Metrolink runs on a shoestring budget in a complex environment

Many services are contracted out and more than half its track is shared with freight trains ... s system is single-track, which means it must be shared with freight trains. Related: Media Mostly ... . Even some board members say they lack expertise on some of the problems the system faces [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 11:12:05
Blog: Peace and Freedom '08...

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How it is on the Labrador.

Interesting developments, or rather non developments, going on with the two large building projects in town ... t implement a tracking system for freight is beyond comprehension. And why do they continue to ship [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 13:27:10
Blog: Nain Bay...

Metrolink: A system forged from freight lines

Last night, I was able to reach Richard Stanger ... trains and freight trains must often share the same set of tracks. The Metrolink tracks probably carry "more freight traffic and commuter traffic than just about anywhere else in the country [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 15:48:22
Blog: Bottleneck Blog | Santa...

Train Safety Measures Promised By 2012

Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific -- two large freight railroads that share tracks with Metrolink -- have pledged to install advanced ... system (GPS) technology to monitor train locations and speeds. If engineers miss signals or cannot ... . While the freight railroads have taken a step in the right direction, Metrolink hesitates to adopt [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 07:13:33
Blog: California Injury Blog ...

HSR: Safe and Fuel Efficient

Dennis Lytton, who has authored a post for this blog back in June and is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Railroad ... stretch from Anaheim to San Francisco, with future branches to Sacramento and San Diego. The system would be completely separated from automobile traffic and freight trains. The tracks would [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 03:07:00
Blog: California High Speed R...

China Still Wants To Raise Money To Build More Railways

Jump to Comments Despite the slump in global stock markets — even Shanghai is down by 22% from its peak — Chinese railway companies still plan to ... to add 17,000 kilometers of track to the system by 2010, which would include building more than 20 new freight and passenger lines, as well as upgrading existing ones so they can carry faster trains [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 11:52:58
Blog: China Bystander...

Takoma Park Green Luxury

These Gables Are More Than Green Environmentally Friendly Building in Lap of Luxury By Barbara Ruben Special to The Washington Post Saturday, ... and Environmental Design building. The rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, evaluates ... definitely present.” Tracks for both Metro and freight trains pass behind Gables, and Goh [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 12:19:23
Blog: The Green Blog ...

Light rail train, bus crash near downtown LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) Fire officials say a light rail train has collided with a bus south of downtown Los Angeles, injuring at least 13 people ... after a Metrolink train linking the city to suburbs smashed into a freight train in the San Fernando ... transit system, running on 22 miles of track within the city. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 10:21:00
Blog: Jewish And Breaking New...

Back on track: commuter rail Massachusetts

Greetings all. As this post goes up, I'm on a commuter rail train heading from Worcester to Boston, along with Sen. John Kerry ... in Boston and Cambridge that will help us re-tool our freight rail system. I urge you to read ... their cars at home, easing congestion and pollution. Expanded freight rail service takes trucks off [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 13:43:34
Blog: Blue Mass. Group : Rea...

CSX stays green on and off the tracks

The GenSet Locomotive is just one way transportation company CSX is demonstrating their commitment to operating a sustainable business ... with their freight rail, making it three times more efficient than other transport methods, they also actively ... employees and a freight system that extends across 23 states, CSX has also implemented energy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 22:50:20
Blog: ecollo - Your daily ec...

Hk shares fall 2 pct; Ping An drops on Fortis talk

Hk shares fall 2 pct; Ping An drops on Fortis talk September 26th, 2008 * Ping An dives 9 ... tumbles tracking global freight index (Updates to mid-day) By Parvathy Ullatil HONG KONG, Sept 26 ... stake. U.S. stock futures dropped after the $700 billion rescue forthe U.S. financial system [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 05:49:26
Blog: Finance, Economy-Busine...

If You're Going to Do Commuter Rail, Do It Right

Like the Sound Transit Sounder. Build the system out, if you're going to do it, and don't skimp. "Lakewood, Wash ... of Transportation took over the state railway system in the mid-1990s, a DOT official says. A set of tracks runs through South Tacoma and Lakewood, but it’s now used only about twice a week by freight trains [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:05:17
Blog: Transit Sleuth | Welco...

As Usual, Portland Fails To Keep On Track

Light rail and streetcars are stupid and expensive holdovers from the 19th century ... ," also called "personal rapid transit" -- a system of vehicles that provide on-demand, private, nonstop travel. These vehicles can carry people or light freight. They ride on small, overhead guideways [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 04:13:15
Blog: MaxRedline...

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