Joshua | Building Trains 🚆

We found a way to expand passenger rail across America without laying a single track.

Dreamstar Lines uses underutilized freight capacity to run passenger trains across thousands of miles of existing rail infrastructure

We’ve secured a memorandum of understanding with Union Pacific to operate on the LA -> SF corridor one of the highest-demand rail routes in the country, with plans for this route to launch service on the eve of the 2028 Olympics.

This is just the beginning. We plan to expand these partnerships across the most important corridors in America. In just a decade, Americans will have a well deserved alternative to flying or driving in the medium distance. Once and for all we will Make Trains Great Again.

How does a fast train (passenger) pass a slow train (freight)?

Railroads built temporary "lanes" called sidings.

And some freight trains have grown longer than the sidings built to let other trains pass.

That means giving an passenger trains priority isn't always enough: the freight train needs somewhere it can fit while the passenger train goes by.

Longer sidings can help passenger trains run on time while keeping freight moving.

As luck would have it, the US Government is allocating billions of dollars for upgrades like this to improve our rail infrastructure.

Better infrastructure = more reliable service = better trains.

Precisely why that's what we are doing

The Eisenhower lore behind the Interstate Highway System is actually a fascinating story that dates back to World War I, if you can believe it.

(P.S. U.S. railroads were nationalized during World War I. )

I think for most Americans, their bare minimum standard is private sleeping accommodation.