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The Southwest Chief and the Colorado connection
This post appeared in the March 16, 2016 issue of Hotline Midweek Brief published by multibriefs.com America's intercity passenger rail...
Amtrak Has an Image Problem in The Southwest
Maybe the image problem is just the same image problem afflicting government entities in general these days. Amtrak may have it worse...
Transportation And Making Money
Let’s start this blog post with a definition or two, beginning with “transportation.” In the railroad context—hope you didn’t think I’d...
PTC: Life or Death?
I haven't devoted much verbiage to Positive Train Control (PTC) lately. One reason is that I never thought we'd get this close to the...
Hail To The (Southwest) Chief
An Op Ed published by Philip Davis today in the Albuquerque Journal reminded me that I haven't commented on Amtrak's decision to leave...
Pushing The Envelope
The Association of American Railroads reported carload traffic in February 2015 totaled 1,089,211 carloads, down 1.1 percent or 11,726...
Increased Limits for CBR Not a Penalty
The magazine Trains reports that the Canadian government is considering increasing the insurance limits for railroads transporting crude...
Infrastructure is Not Just a Buzzword
Infrastructure needs must be met. It is as simple as that. If infrastructure needs are not met, then the underpinnings of our society,...
