Mailliw

Old habits are hard to break... Outside of the NEC, most traveler's are probably more used to air travel, where they are admonished to...

He uses the doubles policy similar to Putin and Hitler. Three identical trains spaced minutes apart each likely packing a body double...

Henry Flagler arrives on the first train to Key West. January 22, 1912.

Most stations have been paid for by local governments. Miami Dade really wanted Aventura for example. Also a slight correction, BL is...

New train projects do to grab market share from both roads, being a sort of mid-tier offering between the two. But they also generate...

I think locomotive hauled trains are the best option for long-distance routes. They're more flexible and the locomotives can be swapped...

Having the ability to walk the entire train, at least for suburban trains is vastly overrated, unless of course the trains are so...

Lots of advantages. Lots of disadvantages. Multiple units have better acceleration than loco hauled consists. They also have more...

This is the closest thing to Snowpiercer in real life.

The FEC RoW was not a 40 mph one. Even without Brightline it was maintained in superb condition (better than the CSX is typically...

I guess the airlines and freight railroads, which are private but have unloaded virtually all their infrastructure costs onto various...

They tend to hire Conductors several times a year, whenever they have enough need to run a class. They hire many people off the street...

Well, to be fair, Siemens is good at fixing problems. No matter what, they try and perfect their products. About 99% of the time, they...

Yup about the same situation between Florida and NYC/Boston. There has to be a middle ground here. My wife most recently rode coach to...

There are multiple reasons why Amtrak probably won't, and possibly shouldn't, pursue this market. But I do think the market exists and...