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  1. JamesWhitcombRiley

    Safety concerns regarding remotely operated locomotives

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/us/train-safety-crashes-union.html Subhead "Railroad unions are raising safety concerns about the growing use of remote-controlled trains after a rash of fatal accidents." One issue is running these things outside yards, and another is relying on an old study...
  2. JamesWhitcombRiley

    PANYNJ swapping Brooklyn port for Staten Island land controlled by NYC

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/nyregion/red-hook-redevelopment-shipping.html The mayor, the governor and the NYC Economic Development Corporation are praising the plan as a step forward for the moribund Red Hook port in Brooklyn. NYCEDC will take it over. What, nobody likes the job the PA...
  3. JamesWhitcombRiley

    Norwalk I-95 fuel tanker fire and closure

    And... what sort of Congressional hearings and NTSB investigations will follow? Thanks to Amtrak, and transit, there are passenger travel alternatives. And the highways in NY and New England are often supplemented by safer parkways, restricted to passenger vehicles only, but of course the...
  4. JamesWhitcombRiley

    NTSB says East Palestine vent & burn was not necessary at NS derailment site

    Explosions, controlled burn in East Palestine train derailment were unnecessary, NTSB official head says This AP story is going around today. A contractor for NS was in touch with the chemical manufacturer, which was saying they could just let the train cool off. That opinion never made it from...
  5. JamesWhitcombRiley

    Empire Corridor future

    I think the confusion was over whether the catenary is powered up. Verifying Wikipedia on the general state of things on the Empire Connection, catenary and third-rail, I came across a Tier I environmental study from February 2023. Alternative 125, for 125mph, is the most ambitious one...
  6. JamesWhitcombRiley

    Georgia State Rail Plan

    The Georgia State Rail Plan, last updated 2021, is interesting. "The Georgia Constitution’s gratuities clause prohibits the state from investing in privately owned rail infrastructure as is common in some other states... Therefore, Georgia’s past freight rail funding has primarily been oriented...
  7. JamesWhitcombRiley

    New member from Richmond

    It's Lychburg to Danville, though often sung in reverse! Hello everyone, on journeys and planning better ways. Or just remembering. Glad to be here after a year or so reading.
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