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I'm glad to report that a "flipping board" is alive, well, and working at the lovely and historic station in New Haven, Connecticut. On a recent Saturday morning as I watched it flip and do all its tricks I noticed at one point 5 trains in the station at once! For many reasons this is a station to visit.
Perhaps the editorial direction of Trains is changing because of the current harsh realities of the publishing industry. Is it possible that the magazine management believes they have more to gain from going in this (new?) direction than they do from being a magazine of statistics and information with a neutral editorial content? Secondly, perhaps the aging demographics of the magazine's readership tell us that "new ocassions teach new duties; time makes ancient good uncouth." I'd
I do appreciate your ideas but I disagree. You are entirely right about passenger service being "a minute part of it." That is exactly my point. Don't sweat the small stuff when we're talking about the national debt (cue to PhoebeVet). Also, I'm older than you (61!) and I have thousands of children to worry about...they're my former students who need a competitive transportation system for their, and their children's, future. Growing the economy is the best way to pay
Well, if we don't build high speed rail, how will we as a nation and economy travel in the 21st century? By airplanes? If so, will one of the "howling critics" compare the full costs of air travel with high speed rail? Please include all the costs, as your crowd loves to do for passenger train proponents. Advanced railroads and high speed rail are things we must have if the national economy is to compete and grow within the modern world. I think we have to see this as a required investment
Wasn't it Casey Stengel who said "You could look it up"? Well, I looked it up. According to my copy of B&O's May 22, 1927 System Time Tables , the route in question is mileposted (is that a word?) from Cleveland south. The B&O's downtown Cleveland depot (still standing) is milepost 0.0. "Willow" is MP 8.3, Thornburgh 9.8, South Park 10.8, Alexander's 13.1 (I think that's Fitzwater Road), Brecksville 15.8, Jaite 18.2, Boston Mill 20.1, Peninsula 21.7
I'd never heard of South Park as a station on this line until today. It's my guess that yes, this would be Rockside Road, but I'm not certain of this.
What a good video! It is filmed alongside Riverview Road, going northbound from about Ira Road (the stop for Hale Farm & Village) to SR 303 in Peninsula, Ohio. About midway the road crosses the track from one side to the other, so you have to either beat the train to that crossing or wait for it to pass. I also enjoyed the youtube links to other action on the CVL. BTW, did you ever get to see the circus train?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer on its front page the other morning had the photo of the elephants walking across the intersection of Euclid Avenue at East 9th Street on their way from train to arena; and who doesn't like the sight of elephants walking single-file holding each other's tails? If all this railfan wants is to see the circus train and its animals when they process to the arena, I submit this isn't rocket science to predict. Here's what I'd do: Find out the date the circus
I agree with all the nice things people here are saying about this wonderful bridge. I've been traveling up & down the Hudson valley for about 40 years and this stalwart old railroad bridge never fails to grab & hold my attention. But I think it would scare the living "whatever" out of me to cross it on foot or on a bike! I mean, it's like about two miles high and sixty miles long and SO exposed to the winds, etc. I used to walk across the old Kinzua viaduct in NW Pennsylvania
Once again it's gratifying to see so many thoughtful and divergent opinions. In regards to some comments by greyhounds let me reply. Why, exactly, is it "silly" to spend $7 billion on a train station and urban development (including 37 miles of underground tracks)? The development's planners in Stuttgart seem to feel that by putting the station underground and selling the air rights for re-development the $7 billion can be recouped and more. They must have the studies to show that
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