Friday, January 19, 2024
December 2023 Membership Meeting - Train Stations and Transportation Routes
This month’s program is being presented by Anthony
Donovan. Antony’s interest is not the historical aspects of trains, it is in stations. His interest is
systems. The infrastructure and routes and absolutely where a passenger train station should/could be
located to meet the highest sustainable economic return. Antony has been told he can find an old station or
station site anywhere in the country blindfolded. Hint - it's easy, it is usually on Depot Street. His focus is
on connecting towns with environmentally beneficial transportation hubs of all modes of transit, bike, ped,
bus, trolly etc; but there must also be trains. Trains have to be modern, electric or hybrid electric. The future
is Brightline type long distance and light rail self-propelled multiple unit railcars like those made by Swiss
Statler (Austin) Nippon Sharyro (Sonoma CA), French Alstra or Bombardier Talents (Ottawa). Zero to 60
in 122 seconds. The goal is modern trains operating to modern stations on historic transportation routes to
historically located station sites in communities everywhere.
