Yes, granted the physical volume of lighter goods means that even when in double stack containers to get similar tonnage moved is difficult. Coal tonnage by rail has continued to drop like a rock freeing up track capacity in some areas for more internmodal traffic. www.aar.org/wp-content/u...

You can't deck over the curved sections of the yard without spending excessively. So you end up with maybe a football fields worth of very expensive capping when there is single family detached housing next door that could be up zoned and built up for far cheaper.

This is a long shot, but I'm working on something with a friend. dose anyone have any documents on the post-WW2 General Electric proposal to the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad for electrification? I've seen it mentioned in multiple places but never have seen any documents.

Half of a million people misinformed about which corridor, which railroad, and the full scope of why it actually happened.

I wouldn't be as frustrating if it wasn't essentially trashing the single best piece of freight infrastructure built in California in the past 50+ years.

It's pretty damning that Alstom was able to do this with a train they didn't even fully design themselves based on an already then 20 years old Bombardier LRC cars redesigned to work with beefed up TGV power cars in 4 years meanwhile the Avelia Liberty is 6 in development hell.

This email was designed in a lab to kill anyone with any understanding of engineering manufacturing limitations.

This is a perfect example of it, All of these offices and stores are essentially only accessible via car.

Of course the highway dose this too on a larger scale but at least gives some while horribly unsafe options, ways across it outside of a car.

It feels fitting to start this account off with one of my favorite photos I took while working in the industry.

Looking forward to talking about rail and transport policy nerd stuff with everyone here.