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The Amish probably would have built a better platform at 1/3 the cost, and in a few days.

Been on plenty of the old LIRR diesel crap with open doors between stations (the longer Montauk runs used to have folks smoking off the vestibule of the last car, bouncing through Nassau and all) The British are weird about train doors, at least one series has manual doors you need to open from the ...

Well, there’s the answers…

Amtrak needs to buy back the Amfleets in private ownership, shop them so they can run 100mph or greater, put comfortable coach and parlor seating in them, and have them ready to go. Unless there was any clause in the sale saying they can buy back at X price, if I were an owner of one of those cars,...

The original Silverliners were the lightest AC powered EMUs built in the US. I think also the only ones that ever had right angle drive motors. The first group of MP-54s the PRR had, could not have power re-applied to the traction motors, until speed was below 35mph. They also had dry (non PCB) tran...

WAG: Height shrunk Stadler Kiss. Caltrain will have them in service in a year or so, they’ll be a known unit by then, plus the advantage of being pre-debugged.


But this EOI seems to indicate SEPTA is shopping for ideas, and open to break from the ye ol tyme train model, finally.

There was no reverser wrench for the MP-54s (nor do I think any other pre MTA cars. Maybe the MP-41s). The 54s had a handle that combined reverse and forward. Ask the people at Westinghouse why…

There’s already examples of double stacks under the wire in the Philly area. The height issues don’t exist. The phase imbalance issues never existed - the French and British never encountered them. The performance advantages are real enough, my understanding is Caltrain is looking at chopping better...

GP40 in septa scheme would look so cool But what good would it be? The youngest GP-40 is over 50 years old, they don’t have much power, and would likely need a rebuild to meet anything approaching modern emissions standards. It’d be better in the long run to just buy new. Or expand via electrificat...

AI has a long way to go - a certain “book” site has a video of a bunch of self driving cars that caused a traffic jam…

All of this to serve what - a declining region that can claim for another fourteen months that it was the one-time home of an incumbent POTUS, as well as same for several members here who are rather vocal about their distaste for driving. Sorry, none of this warrants committing large amounts of pub...

Planes are actually unfriendly to viruses. The air is extremely dry and it’s recycled every 2-3 minutes. People don't realize, or don't want to accept, this. Jet engines make lots and lots of air, and the pressurization system gets a chunk of it. "bleed air", it's used for anti ice, surge...

Much as we buffs like the idea of 110 or 90, I stand by my statement that it's a marketing gimmick for the most part. I've seen enough youtube videos of the supposed '110mph' areas that I don't know why anyone doing a reasonable back-of-the- envelope would even consider it, with the equipment Amtra...

Byford would be a real coup - and Murphy seems like he might be smart enough to leave him alone! Byford would better at angecy like SEPT, where thing are running decently enough, but you need tuning of the operation to be really good. SEPTA sucked years go, but has made good progress. They're bette...

re the LIRR GP38's Back in the 1990's, I used to ride when I could on either the front or rear GP38-2's. For the back, it was for the view and how quiet and calm it was unless you had the power pack behind. For the front, I liked to stand outside and listen to the GP's and feel the breeze. I don't ...