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More Railroad Relevance
(continued from last week's blog about the relevance of railroads today) Now let’s move on to economic relevance. Here the railroads...
Transit Oriented Development—We’re Left with The Yin
The subject is transit oriented development (TOD) based on light rail. For a definition, see the previous post, in which I also...
Everything Old (New) is New (Old) Again
Yeah, I’m confused too. Let’s start with CRANDIC. To the uninitiated, that’s Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, a railroad that’s been around...
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...
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,...
