Greenwich Free Press (https://greenwichfreepress.com/category/opinion/page/24/)
If you’re looking for family fun this summer, consider visiting one of Connecticut’s many living museums celebrating our state’s rail heritage. And remember… kids are free at CT museums this summer! Continue Reading →
“The mistake they made was hiring McKinsey & Co consultants to help them forecast when ridership would return. When you pay consultants millions of dollars, they usually end up telling you what you want to hear.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
“Many truckers blame their GPS for directing them onto the parkways, so some insurance companies are offering financial incentives for fleet owners that use “smart GPS” designed for commercial drivers which will warn drivers of over-height vehicles to stay away. But if you’re using a regular GPS unit or an app like WAZE, you’re out of luck.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
“It should have been done by now.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
When rescue workers found her, unconscious, she’d been thrown from the train. Others were crushed inside the cars. Eight were killed and 200 injured, 11 critically. Ironically the engineer, later charged in the crash, walked away with just a few bumps and bruises. Continue Reading →
First impressions do count. And the first impressions we give visitors to our state aren’t as positive as they should be, are they? Continue Reading →
“By far the biggest response in recent months was to my column “Metro-North’s Hypocrisy Unmasked” in which I questioned the railroad’s taking hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from the federal government but its apparent refusal to enforce federal, and now its own, mask rules. Those CDC and TSA guidelines have since been lifted, but remain on the books of the MTA.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Back in the day you didn’t just take “a train,” you traveled on The 20th Century Limited or the Broadway Limited (named not for the street but the Pennsylvania Railroad’s four-track wide right-of-way). Today, trains just have a number. Or a departure time. Continue Reading →
“When recreational sales of cannabis finally come to Connecticut, so too will the tourists and fresh tax revenues for the towns and cities permitting such sales.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
There’s been a lot of buzz in the past week about Shore Line East finally adding M8 cars to its service. While this is good news, the railroad’s future is not bright. Continue Reading →