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A primer in disrespect from CSX
In my business experience, respecting the customers and communities you serve has always been seen as good advice. In fact, most public...
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Be careful what you throw away 3
At one time, just about every passenger rail route in the U.S. with a train that traveled overnight (or over more than one night) had...
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Be careful what you throw away 2
Two weeks ago, I looked at a few examples of the gross negligence of throwing away architectural and engineering achievements to favor...
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Be careful what you throw away
I’m always amazed by what we throw away, and that doesn’t always mean what we dump into the landfill or smugly recycle. I’m referring,...
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‘Build it and they will come’ is not enough
For almost thirty years, we’ve been hearing the phrase, first uttered by a disembodied voice in the movie Field of Dreams, as an excuse...
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When rails are better – Part II (or, if it's okay to dislike ugly railroads - see illustrative e
For Part I, please refer to last week’s blog post, below. As reported in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Acting Supreme Court Justice...
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When rails are better than trails
As with just about every other subject these days, there are two diametrically opposed schools of thought on what is popularly known as...
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What role is there for railroads in evacuations?
When Irma was approaching the Florida Keys and had every intention of battering the entire state of Florida, my son asked me a question. ...
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White elephants and New Mexico Rail Runner
The dictionary definition of “white elephant,” besides the obvious, is: A possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that...
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Should Amtrak forget long-distance and concentrate on the Northeast?
Imagine for a moment that you run a service business national in scope. Sales cover only about 80% of your operating costs and you have...