http://www.azrail.org Let's Get Arizona On Track To The Future Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:21:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.azrail.org/2010/1911-railway-advertisements/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/1911-railway-advertisements/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 18:01:09 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=693 From the August 1911 Arizona Gazette, published in Phoenix (later the Phoenix Gazette and now merged into the Arizona Repubic). Click for full-size. ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/1911-railway-advertisements/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2009/lela-steffey-on-mass-transit-1999/ http://www.azrail.org/2009/lela-steffey-on-mass-transit-1999/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:19:03 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=522 ARPA Board Member Lela Steffey was a State Representative when this piece was published in the Regional Public Transportation Authority newsletter Destinations in Winter 1999. (Caption) Representative Lela Steffey, a Republican, is from District 29 (Mesa). Committees that she has participated on include: Transportation; Government Operations; Human Services; and Judiciary. She moved to Arizona in 1973 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2009/lela-steffey-on-mass-transit-1999/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2006/stop-your-railing/ http://www.azrail.org/2006/stop-your-railing/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:02:24 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2006/stop-your-railing/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2006/stop-your-railing/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2001/word-play-and-passenger-trains/ http://www.azrail.org/2001/word-play-and-passenger-trains/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2001 06:09:08 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2001/word-play-and-passenger-trains/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2001/word-play-and-passenger-trains/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1999/quotables/ http://www.azrail.org/1999/quotables/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:47:53 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1999/quotables/ “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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1999/quotables/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1999/who-killed-the-super-chief/ http://www.azrail.org/1999/who-killed-the-super-chief/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 1999 04:43:54 +0000 azrail http://www.azrail.org/1999/who-killed-the-super-chief/ 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....]]> http://www.azrail.org/1999/who-killed-the-super-chief/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1998/1951-sunset-corridors/ http://www.azrail.org/1998/1951-sunset-corridors/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:58:13 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1998/1951-sunset-corridors/ (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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1998/1951-sunset-corridors/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1998/incrementalist/ http://www.azrail.org/1998/incrementalist/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 1998 06:29:16 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1998/incrementalist/ Editorial, William Lindley I was recently asked whether I am an Incrementalist. Well… If we’re talking about technology, what I see in our Nation’s future is commuter trains, regional rail trains, and intercity trains. High-speed rail is sensible only where existing conventional train lines are at capacity. If we’re talking about policy, I am a fiscal [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1998/incrementalist/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1997/rail-passenger-advocates-and-amtrak-a-future/ http://www.azrail.org/1997/rail-passenger-advocates-and-amtrak-a-future/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 1997 06:35:39 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1997/rail-passenger-advocates-and-amtrak-a-future/ Guest Editorial by Dr. Adrian Herzog, Vice President, URPA, December 1997 Agreed, we as rail passenger advocates are all in this together, but what now? The loss of service on the Desert Wind and Pioneer is an inconvenience for rail advocates but a complete catastrophe in those communities where we asked the local community to invest [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1997/rail-passenger-advocates-and-amtrak-a-future/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1995/another-reason-for-rail/ http://www.azrail.org/1995/another-reason-for-rail/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 1995 05:29:59 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1995/another-reason-for-rail/ – Bill Lindley In 11 August’s USA Today, a cover story appeared titled “Airline service bailout grounds midsized cities.” The article detailed how the airline industry is concentrating on its strongest segments, while smaller cities see their  air service reduced from jets to commuter planes, or eliminated altogether. Airlines are delaying the purchase of new jets, [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1995/another-reason-for-rail/feed/ 0