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Various topics ranging from freight railroads to passenger rail operations. Sometimes even the small rail related topics of light rail, streetcars, or other vehicles.

WES Side Arrivals

I noticed the Oregonian as well as other sources have made mention of the arrival of the Colorado Car and DMU in Wilsonville. Mentioned by the Tribune and The Times (publications of the same parent, same articles) that the vehicles had arrived. I'm really Read More
posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:42 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Urban Commute Time

Home to Office… Driving: 32-40 minutes Transit: 48-52 minutes Walking: 1hr 24 minutes Bicycling: 28 minutes Simple fact, it's pretty damn stupid to try to drive in an urban environment.  It takes about 1-3 minutes to park a bike, and about 3-15 Read More
posted Friday, June 20, 2008 9:24 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Red Line Ridership, and Calculations for Total Throughput on the Banfield Corridor

This Sunday I took a trip out to the Best Buy by the airport.  It was a little later in the afternoon when I boarded the Red Line to the airport.  The interesting thing that I noticed was that the number of patrons riding the Red Line, on a Read More
posted Monday, May 26, 2008 10:50 AM by adron | 8 Comments
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Feds Crawl to Incompetence as Union Pacific Silently Creates Grandeur

Light Rail Construction Impresses, Funding Depresses I've been watching the the downtown Portland Mall Light Rail Construction with curiosity.  Impressiveness often comes to mind at the number of things that have been planned for, accommodated and Read More
posted Friday, May 23, 2008 9:58 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Amtrak Adds Some Roll-Up Reports to Scheduling

I was navigating around Amtrak's web site today and found a new little feature in relation to on time performance.  A roll up report based on the host networks on-time performance and interruptions.  Here's a quick screen shot, to find out more Read More
posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 8:29 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Gas Prices Won't Affect/Increase Transit Ridership

It was spoken/written once.  Obviously the statement was delusional! Sounder Gets it Kickin' Sounder ridership is up 28%!  28% is a MASSIVE jump.  If gas prices go up another 10-20% it actually will make the billion plus they blew on getting Read More
posted Friday, May 16, 2008 5:05 PM by adron | 1 Comments
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California High Speed Rail Authority Interactive Map - AWESOME!!!

http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/map.htm Just go check it out, very nice job they did.  Thanks to Nick for posting the link via comment.  Technorati Tags: HSR,High Speed Rail,California High Speed Rail Authority,California,Map del.icio.us Read More
posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:09 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, and a Train Trip

So I'll be heading down on the ole' Amtrak Cascades route to Salem.  The trip will be to catch the Gigantour show at the Salem Armory.  If anyone out there in the blogosphere is going, wants to go, and wants to hit the train up make sure to Read More
posted Friday, May 09, 2008 9:53 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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HR 1650 - Re-regulation and Increased Burdens for Freight Rail

A Fix for Something that isn't Broken First off, there are a ton of other Bloggers hitting this topic.  So I'll stick some links at the bottom of this write up.  There are also links to this bill and other information to track the status of Read More
posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:01 PM by adron | 6 Comments
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Freight System in Severe Jeopardy

So the worse news that I've heard in a long time happened today.  The House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1650.  I have only harsh words for the coming news and days.  I'm sure the railroads see that too, as they've stated many times.  Read More
posted Monday, May 05, 2008 2:27 PM by adron | 3 Comments
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HOLY !*#$ TRANSIT DOLLARS

"The Urban Land Institute (ULI) reported Tuesday that a survey of 23 large metropolitan regions indicates that their combined transit spending over the next 25-to-30 years "will actually exceed that spent on highways, a shift of historic proportions." Read More
posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:56 PM by adron | 4 Comments
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Transit Thoughts Part II, In Seattle

Now this one causes some more "rough and edgy" thoughts and comments.  So again, reader beware. 1 I'm not 100% sure why the monorail was so "unfeesable" for Seattle.  From a materials, disruption, and economic stand point it appears that the Read More
posted Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:41 PM by adron | 2 Comments
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Exit Centralia, Enter Portland

Departed Centralia 5 minutes late.  Not a big deal, I think we regained part of that down time as the high ball was put to the test.  We screamed out of Centralia, tore through Chehalis before I even had sat down and got connected.  Mitch Read More
posted Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:20 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Transit Thoughts With Pictures, Add Some Commentary

1 The most economically, environmentally sustainable form of private personal transportation.  Especially for those with two people riding.  That being said, they're hogs, not even the most efficient form of the mode, but still is well above Read More
posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 7:12 PM by adron | 5 Comments
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Sexy, Sensual, Romantic, Erotic, and Relaxing Ride on Rails

So this entry isn't for prudish, the children of the prudish, and is probably a bit too much for most of sexually phobic America. Train travel is often referred to as romantic.  It is.  Train travel is often referred to as sexy, bullet trains Read More
posted Friday, April 25, 2008 7:54 PM by adron | 2 Comments
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