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Folks...look...if the U.S. had advanced, energy-efficient transportation like the GG1 in the early 1930's the bottom-line question is why this is such a rarity across the U.S. now? Why did we allow General Motors and Firestone Rubber (and all the oil companies in tow!) to destroy the Los Angeles public railway system, back in the 1940s and 1950s ... so they could make $$ off us by selling us polluting cars, oil/gas and tires? It's our fault once we become educated and aware of the history of corporate greed and then fail to do something about it! Obama seems to realize this and wants to save the U.S. by investing in rail. Let's at least back him up on this part of his "economic stimulus" plan (most of which is a corporate-backed sham, but investment in U.S. railroad is thankfully real).
News / Important!
All Aboard Florida and other American high-speed rail projects
Positive Train Control (PTC) -- updates
BNSF
adds third rail in Southern California, reducing freeway congestion!
Alameda Corridor ---40
mph, for 20 continuous ground miles, non-stop, through Los Angeles?!
NEW!! Alameda Corridor- East
(ACE)
Norfolk Southern Corp. Corridor projects
CSX Go Green
Video
TV series dedicated to U.S. rail: Extreme
Trains (History Channel)
BBC -- Great American Railroad Journeys (2016 TV series)
Guides and Tutorials:
Rail FAQs-of-the-Day (aka Your Daily Train-Talk)...
Rail Transportation Systems: Design, Construction and Operation
Railway and Railroad Engineering Guide
Guide to: Railroad Investment -- Stocks, Indexes and Finance Information
Guide to: Locomotive Maintenance: Services and Procedures
Railroad/Freight-train conductors (aka engineers)--intro and careers
Guide to Engineering Railroad, Railway, Train Electrification Systems:
- Basics
- Traction Power Network
- Traction Systems
- The Electric Locomotive
- Pantograph (Rail)
- Electric Multiple Unit
- Trolley Pole
- Third Rail
- Overhead Lines
- Ground-Level Power Supply
Encyclopedia of Trains, Rail and Locomotives
Introduction to Modern High-Speed Trains
American Trains and Rail: High-Speed Development
History of North American Freight Rail:
Pt. 1 2 3 4 5 6
American Passenger Rail --From the Early Days to Amtrak:
High-Technology Trains:
- Intro
- British
Rail’s High-Speed Trains: IC 125 and IC 225
- TGV
- ICE — Germany's Inter-City Express
- Automated Railways, Metro Lines and Light Railways
- Freight and Heavy Haul
- What's Next: Engineering Challenges for Tomorrow's Railways
Railroad Maintenance: