Below is link to Brightline’s West service page.
Brightline’s research shows that 85% of travel between LA and Vegas is by car. The new service is planned to cover the distance in half the time of driving.
https://www.gobrightline.com/brightline-west
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- Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:04 am
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Los Angeles to Las Vegas - Brightline
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3512
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: National Rail Safety Legislation announced
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5016
Re: National Rail Safety Legislation announced
There is another facet to providing notice of hazmat shipments.
What will first responders do with the information?
In rural areas with volunteer fire services to who does the notice go?
Will fire services need to add staff to receive and monitor the notices?
What will first responders do with the information?
In rural areas with volunteer fire services to who does the notice go?
Will fire services need to add staff to receive and monitor the notices?
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:38 am
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: Derailment in Springfield, OH Today.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11913
Re: Derailment in Springfield, OH Today.
A truck crashed in Maryland and caught fire. The driver died and the fire spread to six nearby houses and five automobiles. The news reports indicate the first responders do not know what the truck was hauling. Where is the media on this one? Should trucking companies be banned from hauling hazmat? ...
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:01 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: (OPINION) YouTube's CEO is stepping down...from a small channel's perspective
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6676
Re: (OPINION) YouTube's CEO is stepping down...from a small channel's perspective
That doesn’t solve the problem by itself. A lot of great stuff gets uploaded that no one sees because the creator is not in the good graces of YouTube.PatAzo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:56 pmThat's it in a nut shell.Saturnalia wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:43 amCreate good content people want to watch and you'll be rewarded for it.
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11216
- Views: 2134006
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:00 pm
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
- Replies: 141
- Views: 55339
Re: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
Thank you for the replies to my HBD question. The media circus and political sideshow around this cleanup are mind boggling. The EPA is looking like a bunch of political hacks not the science based entity it is supposed to be. I stopped reading when the EPA announced that they were “ordering” NS to ...
- Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:52 am
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
- Replies: 141
- Views: 55339
Re: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
I have a question for those who know how the PTC /signal /communication systems work.
Does anyone outside of radio range of a detector know when an alarm occurs?
For instance, if a hotbox detector alarms, does the dispatcher know? Will PTC stop the train or alert anyone else?
Does anyone outside of radio range of a detector know when an alarm occurs?
For instance, if a hotbox detector alarms, does the dispatcher know? Will PTC stop the train or alert anyone else?
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
- Replies: 141
- Views: 55339
Re: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
As of 2016 NS had a combined detector near MP 50, East Palestine, a dragging equipment detector near MP 61, Columbiana, and a combined detector near MP 69, Salem.
It is likely that the heat did not set off the detector at MP 69, nothing was dragging at MP 61, and the detector at MP 50 alarmed.
It is likely that the heat did not set off the detector at MP 69, nothing was dragging at MP 61, and the detector at MP 50 alarmed.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11216
- Views: 2134006
Re: Where Is It?
You could have looked at the trailer parked at the dock like I did.
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: Derailment in Delphos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4073
Re: Derailment in Delphos
https://www.hometownstations.com/news/train-derails-in-delphos/article_246ceb2e-b06f-11ed-b662-3b30f924e9d8.html Delphios, OH is on the former Pennsylvania RR main line trackage, now own and operates by a shortline railroad, About 20 miles west of Lima. OH. The line is owned by CSX and operated by ...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: New Ogihara Gondola Cars
- Replies: 54
- Views: 120986
Re: New Ogihara Gondola Cars
Is it just me or are we seeing lots of new rail cars? According to data from AAR, about 50,000 new freight cars are added to the fleet each year. As of 2018, approximately 140,000 cars were over 40 years of age. Assuming an even distribution over a decade, 14,000 per year would be retired upon hitt...
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:56 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Consumers Energy donates locomotive to Coopersville and Marne Railway
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7230
Re: Consumers Energy donates locomotive to Coopersville and Marne Railway
Don’t completely fill the fuel tankSchteinkuh wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:10 pm
Would you look a regulatory agent in the eye and say "but it's only 2 tons!", yes or no?
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
- Replies: 141
- Views: 55339
Re: East Palestine, Ohio Major NS Derailment
Are there any damage estimates yet? It's got to be at least in the hundreds of millions. From the Wall Street Journal: “ JPMorgan analysts estimate that Norfolk Southern faces costs from the East Palestine derailment of roughly $2.7 billion.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/ohio-train-derailment-chemi...
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:17 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Convert Sq. Ft. to Tons (Flake & Particle Board)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 26277
Re: Convert Sq. Ft. to Tons (Flake & Particle Board)
I'd appreciate someone double checking my math. ARAUCO North America announced plans to build a new particleboard mill located in Grayling, Michigan, to produce 424 million ft2 (750,000m3) on 3/4" basis: 452 million ft2 / 32 (4x8) x (60.8x1.5) lbs. (taken from below charts) / 2000 = 646,218.75 tons...
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:26 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2023
- Replies: 317
- Views: 212660
Re: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up thread 2023
I had to look at today’s date after reading this. I thought it was April 1st already.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:03 amThe 2007 is be used by the National Loss of Shunt Committee to test a "Shunt Enhancing Device", …
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:07 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Train Location Updates - January 2023
- Replies: 182
- Views: 51769
Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - January 2023
Thank you.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:37 amAnn Arbor sorry didn’t realize the poster didn’t actually say AARR in the post.Standard Railfan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:26 amWhich railroad might this be?LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:12 amCopy/paste off of Fb:
4215, 3925, 4049 (?) SB approaching Barton Drive 9:32 am. with not too many random cars. They brought a long CSX grain train up earlier.
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:26 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Train Location Updates - January 2023
- Replies: 182
- Views: 51769
Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - January 2023
Which railroad might this be?LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:12 amCopy/paste off of Fb:
4215, 3925, 4049 (?) SB approaching Barton Drive 9:32 am. with not too many random cars. They brought a long CSX grain train up earlier.
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: GDLK Operations
- Replies: 1681
- Views: 864398
Re: GDLK Operations
The lights on your vehicle do not change the laws of physics. Never assume that a train crew has seen you and can stop. Always assume the opposite until (as OLI states) the railroad confirms that rail traffic has been stopped. After the railroad confirms traffic has been stopped, post watchmen in b...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:02 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Mancelona
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3998
Re: Mancelona
The feed mill received rail service back in the MIGN days (Biehls Feeds and later Ellsworth Farmer Exchange) but I don't know if they ever got anything from TSBY. However, TSBY delivered well drilling supplies to that same siding including drilling mud and pipe. Has that building in Mancelona that ...
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:53 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023
- Replies: 43
- Views: 25919
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023
Petoskey run today. That's all the info I have at the moment. I watched a video of GLC NB through Alba on January 10th. The last two cars appear to be cement hoppers. The second to last car carried the reporting marks of Lone Star Industries (LCEX) which is the parent of Buzzi Uni Chem. I assume th...