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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...
Railroads? Relevant? Really!?
“Couldn’t you find something more interesting to write about?” It’s a question that arises when people find out that I write about...
All Passenger Rail Projects Are Not Created Equal
In a previous post, I mentioned that there are passenger rail projects around America that exist in various stages from “thought...
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...
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...
Transit Oriented Development—The Yin and The Yang
Just in case you haven’t read any of my blogs or articles on the subjects of rail transit, let me make my position perfectly clear. In...
Trespassers May Be Violated
My headline for this post is humorous precisely because it’s figuratively true, and, when it comes to railroad property, it’s getting...
The Beaver and The Thoroughbred
Let’s face it. Canadian Pacific (CP) isn’t going to quit efforts to merge or absorb Norfolk Southern (NS) until something or someone...
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...
