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  1. The Davy Crockett

    FRA to Oversee DC Metro?

    How bad has DC's Metrorail gotten? :unsure: Well... There are reports that the NTSB is expected to make an urgent recommendation to the federal DOT this afternoon that the FRA take over safety oversight of Metro. :o That is pretty radical. Possibly unprecedented. Did the Pope have...
  2. The Davy Crockett

    Park Cars to Churchill? & More...

    While there is nothing definite, it is being said on the Canadian Passenger Forum @ Yahoo that it is looking like Park Cars are going to be restored to the Winnipeg - Churchill run. Two Park Cars are definitely in the Winnipeg shops and someone with an 'inside source' says it is going to...
  3. The Davy Crockett

    Flying Car For Sale in 2017

    Link Here at cbcnews.ca: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/aeromobil-s-flying-car-will-go-on-sale-in-2017-company-says-1.2996116
  4. The Davy Crockett

    Amtrak Wasting Millions?

    From Environmental & Energy Publishing: Link to article: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060015115
  5. The Davy Crockett

    Pullman Site: National Monument

    According to Trains Newswire President Obama will designate the Pullman site in Chicago a National Monument on February 19, and it will be managed by the Naional Park Service. I found this at the Historic Pullman Foundation's website: http://www.pullmanil.org/nps.html I also found this article...
  6. The Davy Crockett

    Purple Line's Bethesda Sta. 'Downgrade?'

    What is it with Montgomery County. Maryland and transit centers that have the color purple in them? First, the infamous Silver Spring Transit Center ( Now called, amongst other things, the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center) which seems like it could possibly never open, and now news about the...
  7. The Davy Crockett

    Pax Shaming Online

    From this article at WTOP: I don't use facebook or twitter, but maybe Amtrak needs its own pages for this? For example I was on a train going into CHI last October and a pax was told to sit down by a conductor and didn't... Oh wait.... :ph34r: :blush: :ph34r: :P
  8. The Davy Crockett

    IBTTA's New Video

    The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) has a new video out about tolls on 'freeways' which is linked here. Guess what? :unsure: It is pro-toll! :P NOT pro-duck trolls - which live under toll bridges. :giggle: ##################################### On a...
  9. The Davy Crockett

    Amtrak Reauthorization 2014?

    Here we go again... ...but it will get kicked past the elections in November and into 2015, or 2016, or... From the article linked below in The Hill... House bill cuts Amtrak funding 40 percent From the article:
  10. The Davy Crockett

    DC, CSX, & VA Ave Tunnel Expansion

    The Washington Post has had a couple of articles on the D.C. Council's oversight hearing on the proposed reconstruction of the Virginia Avenue tunnel in Southeast Washington that CSX wants to rebuild, double track and deepen for double-stacks. The hearings have revived concerns about the...
  11. The Davy Crockett

    Southwest's New Look

    Another new paint scheme will be hitting the sky...
  12. The Davy Crockett

    Plane Foamers Pestered

    Maybe the Connecticut Airport Authority takes the word "authoirty" in its name a little too seriously? :blink: From this article at WTOP:
  13. The Davy Crockett

    Uber Nasty & Lyft Lowdown?

    From this piece at the LA Times' "Opinion L.A." on 8/13/14: This in reference to the article - linked here, the day before, in the LA Times. From the article: As the editorial piece above concludes: While this is going on, AGR sent me an email about this offer... Was this really a good idea? I...
  14. The Davy Crockett

    Amtrak to SJ 49ers

    At least some good is coming from the San Jose 49ers new home. :) From this article at the SF Chronicle: Puts Amtrak's booze prices into perspective... ...And the LSA didn't confuse Levi's with Disneyland! :)
  15. The Davy Crockett

    DC Beltway turns 50

    Inside the Beltway: Power, influence, wheeling and dealing :excl: Outside the Beltway: Did someone hear squealing? :o I-495 The way the locals drive The Inner Loop, the Outer Loop, Will make an out-of-towner poop When they take I-95! :P Here's the scoop about Washington's most...
  16. The Davy Crockett

    Overloaded Ferry in WA

    From this article at WTOP : A gotta love this next line: Complacency could explain it... :)
  17. The Davy Crockett

    Be an Engineer for $150!

    Okay, maybe I've overstated it a bit. :rolleyes: But not by much! :) The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's Steel Wheels Festival, Sept. 26-28 will have, amongst its abundance of Foamer's heaven - check out the above link, the opportunity to be at the throttle of a real living, breathing...
  18. The Davy Crockett

    Article: Why Can't US Build HSR?

    Another article on HSR, this one from the folks who publish The Atlantic. Why Can't the United States Build a High-Speed Rail System? The problem isn't geography, demographics, or money—it's federal will. The article starts: What follows is a good read about the building of the Interstate...
  19. The Davy Crockett

    TIME: Truth About HSR

    TIME has an article entitled "The Truth About Obama’s High-Speed Rail Program" which is linked here. From the article: Hit the link above to read the rest....
  20. The Davy Crockett

    Save Cabeese!

    Here is your chance to do good and own a caboose at the same time! Link to this GOLDEN opportunity at "ARCHES" website here. (ARCHES = American Railway Caboose Historical Educational Society) :ohboy: Someone had just a little too much fun coming up with that acronym. :lol: Here is a link...
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