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Will New Technology Make High-Speed Rail Obsolete?
Do new technologies undermine the case for fast trains?

New York Penn Station Service Optimization Study Phase I Report -Final June 2026
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Plan the Geary metro right, right now
Part 1: Strong corridor; tight station spacing; frequent trains

Through a tight rocky area in Tantallon, Tennessee
633K subscribers in the trains community. The Home for all things "Iron Horse". Steam, Diesel, Electric, Pneumatic, Hydraulic. It doesn't matter, let…
Virtual Assistant Controlled HO Scale Model Railroad - Stephan Lamb Associates
Digging Out of a Very Deep Hole: Saving Billions on 125th Street — Effective Transit Alliance New York
A 125 St subway should be a slam dunk. But at $7.7B and with stations more than 100 ft underground, it would be the most expensive subway in the world, and cost riders more than 5 minutes every trip before ever stepping on a train. By using international best practices & building more shallowly,

Railway raises $100M Series B to unburden the builders
Railway has raised $100M to unburden the builders, unlock the creatives, and unleash human potential

Ludgate Hill, London late 1800s. Alternative concept for railways in cities?
268 votes, 14 comments. 101K subscribers in the anno community. A subreddit dedicated to the video game series Anno. The most recent entry Anno 11…
Every layer of review makes you 10x slower
We’ve all heard of those network effect laws: the value of a network goes up with the square of the number of members. Or the cost of commun...


A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI
In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?

What's The Difference Between Freight & Passenger Trains?
Explore the connection between freight railroads & Amtrak and how they shape transportation in the United States.

Train Layout Essentials For The Layout Room
"The end result of all of this is that we grew from 2k users to almost 150k, added a ton of heavy new functionality, and still managed to optimize and cut down costs from $.15 per active user per month to just $.03 or so." - @snarfed.org breaks down all the work he's done to optimize Bridgy Fed 1/
Bridging on a budget
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