Rail authority procures 20 low-emissions locos with a 2015-’16 delivery schedule

The 512-mile Metrolink system providing passenger-rail services in several southern California counties – Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura – has embarked on a program to upgrade and modernize its fleet of motive power by acquiring locomotives built to Tier 4 standards – the highest operating standards for diesel locomotives as it relates … Read more

Road tolls to pay for Texas high-speed rail planning – what a concept!

This is installment No. 3 in the wasted gas and congestion-delay series: A price too high to pay. According to a Star-Telegram article (“North Texas puts up more high-speed rail money”), $4.5 million (through year 2018) raised from collected highway tolls will be put toward planning for a proposed Dallas-Fort Worth high-speed rail connector. It … Read more