

Fascinating Railroads In Your Own Backyard - Part 1
The sounds of steam locomotives--heavy Northern types, some Mikados, a few Hudsons starting heavy trains--were distinctive.


Trains and Writing What You Know
There has to be an element of fascination, even of awe, in my writing about railroads and trains.


Are You Feeling Lucky Today? Well . . . Are You?
How safe you feel aboard any form of transportation depends on several factors.


True High-Speed Rail--How Near? How far?
by Charles A. Turek March 3, 2024 - The subject of High-Speed Rail or HSR is a touchy one. Precision, when it comes to HSR, is difficult...


Expanding on Parallel Systems
by Charles A. Turek December 21, 2023--Shortly after my post of December 15, 2023, about single-car container trains, the developer of...


Are One-Car Trains in Our Future?
Two powered trucks, good batteries, and a computer. Now that we have PTC, the next big thing may not be autonomous locomotives. by...


Seems Like They Can't Keep 'Em On The Rails
by Charles A. Turek - September 11, 2023 It's not as if train wrecks are anything new. The phrase "train wreck" has been a part of...


Passenger Rail Has Its Very Own Pickle
Part 5 of Supply Chains, Railroads and Where Things Go Wrong by Charles A. Turek July 12, 2023 -- The first four installments in this...


Railroads in a Pickle - Blaming PSR
Part 4 of Supply Chains, Railroads and Where Things Go Wrong June 21, 2023 - by Charles A. Turek Railroads are in a pickle, and it wasn't...


Supply Chains, Railroads & Where Things Go Wrong - Part 3
(Graphics courtesy of huckkonopackicartoons.com) -- (Series ©2022 by Charles A. Turek) If we go back to the beginning of the Covid...