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LOL'ing at "the longest sauna in Sweden" comment, which, btw, is apparently absent in the Swedish version (will check more later on that).

Are they using like old Metroliners or Amfleets? Looks like they are buying a lot of second hand stuff from around the globe! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Interoce%C3%A1nico I'll have to post later, but I've seen a proposal somewhere for Baja California rail!

Nice photo journaling on these posts, but this one looks like you're sitting at a counter with some huge coffee mugs....

I recognized those big black bumpers and hadn't realized that those had been tested (but it does bring back a vague recollection) - I've heard that they aren't the most reliable in Danish service or something (learned from a video watching someone taking them in DK - I think it was DSB - they...

Thanks for posting that, Jis! Fascinating maps. Really great network. My guess, if it happens, there would be a huge demand for additional 'local' infill in state supported and local/regional routes to connect and commute with. I'd quibble that there are a few places that, at that point, would...

Well, the diner's won't be called Foodliners, that's for darn tootin' sure!

Yes, Lake Michigan has been affected by seiches - several people died in one back in the, iirc, 50's.

Not quite: they no longer run in traffic lanes but in a separate right of way much like modern light rail.

That's too bad, It's really intriguing - would love to read more about the phenomenon.

Intriguing; do you have any further links for reading about this? Not finding anything readily.

Wow! Neon (well, LED strip....)! Suspension Bridge! Is that the new bay crossing?

Interesting about another 15 minutes shaved with a relocation of the station within the airport - and eventual extension to downtown.

This is probably way off topic (seems like we had one recently about schedules where it might have been more relevant) but... I'm reading a cozy mystery loosely set in the late '60's and mention is made of local stations being recently closed due to Dr. Beeching. The same author has a series set...

I actually looked at photos to see the wire... Plus Amtrak won't need that.

Isn't that track with the yellow arrow NICTD? It's double-tracked at Hegewisch and west to that image and it looks like there are wires over the tracks there to connect with MED.

It's double-tracked to between Mineral Springs Road and Waverly Road (and multitracked to just west of Mineral Springs Road for freight operations before dropping back to single track to the west) - the overall ROW itself is wide through the National Lakeshore - can't bring myself to recognize...

Are you sure there isn't (whether the switches are active at the moment is another thing) but NICDT has to cross CN to get to MED and it looks like there are connections not just crossings. It's kind of confusing to follow the tracks here but it looks like there are crossovers to get from NICTD...

Amtrak will never run on MED, however, additional Amtrak could run on the adjacent CN tracks which already host Amtrak.

If they plan on keeping them running as long as the original cars, they aren't even halfway through their lifespan.

Unlike most of you, I'd prefer just long enough to comfortably stroll to the next train, with perhaps a stop in the washroom for a plumbing inspection and snack purchase.