Alex Wolford
@thetexanrhino.bsky.social
Writer Covering Transportation, Cities, and Sometimes Other Stuff
Work on Substack & Medium + @dmagazine.bsky.social
Dallas, TX | Columbia, MO
https://linktr.ee/TheTexanRhino
Work on Substack & Medium + @dmagazine.bsky.social
Dallas, TX | Columbia, MO
https://linktr.ee/TheTexanRhino
Reposted by Alex Wolford
I wrote about train-surfing's rise in NYC and other American Metros in context to other global train-surfing heydays, such as Berlin years immediately after the Wall came down www.substack-bahn.net/p/train-surf...
Train-Surfing: A Global Look
An attempt at context to an act of madness
www.substack-bahn.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I wrote about train-surfing's rise in NYC and other American Metros in context to other global train-surfing heydays, such as Berlin years immediately after the Wall came down www.substack-bahn.net/p/train-surf...
I simply do not trust my takes enough.
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I simply do not trust my takes enough.
Love to see it. Any reason for Middleground in particular?
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Love to see it. Any reason for Middleground in particular?
Do mayors usually get security teams?
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Do mayors usually get security teams?
If they do choose to rip the building down, can we relocate all city business to "the tunnels"?
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If they do choose to rip the building down, can we relocate all city business to "the tunnels"?
This is why, in earnest, I like the current City Hall building. If Dallas is anything, it's "strange and hard to love." I like that City Hall is challenging at first glance but beautiful with time. It reminds me of this city and why I love it.
"I am asking you to think big and save to reimagine this strange but hard to love building."
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Next is Rawlins Gilliland. (Fun fact, he was a reader in my wedding and read an original piece.)
Says the new City Hall "stunned me" in 1978, showed the city wasn't as "humorless" as he thought. He also talks about how cities across the country have restored and preserved its history.
Says the new City Hall "stunned me" in 1978, showed the city wasn't as "humorless" as he thought. He also talks about how cities across the country have restored and preserved its history.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Might be able to squeeze a bus in there as well at Downtown Carrollton.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Might be able to squeeze a bus in there as well at Downtown Carrollton.
Had an SLRV happened to wander into the image, there would have been three different rail vehicles made by three different companies based on three different continents in the frame.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Had an SLRV happened to wander into the image, there would have been three different rail vehicles made by three different companies based on three different continents in the frame.
I made absolutely sure to leave 232 of my 112-long-ton hopper cars of iron ore out last night.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I made absolutely sure to leave 232 of my 112-long-ton hopper cars of iron ore out last night.
An Ode to Stobe
The Greatest American Documentarian You Haven't Heard Of
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's interesting the different crowds that train-surfing attracts as compared to more traditional hoboing. Mainly in that hobos are typically older, and they want to be noticed a lot less.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's interesting the different crowds that train-surfing attracts as compared to more traditional hoboing. Mainly in that hobos are typically older, and they want to be noticed a lot less.
Oh yeah, The Flying Moose has been on a roll with transit videos.
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Oh yeah, The Flying Moose has been on a roll with transit videos.
Love some Edward Hopper. Got a "Gas" canvas print on my dorm room wall.
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Love some Edward Hopper. Got a "Gas" canvas print on my dorm room wall.
Hey I’ve been there!
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hey I’ve been there!
So I'm hearing. bsky.app/profile/maya...
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So I'm hearing. bsky.app/profile/maya...