Blogs about Trains

In early June, my family took the train to Toronto so we could take in a Blue Jays game at the Rogers Centre. The trip west from Fallowfield Station was my first time taking Via …

Thursday 25th July 2024 Here’s what King Charles III read out in his speech to both Houses of Parliament last Wednesday: “A Bill will be introduced to allow local leaders to take control of their …

San Jose is striving to redesign and expand its Cahill Street station, named for the (still living) former Santa Clara County board of supervisors chair Rod Diridon, to meet the needs of future rail service …

London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)Work has been steady with existing tasks being moved along. More investigations to the leaking vacuum system have been traced to leaks in joints in the …

Discussion about a regional transportation funding measure has resumed with a “Select Committee” created by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission with the goal of developing options and agreement for 2025 legislation to authorize a regional transportation …

A few years ago, in this post, I asked for information on a streetcar that had gone "missing" in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Today, thanks to Bill Wall, who alerted me to this video, …

It's incredibly irritating to have something you looked forward to enormously get derailed almost immediately. My plan for my first day in Stockholm was simple: the two southern branches of the Red Line, routes 13 …

Recently I had to travel to the Regina, Saskatchewan area for work. I elected to drive from Winnipeg using my own car, rather than fly there and then rent a car. This gave me some …