love journalism these days...

To be fair to the FRA staff, they're writing the report Congress told them to write, not the report they'd like to write. Interesting point, and it will be Congress that ultimately funds expanded long distance services. Never-the-less, the over and beyond what Congress requested in the legislation ...

The aging passenger cars being referred to are the former CP 1950s era stainless steel cars that were built by the Budd Company - and were conveyed to VIA in the middle 1970s when VIA was formed... It would be interesting to see an updated VIA Rail Canada rail car roster to see what the current fle...

Stadler’s YouTube video link https://youtu.be/JrtmVS5T4z8?si=IOntEnLzuff3AwQ2 The initial CMAQ 80% and Illinois 20% funds buy just 8 two car FLIRT (BEMU) trainsets. There is an option for 8 more two car trainsets and 32 more trailers. So Metra could have 16 four car trainsets if all the options are ...

DART in Dallas, on very rare occasions, reaches speeds up to 65 mph. Most of the time, light rail speeds are less than 45 mph. DART does not run at these high speeds on streets/ Higher speeds occur in ex-railroad right of ways. There is a youtuber who has recent cab view videos up with and without G...

Proposal back on table: MySanAntonio.com Austin, San Antonio officials aim to secure Texas passenger rail The effort for inter-regional collaboration was spearheaded by grassroots organization RESTART Lone Star Rail District. If you think driving on I-35 is slow and often dangerous, you’re not alon...

That's just how it was -- Amtrak was intended as hospice care for intercity passenger service until it died a natural death. The "for profit" part was put in to get enough votes in Congress to get it passed. Just another example of politicians overpromising to get funding for their pet pr...

These trains melt in North American, Northeast Corridor sun.
What do you think would happen to them in Southern California or Nevada sun?

Supposedly there's been a leak of FRA's third round of studies making the rounds on various Discord servers and Twitter... and that FRA's considering these routes ( Source ): GGYjyddbMAA_wPc.jpeg Seattle-Portland-Boise-Salt Lake City-Denver Billings-Cheyenne-Denver-Albuquerque-El Paso Dallas-Tulsa-...

And this is why nobody knows what you're talking about if you're from a different country.... Football, Fanny pack, tram. The mind, it boggles. When discussing USA, or North American railroads, use American terms. When discussing European or Asian railroads, use their terms. Not everyone speaks the...