George Harris

Plenty could be found here. This is simple media ignorance. I have seen articles about freight train derailments or other issues that...

This Phoenix Line discussion is about to turn into a subject of its own. I found a piece of a 2004 UP Employee Timetable for this area...

Buckeye to Wellton is 106 of the 136 miles between Phoenix and Wellton. So far as I know, everything west of Phoenix is at best local...

Just a little more on the direct route via Maricopa versus the old passenger route via Phoenix: Tucson to Picacho: 46 miles Picacho to...

All EIS reports are supposed to have a "No build" alternative which is to be used as a basis to justify the need to do something.

Because Florida East Coast did not join Amtrak. By that time FEC had no passenger trains, so neither did it want to nor could it be...

First, the FRA regulation states "60 mph or faster" for passenger and "50 mph or faster" for freight. Consequently you have lines with...

The problem is that these 4 were on very close track centers, somewhere under 13 feet, possibly 12''6" maybe less. Therefore, you...

And signals, and don't forget about the likely need for bridge replacements. Siding spacing likely to be longer than 12 miles. More...

Sorry, but the electrification had been removed quite a few years before the line itself was abandoned. Not sure, but I think it was...

Japanese trains are usually very precisely on time. In our one trip to Japan, in 2005, we had at one point an 8 minute connection...

Actually, i think I do, at least in part. You don't try to do it all at once. Find the routes that have the best benefit/cost ratio...

This whole thing sounds like something between the Three Stooges and the Keystone Kops. There is a sign on the crossing warning posts...

One major problem that can be seen in many public versus private systems is that maintenance is essentially invisible. Thus, in public...

Tight gauge is essentially self-correcting over time as tight gauge results in increased side wear of the rail. It is not desirable...