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I'm not sure Americans would be receptive to some kind of Japanese pod hotel accommodations. Sleeping in a compartment with five strangers would also not be wildly popular.

The cars you see in the CUS yard are awaiting fixes, such as removing lead pipes that will taint the drinking water. I also heard that there were problems with the ceiling tiles. Siemens has been manufacturing cars on a speedy basis, but apparently messed up on the IDOT/CalTrans order. There...

NICTD's contractor has been knocking down dozens of old homes in the path of the project. As I see it, the end result will be two tracks along the present right of way with a one (or maybe two) lane street to the south of the tracks. A bunch of grade crossings will be closed and a new station...

This is all part of a game being played by the UP to get Metra to take over all the employees involved in the commuter operations while UP retains ownership of the tracks. This will allow the UP to report to Wall Street moguls that 500 to 1,000 employees have been removed from the books, causing...

Although I'm no expert on this topic, it seems to me that the main idea of PSR is to run very few, very long trains. The plan is to cut costs as much as possible, customer service be dammed. Railroads run trains that are two to three miles long, in many cases way too long for existing sidings...

This doesn't have anything to do with maintenance. It's the way they came out of the factory.

You do realize that if someone got sick from drinking the water, Amtrak, Siemens, California, Illinois and some bystanders would be sued for all the money in the world. You can't deliberatly expose people to dangers that you know about.

How would Amtrak know if an employee is a member of RPA? An employer has no right to restrict employee membership in any off-duty organization. Unless the RPA is declared a terrorist organization, then anybody should free to belong.

The Daily Herald serves the Northwest and West Suburbs, so they probably don't give a thought to the North Suburbs since they have no readers there.

It means they'll give you a heated packaged omelet made with an egg substitute, not a real egg. As far as I can gather, these are just new menu items, they're not adding a cook to the staff.

The "tourist train" has been canceled for 2021. So, I doubt if that will impact your parking situation.

How is the U.S. unique in mixing freight and passenger trains? Every other country in the world does it. In addition, the situation in question happened on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, hardly a bastion of freight trains.

Why is it inconsistent? UP uses its steam program to improve its public image and put the railroad in a positive spotlight. How it handles Amtrak is basically an economic decision.

An Amtrak stop at an airport would be best served by multi-train corridors, not some once a day LD route.

UP is probably no better or no worse than the other big freight systems, although BNSF at least seem to try and NS is just awful on the Cleveland-Chicago line. CP actually has the best record, basically because of the 90percent or better OTP of the Hiawathas.

Nah, put your money on Star Trek-type transporters.

With many downtown offices closed or working with only a small staff, the rush hour isn't what it used to be. Commuter railroads need to offer frequent service during the day and into the late evening hours for people working unconventional hours or traveling for non-work purposes. Switching...

I never realized there was a formal definition for "highball." I always thought it was an informal way of saying, "let's go." Well, you learn something everyday.

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110 top speed has been in effect for many years on the Amtrak-owned trackage between Porter, IN, and Kalamazoo. Michigan is looking to up the top speed on its owned-trackage between Kalamazoo and Dearborn.