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Nice article in Railway Track and Structures:

https://issuu.com/railwaytrackstructure ... 5/95442053

Here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMbHzGEqjI

Area residents still have several opportunities to take a step back in time this holiday season to an era when train tracks connected the world and the sound of a locomotive’s whistle approaching in the distance made pulses race and blood flow more quickly. Meadville Railroad Depot’s Christmas festi...

FWIW, came through just a few ago, 7:37am, ERI.

“ The current project aims to replace 3 miles of track and follow up with surfacing using 112-pound relay rail and tie plates and joint bars from a Pioneer-owned railroad in another state.” https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines_regionals/news/Ohio-rail-panel-OKs-grant-to-replace-tracks-...

"Brookville Equipment Corporation was awarded a federally funded contract on October 21, 2021, for the conversion of a total of four retired R110A test fleet passenger railcars into two pump trains to be used for flooding mitigation in NYCT's underground subway system. "Each pump and gener...

From the Erie Times-News: “The deal is a big one, both for the company at a time when orders for freight locomotives have been few and far between, and for employees in Erie, where much of the work will be done.” GE Erie manufactured and services the original (2017) 100 unit order from Egyptian Nati...

Since Wabtec announced the product, FLXdrive locomotives have been sold to carriers in Australia and the US. Current planning will see multiple FLX locos tested, tweaked, and running on the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad. Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad will or already has begun working with Wa...

I've noticed more n' better CWR, as well as less jointed track that looks painful. I think this is true of both WNYP and BPRR.

Your thoughts?

Here's a better look at a better appointed version of Pioneer's new and apparently evolving on-the-hoof corporate image. I plucked it from Railway Age — be sure to click through.

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/pe ... nes-smart/

Scott Taipale has captured Pioneer (NDW)’s new look and quite improved track — no danger of any land-speed records falling soon, lol.

https://youtu.be/aB758Jb-aYc

The first FLX Drive (battery) unit was built in Erie. Later successfully tested on BNSF heavy train + grade routes out west. That first beta unit saved 11 percent on fuel — not stunning, but very promising. It was sent to Australia’s iron rage for additional heavy testing. The second-gen models is b...

Here’s a link to the High Speed Rail Alliance’s primer issued ahead of the Zoom meet up (10-13-21) on the Midwest Plan, which includes the same map. A slightly different take…

https://hsrail.org/blog/fras-new-midwes ... -rail-plan

Thanks.

Whatever is decided vis-vis new and enhanced intercity passenger + commuter services, the key first step would be accelerating the completion of CREATE projects, for example. More and new attract lots of public, media and, thereby, government interest. The gritty, disruptive business of grade separa...