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...
Throwing The Baby Off The Train
Just as you wouldn't literally throw a baby off a train, moving or otherwise, you probably wouldn't discard a protocol for passenger...
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...
Why Not Focus on Passenger Rail?
Greetings! And welcome to the new blog U.S. Railroad & Passenger Rail. As you may know, I have been writing the blog Passenger Rail now...