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Ontario Completes Confederation GO Station in Hamilton The Ontario government has announced the completion of construction at Confederation GO Station in Hamilton.

Ontario Completes Confederation GO Station in Hamilton; 13 weekday and 15 weekend trips begin on October 27 | Railway News – railway-news.com/ontario-comp...

Looking forward to a whole new set of notable railroading spots with your new homebase!

YouTube video by South Coast Rail Videos Abandoned railroad to be restored? Maine's Mountain Division Update April 2025

The Conway Scenic wants to continue its reactivation of the former Maine Central’s Mountain Division in Maine. But guess who wants nothing else but a trail…?
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RAIL Magazine on X: "Train Beer Friday: D&H Coal Car Imperial Stout. I featured this brewery previously (see below), and didn’t note then that *every* beer they brew is train-themed, including this big, dark beer for the middle of winter. I need to find a way to make a visit sometime. Cheers!🍻 https://t.co/7R2n7J69qd" / X Train Beer Friday: D&H Coal Car Imperial Stout. I featured this brewery previously (see below), and didn’t note then that *every* beer they brew is train-themed, including this big, dark beer for the middle of winter. I need to find a way to make a visit sometime. Cheers!🍻 https://t.co/7R2n7J69qd

If you want to check out the past posts over on the other side, here’s the direct link:
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Train Beer Friday: Fest Xpress by Runaway Train Brewery in Honesdale, PA. While I’ve featured this brewery twice before on X, this time it’s their Festbier offering during the heart of Oktoberfest. Included maps below. Right off the still-active Stourbridge Line excursion railroad.🍻

How the Silver Line has shaped transit-oriented development in Northern Virginia More than a decade since the first leg of the Silver Line opened, and in a post-pandemic world, the Reston and Tysons areas have seen drastic change. New development adjacent to high-quality public tr...

How the Silver Line has shaped transit-oriented development in Northern Virginia | @ggwash.org – ggwash.org/view/101006/...

As a student at CUA back in those days, I often was over in Dupont for a haircut (I went to Eunice at Haircuttery there for a good 15 years) along with the first Metro-accessible Chipotle. Later on, I was informed of the majestic beer selection at The Brickskellar (RIP).

This elevator entrance was dodgy even back when I first went to Dupont Circle in 1999 (but sometimes necessary given how often the escalators were out of service before the canopies). Glad to see it enhanced & improved)

Brightline revamps schedules, pricing, and train length - Trains MIAMI — Beginning Oct. 6, Brightline is making sweeping changes that adjust schedules, capacity, and pricing to capture ridership and revenue for both its Miami-West Palm Beach and South Florida-Orlan...

"Beginning Oct. 6...Hourly round trips between Miami and Orlando will be reduced from the current 15 to 10, departing about every two hours, while short-distance frequencies between Miami and West Palm Beach jump to 18 each way including the Orlando trains..."🚆

Like, I know the obvious answer: man is fundamentally greedy and power hungry.

Why haven’t philosopher-kings ever been able to figure out how to get past this kind of absurdity?

They shouldn’t move downtown just for the current Crescent. Worse trip for maybe a couple of daily riders added. I don’t think even adding a ATL-Ft Worth I-20 Corridor branch makes it worthwhile. Just if there’s new, terminating corridor routes out of ATL.

Sure, but without a strategy for intercity/regional service and affording infrastructure on the legacy corridors, no way to access the massive airport…

I’m not so much worried about it but it seems there’s lots of local interest in doing it without any specific funding for new corridor routes that could encourage the decoupling of the Crescent route. Most likely, all we’ll see in the next decade would be the ATL-Ft Worth I-20 Corridor.

Observe the Crescent’s current route in the first map, and the 2nd map where the current Atlanta Peachtree Station and downtown Atlanta are highlighted with arrows. There’s no good solutions…

Circa 2009 during the high gas prices. I was on a small transit nerd tour with then-WMATA GM Dan Tangherlini who cracked about one-time historic crowds on Inauguration Days, "and now we just call that Tuesday." Daily rail ridership around then was about 900,000. It's about 780,000 now.

Proposal to build new Atlanta Amtrak station seeks ways to improve access, comfort for passengers “We really want to see what the people in this region and in this city want,” Tejas Kotak, ARC Senior Transportation Planner, said.

Atlanta absolutely needs a downtown passenger rail station. But my question is how do you route Amtrak's Crescent through there without 2 reverse moves unless it's re-routed via Montgomery? The abandonment of Belt Line segments has reduced operational capacity for through-routed passenger trains.

YouTube video by CSX CSX Celebrates Reopened Howard Street Tunnel: Boosting Freight Rail & Economic Growth in Maryland

While I mostly focus on N American passenger rail here, anything that also gets more freight on rail and off the roads is a win in for the larger transportation network. Baltimore’s historic Howard Street Tunnel is a crucial asset for freight in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic. Congrats, CSX!

Certainly a factor

Also concerning is how mealy-mouthed and almost whimsical the BRT discourse becomes. If you don’t invest in the capacity of rail, running buses as frequently and quickly is all you need to do. Invest in dedicated lanes, signal priority, cue jumps, etc,, but lose the hero’s quest of what BRT means.

St. Louis cancels north-south MetroLink expansion project Mayor’s office and Bi-State Development officially end development of the north-south MetroLink Green Line, citing costs.

Disappointing. This project was progressing nicely, serving a very high-demand transit corridor and estimated at half the per-mile cost of the Maryland Purple Line.
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Landed at EGE. State transit conference in Avon. Even took the bus from the airport! Got some nice shots while paralleling the line on the bus.

You’re absolutely on the right track (pun intended)!
Wish I was going that far.
More old school cosmetics pyramid scheme.
You may know this location…

Some RTD A Line scenes this morning at 61st & Pena and Denver International Airport stations, including trains on both tracks at DEN. A bit nicer weather than last night, as well…
A clue for my next stop: I can see through the veil of Tennessee without passing through Tennessee.

Video: on a cool & drizzly evening, RideRTD’s A Line arrives at Denver International Airport from Denver Union Station.

Virginia Railway Express, Amtrak adjust schedules to accommodate Long Bridge Project • Virginia Mercury Starting in January 2026, Virginia Railway Express will adjust its rail service due to the Long Bridge Project, with some trains operating from Alexandria instead of Union Station. The company is also...

Virginia Railway Express, Amtrak adjust schedules to accommodate Long Bridge Project | @virginiamercury.com - virginiamercury.com/briefs/virgi... #VRE #trains #rail #DC #VA

Tariffs May Cut Cleveland GCRTA Railcar Order By 10% neo-trans.blog/2025/09/22/t...

Can you imagine all the coordination that happened with CSX or NS and then LIRR (maybe MNRR, too)...

Nine-mile extension of the A Line to Pomona opens for passengers The world's longest light rail line has grown again.

The world's longest light rail line now spans 58 miles from Pomona to Long Beach

Commentary: plans for more frequent passenger rail service from L.A. to the Coachella Valley beyond the long-distance Sunset Limited have been on the books for decades. However, steps towards implementation have been unsuccessful to date.