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Mailliw
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Mailliw
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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...
Yesterday at 1:34 PM
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Kim chugs to Vladivostok...slowly
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He uses the doubles policy similar to Putin and Hitler. Three identical trains spaced minutes apart each likely packing a body double...
Friday at 3:19 PM
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Henry Flagler arrives on the first train to Key West. January 22, 1912.
Friday at 12:20 PM
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Most stations have been paid for by local governments. Miami Dade really wanted Aventura for example. Also a slight correction, BL is...
Friday at 12:20 PM
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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...
Thursday at 1:32 PM
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Loco Hauled Trains, EMU's or DMU's?
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I think locomotive hauled trains are the best option for long-distance routes. They're more flexible and the locomotives can be swapped...
Thursday at 10:25 AM
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Having the ability to walk the entire train, at least for suburban trains is vastly overrated, unless of course the trains are so...
Thursday at 10:21 AM
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Lots of advantages. Lots of disadvantages. Multiple units have better acceleration than loco hauled consists. They also have more...
Thursday at 10:20 AM
Mailliw
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Kim chugs to Vladivostok...slowly
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This is the closest thing to Snowpiercer in real life.
Thursday at 10:19 AM
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The FEC RoW was not a 40 mph one. Even without Brightline it was maintained in superb condition (better than the CSX is typically...
Thursday at 10:16 AM
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I guess the airlines and freight railroads, which are private but have unloaded virtually all their infrastructure costs onto various...
Thursday at 10:13 AM
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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...
Wednesday at 7:42 PM
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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...
Wednesday at 12:19 PM
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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...
Wednesday at 10:24 AM
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There are multiple reasons why Amtrak probably won't, and possibly shouldn't, pursue this market. But I do think the market exists and...
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