September, 2009

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...