Below are some of the sites I find most helpful when doing research and commentary:
Advocacy Groups & Official Websites
- Alabama Arise – Advocacy Group Focused on State-Wide Progressive Policies
- Alabama Department of Transportation – Official Website
- ALDOT State Transportation Plan
- AL.com – News Across the State
- Alabama Urbanists Coalition – Advocacy Group Focused on Improving Alabama’s Urban Fabric
- Amtrak ConnectsUS Map
- Envision Montgomery 2040 – City of Montgomery’s Official Long-Term Plan
- Federal Railroad Administration – Official Website
- FRA Long-Distance Rail Study – Official Study to Potentially Add More Amtrak Long-Distance Trains (Launched Sep. 2022, Ongoing as of Sep. 2024)
- Freight Rail Customer Alliance – Advocacy Group of US Freight Rail Customers, Demanding Better Service from Railroad Companies
- FreightWaves.com – All Things Freight & Cargo News
- Rail Passengers Association – Advocacy Group Focused on Improving Passenger Rail and Transit in the US
- Railway Age – News from the US Railway Industry
- Solutionary Rail – Home of the Steel Interstate Project
- The Southeastern Passenger Rail Initiative
- Trains Magazine – The Magazine of American Railroading
Enthusiast Sites & Resources
- ADECA Passenger Rail Studies – the New Gulf Breeze Plan
- HawkinsRails – Fantastic Website for Obscure Shortlines
- Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Website
- Jawbone Dispatching Comes to Tucumcari – A Hilarious and Informative Look at the World of Late-70s/Early-80s Railroading
- Moving The Freight – Fantastic Website with a Treasure Trove of Vintage Railroad Freight Schedules and Other Railroadiana
- MultiModalWays – Excellent Archive of Modern & Vintage Railroad Documents, Including Employee Timetables
- Tales From The Krug – Slice-of-Life Stories, With Pictures, from a Long-Time BN/BNSF Engineer
Articles I Like To Keep Handy
- Erie Lackawanna: Early Warnings of Disaster in the Railroad Merger Movement – Article by Richard Saunders, Published in Journal of Business & Economic History in 1977
- Even Slow Trains Can Beat The Airlines – 2024 Article from Auto Enthusiast Site about Amtrak’s Borealis Service
- Improving Railway Operation Efficiency with Moving Blocks, Train Fleeting, and Alternative Single-Track Configurations – Article I Contributed Research To at UIUC
- Milwaukee Road in the 70’s: What Really Happened? – A Fantastic Article on the Failure of the Milwaukee Road (America’s Only Electrified Transcontinental Railroad)
- Original 1971 FRA Report that Created Amtrak
- Railroad Electrification Proposals of the 20th Century – Maps and Timeline by Trains Magazine
- The Stages of US Railroad Electrification – Longer-Form Article by Trains Magazine
- Why Widening Highways Doesn’t Bring Traffic Relief – Bloomberg Article from 2021
Non-Railroad Related