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The older cities are easy to figure out bit I am more curious about newer cities like Dallas, Houston, LA, Phoenix, and Denver, or any other city that matured when cars were dominate. The suburban sprawl would be totally different in Houston especially. Would cities be more like their older...

For perspective, here are different names for subgroups in the Japanese railfan culture: https://soranews24.com/2014/04/21/better-know-a-train-nerd-36-different-classifications-for-japans-densha-otaku/ Your challenge is to have the railfan cultures of other countries develop to similar levels...

I'm surprised this hasn't been done among the train TL's on here, but it is one of the more fascinating railway stories ever, Flying Scotsman's tour of North America from 1969 to 1973. For those who don't know what this whole thing was about, this recent video tells the whole story of what...

For anyone who knows railways will know that Ireland has a rather different rail gauge to the rest of the continent of being 5ft 3in, a gauge that can also be found in Australia and Brazil. However Ireland's first railway, Dublin and Kingstown, was built as standard gauge but it found itself in...

The Railroad and What it Stands for in America Steve Glischinski for Trains Magazine: March 2019 In anticipation of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific duly celebrating the Golden Spike Centennial, it's only fair that we look at the progress and changes American Railroads enjoyed. The...

As well all know, the D&RGW considered abandoning its iconic narrow gauge in the 1930s. However, wartime bough it a new lease of life. Then soon after the natural gas boom in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado led to the line's upgrading, and its potential as a tourist railroad being...

Hello all. This is a start of an older railroad TL that I got bogged down in. So this time, I'm going to eschew the traditional take on such subjects, and try to test this out as part of a universe I plan. Contributions are welcome, so if you like, go ahead and PM me.

Simply put, what if the railroads were massively de-regulated in a way that let them improve and maybe even continue passenger operations for a while longer. What de-regulations would it take?

Chapter 1: Jolly Good Company To many walking past him down the streets of London that chilly December evening in 1969 would've thought nothing of a rather nervous looking man in the crowd. The man in question was a gentlemen by the name of Alan Peglar, who in railway terms was famed for being...

It's simply enough, makes a series of moves to prevent the Milwaukee Road's fall from grace starting with the West Coast Line's abandonment.

Just what the title says, your challenge if you accept it is to make model railroading (which used to be the number one toy in the U.S.) to never lose popularity or have a huge resurgence.

I know that until the late 50s, the two railroads were rather close to each other. To the point I wonder why the former never bought the latter. What would have happened if this were the case? Would the PRR be able to escape Penn Central and bankruptcy? What would happen?

In our timeline the Tay Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Rail_Bridge , was built over the Firth of Tay. Shortly after its construction Queen Victoria traveled on it on June 20th, and then on December 28th it collapsed in high winds, killing 75 people. Lets say that a combination of...

Give any ideas where such things as better passenger trains and more electrified lines could happen in the 80s. Wether the POD be before that or not. Go ahead, y'all. I'll have mine started in a bit.

I wasn't so sure if the previous threads would be necromacy. So I decided to start this new one... If you don't know me very well, one of the subjects I like to post alot about on this site is railways. Like the last few threads, the basic premise of this idea is to create your own alternative...

Link for those wondering what I'm talking about: (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_gauge). Considering how dual gauge railways can join lines of different gauges, could this be used to create a more unified American rail network in the pre-Civil War period and the years following it? In a...

Welcome to All Aboard America! This is a timeline created by myself. Though contributions from many other users may be accepted. This is an old version of my initial TL. But I chose to change a bit of the history. So here we go. After World War 1, Congress had returned the railroads back to the...

Welcome to All Aboard America! This is a timeline created by myself. Though contributions from many other users may be accepted. - "I honestly never thought it would pass at all. Since the railroads were used to private ownsership, I thought the only thing they would accept would be the idea...

Welcome to Disney Lives! This is a timeline created by myself, any contributions you wish to add can be requested in the inbox. - "I was just expecting a simple train ride to a place that Walt would enjoy. As I would too. If he hadn't met that engineer, I wonder if he would still be around for...

The Background During the early 1970's, railroading in the northeast was in crisis. Penn Central, a product of a 1968 merger between the New York Central, Pennsylvania, and New Haven railroads, had declared what was at the time, the largest bankruptcy in American history on June 21st, 1970...