This is unrelated, but I actually thought thats how Amtrak Illinois Central right of way before I found out that did it via the St Charles Air Line. I can remember going on google maps as a kid and trying to follow what I thought the City of New Orleans' route was between Chicago Union Station...
So for a while, I've been noticing that St Charles Air Line (which Amtrak's City of New Orleans and Illini services use to access the former Illinois Central) via google maps has been downgraded from being double tracked to have a single track, with something similar happened around the 21st...
I agree. In general, the New York to New Haven section would be a way faster and possibly more up to date infrastructure wise if not for Metro North. Its a sore thumb compared to the rest of the Corridor
Ah I see! That explains it..
Might explain why the track spacing on the double track sections of the Lincoln Corridor (I dont know the actual name subdivision) are that wide, even though the top speed is 110. Just guessing here
Now that you mention it, the width between the tracks on high speed rail lines I've seen are much larger than those on conventional railways, especially on the Northeast Corridor (outside a few instances I noticed when building it in trainz lol). Is there any reason for why that is?
Travel times didn't come to my mind but you and everyone here do bring up a good point. That and not funneling any funding Amtrak gets into the Northeast Corridor. Like I get its their money maker but...maybe sharing it wouldnt hurt ^^;
This is something I've been thinking about for quite a while now and I wanted to see what other people thought about this. It has to do with the Northeast Corridor and Amtrak's long-term plans of turning it into a true high speed rail line with a top speed of about 220mph or somewhere around...
I've heard of that route. Though I never played, it did play a role inspiring this project (more so NEC south). I remember watching a video review of Eastern Region when I was 11 and was blown away at how a huge route like that could exist in any train simulator. That, coupled with ride on the...
I've already made a thread about this project on the Trainz Dicussion Board but I wanted to make one about it here just to get some more eyes on it. And I feel its something you guys might find interesting.
For about a year now, I've been working on recreating the Northeast Corridor in Trainz...
I created an account here a while ago and completely forgot about it until recently. So I guess I better make a late introductory post then huh? My name is Ken. Im an artist who also likes trains. I keep my hobby alive through train simulator games, particularly trainz railroad simulator and...