This might be a little more gut reaction than normal but why in the heck would you get rid of trolley buses in Seattle? Honestly when ever...

Perhaps a knowledgeable and keen businessman such as Warren Buffet is the key to restoring the railroads to prominence in this country. It ...

Have you ever had a picnic on the grass on a major bridge ? ~~~ Officials in India are calling for high rises . I'm surprised they didn...

I think this is a perfect example of single mode network thinking. Yes the rail lines don't go to the back of the Best Buy but they sho...

Got the news today that Amtrak named a new CEO, Joseph Boardman . It seems like he has rail experience but much of it recently has been wi...

Interesting . Why don't more car companies ship this high a percentage by rail? Product Distribution * An industry-high 81% of automo...

Ever wondered where the population centers were at the turn of the century after the railroads had taken hold? Well here's your map. V...

Just saw the news about the LA Metrolink crash . Very sad and when I saw it I'll admit I was angry. I saw the pictures on the cover o...

An interesting proposal in Portland that would be pretty inexpensive introduction of Commuter Rail: A representative for Portland & Wes...

I've been reading Edwin Black's Internal Combustion and it's interesting to read about Kings and their forests of wood fuel (Ro...

It's worth mentioning again Alan Drake's (and others) call for electrification of the freight railroads in the United States. Here...

There is a lot of talk here of passenger rail but little discussion of freight. I can't say that I know about the business that much bu...

Over at Trans Sleuth , Adron discusses the increase in passengers and freight trains in America... Trucks keep ratcheting up the prices beca...