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Let’s test drive the dang thing
Now that the Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Southern (CP-NS) merger is in its coffin with a railroad tie driven through its heartless chest, I...
Political fantasy versus stark reality
Today, I’d like to discuss three pieces of political fantasy. Each affects railroads, and each is faced squarely by stark reality. We...
Rail concerns of the week
Here it is Tuesday again, and the end of May on top of it. Well, maybe I'm not exactly on top of it, what with the preceding holiday...
Those little shippers ain't shippin'.
(Important notice: Despite the first sentence of this blog post, this is a blog about railroading, not trucking.) According to...
Lower Traffic Volumes – Railroad Recession or Golden Opportunity?
I’ve been seeing about one Web article a day about lower freight volumes on the railroads. BNSF has just laid off people in North Dakota....
Amtrak and Freight – Now What?
At the end of April, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down parts of the 2008 Passenger Rail Investment and...
From Streetcar Nostalgia to Transit Fantasy
In last week’s nostalgia blog, I pointed out that Albuquerque, NM, my home base since 1995, has opted not to join the ranks of cities...
Streetcar Nostalgia
Every now and then, I like to blog nostalgic. For this blog, it means that I start to talk about my early memories of railroads,...
Passenger rail safety and the speed of light
Here's a link to my article as it appeared in the April 20, 2016, issue of MultiBriefs and the NARP Hotline Midweek Brief. Just click on...
CP+NS Is Over... Maybe
On Monday of last week, Canadian Pacific (CP) ended its effort to take over Norfolk Southern. If you are a regular reader of this blog,...
