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...
Supply Chains, Railroads & Where Things Go Wrong - Part 2
As supply chains continue to break down around the country and the world, I would like to consider the part of railroads in keeping...
Supply Chains, Railroads & Where Things Go Wrong - Part 1
As long as there has been commerce, there have been supply chains. Even though there is no record of the first ever supply chain, I can...