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Perhaps I misspoke, the high platforms are useful for busy stations. I was only saying that if they placed Divvy-like bikes at all putlying stations, there would not be a high platform requirement to be a "bike station". Clark road or Hudson Lake could be bike stations. Also it would make ...

In related development, General Motors has indicated they will leave the Renaissance Center downtown, their home for almost 30 years, for a few floors of the new Hudson tower a mile up Woodward. What GM is planning to do with their old building, which they own, is not clear. But thats a lot of empty...

Bikes on Trains has been expanded to include all trains, all year long, at existing bike stations. I really don't like this. Bikes take up a lot of space and hurt dwell time. With the proliferation of Divvy bikes in the city, there's no reason they can't sign an agreement with DIvvy or similar to s...

NICTD has permanent speed restrictions past most platforms, for example Dune Park is posted as 50/35 (instead of 79 for passenger trains). Mathmatically that isn't bad. It's the sub-20mph running that kills your schedule time. We've had a number of engineers on here tell us the secret to keepign a ...

If UP were to want out of this line, I can't see the state letting them tear it up. Theyve been trying to find a Rockford passenger line for years and this would be a gift. You also have to consider that Rockford is the largest city outside of Metro Chicago, and the largest city without a passenger ...

It is time for us railfans trying to revive old train / route names. The general public has no idea what some of these proposed names mean. I've often thought that some sort of naming convention would help the traveling public identify the services and offerings better. IE "___-Rocket" wo...

Of course there are signs that read "riding between cars prohibited" and "do not stand in the vestibule". Makes sense, but on crush load NJT trains, often riders end up doing such. Bingo. Tell me where to stand when there are 200 people aboard a Friday evening South Shore car (x...

Also, in regards your comment on qualified pairs of eyes, I think not Chatsworth where there was but one set of eyes distracted, but the VIA Rail Aldershot derailment of 2012 in which three employees on the head end all missed a key signal with disastrous results, is more to the unfortunate point t...

That's a tough sell. What if the part isn't train-specific. For example, a contactor or light ballast is intentionally obsoleted by GE or Sylvania. GE and Sylvania are not about to give up their light technology to Amtrak. Also in case of bankruptcy, the secured creditors have a stronger claim than ...

How about the Grain Belt special to honor their tasty beer?

If you look closely, Via has horizontal bars that fold up to block passengers from approaching doors and leaning out. I don't see why this is so hard to do as opposed to a central door locking system.

Any news on the Duluth train? Would love to ride that some day.

Don't forget the F59. It was no beauty queen, either in box shape nor the streamlined shape that it seems Chuck Jordan penned to look like a 1990 Pontiac minivan. But it had the 710 engine which is a massive winner. Amtrak bought 20+ of them which all went to Metra recently. Meanwhile Metra bought q...

There's going to be a lot more vacancies the way current and prior leadership manages the city. I didn't agree with everythign the Dalys did but the city was growing rapidly and many big-name employers came to town. That's not happening now.

I lived there for five years and the new airport is such a boondoggle. We "needed it". Well we didnt' remember to put in freeway access nor move the rental car facility, so you have to bush whack it to the freeway or take a 20+ minute ride to a rental car. Kind of crazy. But well over half...