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The most extensive coverage of North American passenger rail on Twitter and now railmag handle over on bksy.

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In lieu of our usual Control Point (CP) Sundays edition this morning, we have an updated Transformative Rail Vision Map ready (google.com/maps/d/viewer?…), including MTL-TOR HFR, Ethan Allen to BUR, Vermonter to MTL & a couple glaring gaps: Big Sky Explorer to Sandpoint & KNX-CHT.
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Hello from downtown Lufkin, TX this morning, where a very short southbound UP local is leaving the Lufkin yard on the Lufkin Sub. I’ll have some photos to share later.
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This is the 1926 KCS depot in DeRidder, the 2nd station at this location. Now the Beauregard Museum of history for the town. KCS caboose #337 is also preserved on the site. Lufkin scenes tomorrow morning… Thanks for reading!
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Now over to DeRidder, looking at the CPKC main line between Shreveport and Texas, 689 miles south of Kansas City and 87 miles north of Port Arthur, TX. First photo looks north, 2nd south, mileage sign over the depot. Proper depot photos to close the thread next…
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Drove from BR-Lufkin, TX today for a meeting tomorrow. Passed a couple of interesting railroad spots in Eunice & DeRidder (LA): •Arcadiana Rwy & UP’s DeQuincy Sub in Eunice, along with old gal fmr Santa Fe GP35u #2533 (rusting away under LTEX) •CPKC main in DeRiddier (👀👇)
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@alanthefisher @ellonico Brightline Florida had laughable timeline performance. They deliver the product well but they can’t forecast schedules any better than the public sector.
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@ellonico even then, the private venture (brightline west) has yet to even start construction when they were planning too in 2024. So even then CAHSR with all of its problems is still ahead of everything else in the country
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Thank you to all the workers at transit agencies around the country (and worldwide) who connect communities by moving people through their professionalism and dedication. We literally wouldn’t be anywhere without you!
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@librab103 Yeah, it’s not the specific costs that are the issue (well, maybe for the Coachella Valley project) but that “if we just got some faster regular trains we could have way more trains cheaper/easier.” Not really because of freight. Also, P-42s & Amfleets already can do 100 mph.
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@RAILMag that isn't bad compared to the amount of money the US spends each year.
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It is true that higher-speed conventional rail is often overlooked in the N American context in relation to High Speed Rail, but it’s also not just a simple matter of train equipment. In many cases, the infrastructure updates needed to increase speeds are the same ease/$ as HSR.
swagner@BayouBikeyBoi

I think part of the reason Americans are weird about trains is because we’ve effectively missed out on several decades of technological advancement, modern “low end” trains can easily do 100+ mph, like even with slow speed Houston to Dallas is only like 2-3 hours

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@librab103 •NY State 90B option: $8.8 billion •LA-Coachella for just 2 new daily roundtrips at a bit higher speeds is $1.5 billion •Minnesota NLX 4 daily roundtrips at 90 mph: $592 million It varies, but it is not super easy or cheap.
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Compared to the halcyon era of American railroading and the following decline in passenger rail from 1950-1980, routes now operating above 79 mph include: CT Hartford Line Amtrak Empire Service (S of Albany) Keystone Corridor Brightline Wolverine Corridor Lincoln Service
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This is the case because most active railroads in North America are owned by private freight companies. In order to add even decently fast passenger rail, additional tracks, grade separation & signaling yields increased costs fairly quickly.
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Chris 🦝@TrashPanda08x·
Looks like the MTA is going to purchase Siemens Venture cars to replace their aging Comet cars 👀
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Jarrett Walker@humantransit·
I'm sick of public transit opponents arguing that because we don't have the money to fix the service, we shouldn't have the money to fix the service.
Laura Powell@LauraPowellEsq

I am sick of public-transit enthusiasts trying to force people to use a dangerous, dirty, unreliable, and inadequate system. Fix it first, and then we can talk about your ideas to make it infeasible to drive. Price isn’t the top reason people choose to drive.

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Giles Goat-Girl@nadienadianadie·
@souljagoyteller No one under sixty remembered Carter’s presidency, bush sr had the bush jr interest bump that made more people care even if they weren’t there for it.
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Sami Gold
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Is it just me, or did George HW Bush’s death feel like a bigger deal than Jimmy Carter’s
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