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Re: High speed rail on the NEC-300 kmh service |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon May 12 21:04:04 2008, in response to High speed rail on the NEC-300 kmh service, posted by R42 4787 on Thu May 8 00:45:59 2008. "But we can do it: Simply convert the existing Amtrak NEC main line from Washington north into a high speed, grade seperated ROW. No local, commuter or freight commuter service will share the tracks."Remember this.... $$$$ $$$$ $$$$....something the government is not very willing to shell forth to the rails (though endless flows of $$$$ go to Iraq (Vietnam all over again), aviation (delays and the biggest joke of all, TSA) and the highways (Reason "95" the big time reason why train travel is so big in the Northeast...endless work, and still backed up)...go figure!!!) "All local, commuter and freight service will now operate via the B&O/Reading main line from Washington to New York, via Baltimore, Philadelphia and Newark. A connection would be made to "THE TUNNEL", Hoboken and perhaps a newly reopened CNJ terminal in Jersey City at the north end. The B&O/Reading/CSX main line would be widened at points and fully electfied to allow for addiional passenger service and CSX freight. While much of the old PRR Amtrak main line is converted into a dedicated high speed line, local/commuter service will still be able to run along the line by using the outer tracks, which would then be completely seperated from the inner dedicated high speed tracks." Where will the money come from for all this?? All these ideas sound good, but remember there's that little set of green paper with dead presidents on them that are in short supply in order for these to even be studied, much less go forward more!! |
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