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Well looks like Hyundai Rotem wins a contract to build subway cars for LA Metro. 182 cars are being built and are to be delivered in time for the Olympics in 2028. https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/metros/hyundai-rotem-wins-us-664m-order-for-la-metro-trains/

There is a link on the article to the new schedule, which is much more improved compared to the current schedule. It's not perfect, but a step in the right direction. http://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2018/06/18/sunrail-releases-new-schedule-ahead-of-southern-expansion

So yesterday, PO98 comes into the Winter Park Amtrak station and I was expecting it to be a usual consist. First time I had fanned Amtrak in a while. However, I was wrong as I found a surprise on the end of PO98. So I gotta ask, how often does this happen? Oh and yeah, the engine was...

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Not sure if this is the right topic for this, but interesting. Miami to Orlando could be among the first Hyperloop routes in the country, with a travel time of just over 26 minutes. The route was one of eleven announced as finalists today by Hyperloop One, which has hundreds of employees...

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Balfour Beatty Infrastructure has been selected for a design-build contract to electrify the line, while Stadler USA will supply a fleet of double-deck EMUs to replace the locomotive-hauled trains currently in operation. The request for proposals specifies eight-car trains, although some...

So we have some news about this proposed project. A company in Spain named Globalvia wants to do this project. Just like Brightline it'll be privately funded, costing a good $400 million and construction could start late this year if everything goes smooth...

Well this was no surprise. KISSIMMEE – A collection of elected and government leaders signed a 10-foot-tall placard Monday signifying that $93 million in federal dollars soon will be spent in Osceola County expanding the SunRail commuter train as far south as Poinciana. "Ridership will grow...

If Congress doesn't extend the deadline, well say goodbye to a large bulk of the freight that is transported around the country. Also say goodbye to 95% of Amtrak's routes and most of the commuter lines across the country too...

What is everyone's opinion about this? I think WMATA was right for removing bus service in this area, especially since the incidents have happened on many occasions, but the incident mentioned was the straw that broke the camal's back as they say...

I guess I'll post some of these. I took this in 2014, while waiting for the P937 with those new Viewliner II Baggage cars. The P5 horn (I presume that's what Sunrail uses) sounds good.

The Amtrak train station near Orlando Health in downtown Orlando was built in 1926, and its whitewashed stucco walls, parapets and twin domed towers create one of the area's prime examples of Spanish Mission architecture. But time has beaten down the station. Its walls are cracked, faded and...

It’s been a long wait for American Maglev Technology Inc.’s Tony Morris — but he’s got the first approval toward making his elevated magnetic-levitation train system a reality. The Florida Department of Transportation on May 19 awarded Morris’ Georgia firm the opportunity to lease rights of way...

The train was two hours late arriving at Orlando. Reason I ask is that I know five people that got on the train at Orlando.

http://www.weartv.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wear_vid_20268.shtml And let the discussion begin.

In less then six months it will mark the 150th anniversary of the Union Pacific. They have a website dedicated to that. http://up150.com/ Any thoughts on this?

http://www.thefamuan...assee-1.2679781 I'm not going to say anything about this yet because I am too tired and I'm going to lie down. Then I'll come back.