{"id":824,"date":"2024-09-12T12:45:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/?page_id=824"},"modified":"2024-09-12T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:45:14","slug":"links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/?page_id=824","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are some of the sites I find most helpful when doing research and commentary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Advocacy Groups &amp; Official Websites<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alarise.org\/\">Alabama Arise &#8211; Advocacy Group Focused on State-Wide Progressive Policies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dot.state.al.us\/\">Alabama Department of Transportation &#8211; Official Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dot.state.al.us\/programs\/StatewideTransportationPlan.html\">ALDOT State Transportation Plan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/\">AL.com &#8211; News Across the State<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alurbanists.org\/\">Alabama Urbanists Coalition &#8211; Advocacy Group Focused on Improving Alabama&#8217;s Urban Fabric<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/media.amtrak.com\/amtrak-connects-us\/\">Amtrak ConnectsUS Map<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/envisionmontgomery2040.org\/\">Envision Montgomery 2040 &#8211; City of Montgomery&#8217;s Official Long-Term Plan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/railroads.dot.gov\/\">Federal Railroad Administration &#8211; Official Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fralongdistancerailstudy.org\/\">FRA Long-Distance Rail Study &#8211; Official Study to Potentially Add More Amtrak Long-Distance Trains (Launched Sep. 2022, Ongoing as of Sep. 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/railvoices.org\/\">Freight Rail Customer Alliance &#8211; Advocacy Group of US Freight Rail Customers, Demanding Better Service from Railroad Companies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/\">FreightWaves.com &#8211; All Things Freight &amp; Cargo News<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/railpassengers.org\/\">Rail Passengers Association &#8211; Advocacy Group Focused on Improving Passenger Rail and Transit in the US<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railwayage.com\/\">Railway Age &#8211; News from the US Railway Industry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionaryrail.org\/\">Solutionary Rail &#8211; Home of the Steel Interstate Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southeasternpri.com\/\">The Southeastern Passenger Rail Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trains.com\/trn\/\">Trains Magazine &#8211; The Magazine of American Railroading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Enthusiast Sites &amp; Resources<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/adeca.alabama.gov\/passenger-rail-studies\/\">ADECA Passenger Rail Studies &#8211; the New Gulf Breeze Plan<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawkinsrails.net\/states.html#alabama\">HawkinsRails &#8211; Fantastic Website for Obscure Shortlines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hodrrm.org\/\">Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wx4.org\/to\/foam\/sp\/southwest\/carrizozo_sub\/a_directory.html\">Jawbone Dispatching Comes to Tucumcari &#8211; A Hilarious and Informative Look at the World of Late-70s\/Early-80s Railroading<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/movingthefreight.com\/railroads\/\">Moving The Freight &#8211; Fantastic Website with a Treasure Trove of Vintage Railroad Freight Schedules and Other Railroadiana<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/multimodalways.org\/archives\/rrs\/rrs.html\">MultiModalWays &#8211; Excellent Archive of Modern &amp; Vintage Railroad Documents, Including Employee Timetables<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/krugtales.50megs.com\/rrpictale\/rrpictale.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/krugtales.50megs.com\/rrpictale\/rrpictale.htm\">Tales From The Krug &#8211; Slice-of-Life Stories, With Pictures, from a Long-Time BN\/BNSF Engineer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Articles I Like To Keep Handy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thebhc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/beh\/BEHprint\/v006\/p0106-p0119.pdf\">Erie Lackawanna: Early Warnings of Disaster in the Railroad Merger Movement &#8211; Article by Richard Saunders, Published in Journal of Business &amp; Economic History in 1977<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theautopian.com\/new-amtrak-service-proves-that-even-slow-ass-trains-can-beat-the-airlines\/\">Even Slow Trains Can Beat The Airlines &#8211; 2024 Article from Auto Enthusiast Site about Amtrak&#8217;s Borealis Service<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/railtec.illinois.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diaz-de-Rivera-et-al-2020-TRB-Moving-Blocks-Train-Fleeting-0361198120905842-FINAL.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/railtec.illinois.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diaz-de-Rivera-et-al-2020-TRB-Moving-Blocks-Train-Fleeting-0361198120905842-FINAL.pdf\">Improving Railway Operation Efficiency with Moving Blocks, Train Fleeting, and Alternative Single-Track Configurations &#8211; Article I Contributed Research To at UIUC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trainweb.org\/milwaukee\/article.html\">Milwaukee Road in the 70&#8217;s: What Really Happened? &#8211; A Fantastic Article on the Failure of the Milwaukee Road (America&#8217;s Only Electrified Transcontinental Railroad)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/railroads.dot.gov\/elibrary\/final-report-basic-national-rail-passenger-system\">Original 1971 FRA Report that Created Amtrak<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240718194023\/https:\/\/www.trains.com\/ctr\/railroads\/railroad-operations\/railroad-electrification-proposals\/\">Railroad Electrification Proposals of the 20th Century &#8211; Maps and Timeline by Trains Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240423010407\/https:\/\/www.trains.com\/trn\/railroads\/history\/the-stages-of-us-railroad-electrification\/\">The Stages of US Railroad Electrification &#8211; Longer-Form Article by Trains Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2021-09-28\/why-widening-highways-doesn-t-bring-traffic-relief\">Why Widening Highways Doesn&#8217;t Bring Traffic Relief &#8211; Bloomberg Article from 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Non-Railroad Related<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/votesocialist2024.com\/\">Claudia De la Cruz &amp; Karina Garcia For President<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa.upenn.edu\/Articles_Gen\/Letter_Birmingham.html\">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s Letter from Birmingham Jail<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444\/\">The Multiple Times the Cuyahoga River Caught Fire &#8211; Smithsonian Mag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are some of the sites I find most helpful when doing research and commentary: Advocacy Groups &amp; Official Websites Enthusiast Sites &amp; Resources Articles I Like To Keep Handy Non-Railroad Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/train.xeldom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}