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Blog Post:
The Cotton Belt conundrum
Garl B. Latham
I really hate this. I can count on one hand with fingers left over the number of times this has ever happened to me: a passenger service initiative which I'm not only unable to support, but find myself actively opposing. Worse yet, it's a proposal that honestly looks good - at least as a line...
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30 Mar 2012
Blog Post:
The Grid and Gateway proposition
Garl B. Latham
I don't set out to be negative (honestly!) and I've never wished to concentrate upon what I conclude may be wrong in the world of railroading while ignoring possible solutions . No matter how badly things may be going, it's not right or fair to continually pick on others if I'm unwilling...
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7 Feb 2012
Blog Post:
Don Phillips, Barack Obama and personal vindication
Garl B. Latham
During the late 1980s, as Union Pacific began to merge former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad operations into its growing system, I became concerned about the future of a little used ex-Katy main line in north central Texas. The route in question stretched from B-RI Jct. in the city of Waxahachie to Dana...
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17 Jan 2012