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CASUAL/FAST-FOOD themed restaurant & dining railway cars could generate revenue...
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over 4 years ago
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Why not consider outfitting restaurant/dining railcars for use by these popular casual dining and fast food chains: McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, Arbys, Sonic, Applebees, Olive Garden, Macaroni Grill, Red Lobster, Dennys, IHOP, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Little...
INDIANAPOLIS interurban electric streetcar traction terminal was world's largest & busiest...
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over 4 years ago
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The INDIANAPOLIS traction terminal opened in 1904 and within a decade more than 500 electric passenger and freight trolley cars arrived and departed daily. A passenger tally of 7 million passengers a year passed through the Indianapolis terminal giving...
MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION to be dismanteled & shipped by rail...
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over 4 years ago
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Heard over the wire that the abandoned Michigan Central Railway Station in Detroit might be dismanteled in large chunks and shipped by rail to Manhattan and re-constructed on the former site of Pennsylvania Station that was demolished in the 1960's...
Trains get a full page cover story in the Detroit Free Press!
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Detroit Free Press Sunday, Sept 30, 2009 pg 27A: CAN SPEED SELL TRAIN TRAVEL? By: Free Press Lansing Bureau Chief Chris Christoff: Tel# 517-372-8660- email: cchristoff@freepress.com web site : www.freep.com The Detroit Free Press has rarerly...
Super-Speed Transcontinental ElectroDomeLiners to have solar panels on railcar roofs...
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over 4 years ago
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To further increase the efficiency of the 'Super-Speed Electroliner Transcontinental Fleet', high efficiency photovoltaic solar collectors will be installed on the roofs of the passenger & sleeping carriages, dining, lounge coaches, observation...
US & Canadian Sports Teams to travel by newly designed rail-carraiges...
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over 4 years ago
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Sports teams from the USA and Canada have decided to be responsible citizens by reducing their colossal consumption of fuel and reduce their jet-setting carbon footprints, since they are public figures with considerable influence over the greater public...
Millions of new jobs in the new US High Speed Railways...Here's a partial list:
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over 4 years ago
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Bloomberg TV had economist Mr. Rohaytn on saying that a full infrastructure rebuilding in the USA would easily create 5,000,000 - five million or so jobs! Railroad reconstruction could easily have more than a quarter of the jobs... There are hundreds...
California Fire Fighting Railway & Water Tower Network:
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Based on the ferocious fires that are engulfing the Los Angeles area, the most suitable approach to dealing with future fires -could- shape up something like this: Million gallon+ water towers primarily located 'above' fire prone populated...