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Trump Sticks It to California.

ByJim Loomis 02/23/201902/25/2019

It’s no secret that I am not a fan of our president. I will admit, however, that after Mr. Trump’s election in 2016, I was hopeful that his pledge to rebuild the country’s infrastructure was not just another politician’s empty campaign promise and that it could actually be a boon for passenger rail in our…

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Bigger Ain’t Necessarily Better.

ByJim Loomis 07/14/201707/15/2017

If you have driven around our western states for any time at all, you have probably passed—or, more likely, been passed— by a huge truck that’s towing another unit. In fact, on a recent train trip, we were running parallel to a main highway and I saw a big truck that was towing TWO additional…