December 28, 2006 – 10:02 am
Sure, light-rail construction is painful, but it will be worth it in the long haul
in the Phoenix New Times, 28 December 2006, by Ray Stern. – … Central Avenue has been narrowed to one lane in each direction, the slow-moving traffic guided by thickets of orange-and-white hazard markers… We’ve been […]
January 12, 2001 – 11:09 pm
By Garl Latham, Dallas, TX.
From the January 2001 Western Rail Passenger Review
As hopes grow stronger for a new era of passenger railroading, and as we see dreams of the past become tomorrow’s possibilities, several small but significant problems continue to foul our track to success. One such potential stumbling block involves semantics and the regrettable […]
“Politicians and business leaders increasingly understand that effective rapid transit stimulates the economy, creating jobs and generating even more prosperity. Critics continue to circulate tired, discredited arguments against rail transit, but many of these naysayers are nothing more than hired guns who rent themselves to rail opponents in an effort to sway public opinion.” Julian […]
If I may, please allow me to delve into this subject of ‘trains and names.’ …It is fairly common knowledge that the Santa Fe suffered a great deal in their struggle with the very concept of joining Amtrak….
August 21, 1998 – 10:58 am
(1998 Commentary by William Lindley)
With Amtrak’s 1998 Business Plan discussing primarily Corridors, rather than long-distance trains, it may be instructive to look at the “corridor” and long-distance services which Southern Pacific offered along the Sunset Route in 1951.
City Pair
1951 Roundtrips per week
1998 Roundtrips per week
San Antonio - New Orleans
21
3
Houston - New Orleans
28
3
Condensed from SP timetable […]
