December - 2023

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...

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ABOUT ME

I have written about railroads for 10+ years, and I am an avid train watcher and amateur railroad historian. I was born in Chicago in the late 40s and grew up a stone's throw from the main line of the old CB&Q, route of famous trains like the California Zephyr, Empire Builder, and North Coast Limited. I am also an author and have published a series of novels involving a train-watching detective.