Nilo

nilo.bsky.social

19 October 2026 03:03

Would like it a lot more if congress had displayed any interest in the last 30 years in what it actually wanted our railroad system to do.

Dylan

dyl057.bsky.social

19 October 2026 02:47

Chuckling at the notion that unassimilated third-worlders inported the practice of rioting and burning shit down TO FRANCE

Greg Shill

gregshill.com

19 October 2026 02:09

The planner/engineer distinction inspired by a discussion in @transportist.org and Garrison's The Transportation Experience (global.oup.com/academic/pro...). Some passages:

Nilo

nilo.bsky.social

19 October 2026 02:05

Yeah sorry I should have distinguished between "what UP-NS say" and what I would say. I don't think a USA railroad is really willing to do the work to convert people from trucking to trains right now regardless of its size and scope.

Sandy Johnston

sandypsj.bsky.social

19 October 2026 02:01

I'm gonna have to revisit my deck on how states run the risk of getting bilked when working with Class Is on passenger projects to include freight capacity projects too. itineranturbanist.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/t...