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They are getting the new cars from Hitachi Rail

Yes that would make sense. The branch to Stoughton would be ideal for the battery electrics that could run under catenary as far as Canton Jct then use battery for the last few miles into Stoughton. They would have to wire up the station track at Wickford Jct. and maybe a few other places like...

Thanks I'll have to check those out.

I wonder if there are any examples of other systems in North America or the world that have successfully implemented this hybrid battery/electric technology. Also if the battery is recharged under the catenary at South Station, will that be sufficient to get all the way to Readville and back...

Interesting. I would have thought French would have made the list given that it is spoken in several countries in Africa as well as Canada and even places in the northern US, as well as Europe. Of course for Amtrak bring primarily aimed at people in North America it makes sense to have French as...

On a trip from the UK to Dublin we got to the alleged stop for the bus and waited and nothing came. A couple of travelers had hired a taxi to head into town so I asked if they would be willing to share. Of course as soon as we did that, the tardy Nolan coach showed up, but we were committed and...

There is a trip I'm seriously thinking about next year of flying to Dublin then train to Belfast then a coach/ferry combo from Belfast coach station to Glasgow run by Hannon Coach, then train to London. No messing about with taxis or buses to get to the ferry dock as you have with the Dublin to...

Another thing that intrigues me in that area is the 19th century former Charles St. Jail that is now either a hotel or condos I forget which. I wonder if there is any part of it worth going in and seeing. I remember going past it many times when it was still a jail.

The Transsiberian is mostly 25 KV 50 Hz now. Looks like most of the 3 KV is in pockets around Moscow and other cities such as Ekaterinberg and Novosibirsk.

I see PRR style catenary supports on the new bridge :)

I wonder how yesterday's 49 lost almost 4 hours at Albany. Unfortunately I can't get into X/Twitter for some reason to look at the alerts.

I agree, I rode the NEC between Philadelphia and Boston often in the late 1960's NH/Penn Central era. I generally used Back Bay station which still had its classic old waiting room back then (before they tore it down and built the current concrete dungeon) but I recall South Station being quite...

The conspiracy theories about car, oil, and tire companies destroying the streetcar system are somewhat overblown. The fact is that streetcar systems were already run into the ground by the Depression and heavy use with minimal maintenance during WW II due to gas/tire rationing resulting in an...

When we took the Blue Line to/from O'Hare, we generally sat at the end of the car and put our bags near the end door so that they were not in the way of other passengers.

The Pufferbelly restaurant near the station is supposed to be decent. I haven't actually tried it. The station itself is nothing to look at but has all the necessary facilities.

Britain's Royal Mail to stop deliveries by railway after more than 200 years

AIUI the circuit breaker failure was at a substation in Van Nest in the Bronx (former location of the New Haven's electric shop) and only resulted in an outage for the line between Hell Gate and New Rochelle, which is not currently used by MNR. MNR New Haven line was running normally and they...

You might try subscribing to a VPN, then you could set your server to be US and make the app think you are in the US and it might work. Just a thought,.