History and Other Related Readings (RSS)

This category contains things related to history and industry, hobby, or other related readings.

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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Private Fund Raising for Rail

So you guys who say, "rail never supports itself", "passenger services can't operate at profit", "people just don't value it enough", "blahg blagh, rail is so great but we MUST beg for money for operations and capitol" are going to hate me pointing this Read More
posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:03 PM by adron | 7 Comments
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MARTA Profits Around the Corner? Maybe Transit does have Pricing Power Options?

Sometimes a system is in place that turns an operational profit based on "subsidized" pricing models.  For Tri-met there are bus lines that sometimes turn an operational profit, sometimes, during rush hour especially, the MAX turns an operational Read More
posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:11 AM by adron | 11 Comments
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Literature, History, Things Railroads Have Lots Of!

I was thumbing through the latest issue of Railway Age.  It got me thinking, I really should do some entries based on the monthly, and historical literature I manage to dig up on railroading.  Railway Age is a great read along with some of Read More
posted Monday, August 27, 2007 1:09 AM by adron | 2 Comments
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