U.S., Amtrak and others: For 2023, bring back parlor cars, reinvent sleeping car lounges, remember that train cars have couplers, plus Brightline ridership skyrockets

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 13, 2023 Woulda Coulda Shoulda Those three well-established definitions of what…

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U.S., Florida, Virginia and Tennessee: The Sad Beginning For Intentionally Planning Too Small Amtrak Stations

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; May 17, 2021 All diseases start somewhere, and Amtrak’s Too Small Station…

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U.S., Illinois Central to Amtrak History: Riding on The City of New Orleans and The Panama Limited

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 10, 2021 The famed-in-song-and elsewhere The City of New Orleans is…

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Commentary: The good and bad of precision scheduled railroading

By Ben Thrower, Contributor, Freight Waves; November 1, 2019 The railroads have been riding a bumpy track for the past…

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Opinion: It’s all about the journey, not the destination

By Debra Karplus, The News-Gazette; July 14, 2019 I like flying. But I especially enjoy train travel. I’ve lived my…

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Memphis, Tennessee: The Central Station’s first general manager lays groundwork

By Tom Bailey, Daily Memphian; July 1, 2019 Developers of The Central Station Hotel recently revealed the historic railroad building…

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History Abounds Inside and Outside New Orleans’ Union Passenger Terminal

By Matt Haines, Very Local New Orleans; April 25, 2019 It’s likely most New Orleanians know the Union Passenger Terminal…

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The Daily CSX – CSX: A mighty fine line, but …

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 5, 2018 CSX is a mighty fine line, with an…

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The Daily CSX: Why Hunter Harrison’s Railroad Revolution Will Outlive Him at CSX

By Shawn Tully, Fortune Magazine; January 20, 2018 Hunter Harrison reigned at CSX for only eight months before he died,…

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The Daily CSX: New CSX exec once feuded with Hunter Harrison

Note: The story below is part of a roundup of stories included in a single article. When clicking on the…

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The Daily CSX: CSX Strengthens Management Team with Addition of Edmond L. Harris as Executive Vice President of Operations

A press release from CSX: JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) announced today that Edmond…

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Mississippi village says it’s owed almost a half century of back taxes from Canadian National Railway

By Justin Vicory, Clarion Ledger; December 24, 2017 The Canadian National railway snakes through cities, towns and villages in Mississippi as…

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