Recent content by leccy

My understanding is that the L&I between Seymour and Louisville is now rated for 49mph for freight so presumably up to 59mph for passenger would be permitted.

Apparently this part of the world is known for unexpected turbulence - above the Bay of Bengal, who woulda thunk it? I'm keeping my seatbelt "comfortably fastened" thank you very much. There is a scene in one of the Hitchhikers Guide series (book 5 of 3 possibly) where Arthur Dent travels so...

Does the Cardinal get serviced at all in Chicago? Or does every run have to go through Sunnyside?

I hear often that "capacity constraints" are stopping a daily Cardinal. Are there any particular places that are a constraint? I am assuming BB is one of them? Given that the gap used to be filled by the late lamented Hoosier State, would there be any possibility to run an overnight...

I am booked on a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore in 2 months. Trying not to think about this at the moment:eek:

Um, stations anyone?

Can anyone explain to me the "High Bridge" option? How do you get from Allentown to High Bridge on "existing freight lines"? '

Maybe we need a special word to describe railroad passenger services provided by Amtrak that can be used for marketing purposes. I don't know. How about "train"? Or is that too radical. Maybe "MilRocService" is more recognisable?

This is the exact point. The price that RRs need to charge to make passenger services profitable is way above what railfans think they ought to charge. The only real way to make money is to offer 'rail cruise' operations -- or offer to run trains at commercial rates contracted to state/regional...

Chicago - Columbus - Pittsburgh was derailed by hyperloop hype the last round. Let's hope that is dead and buried.

I am sure I read somewhere that the deal was that Amtrak would get the Keystone Corridor to Harrisburg and in exchange NS could concentrate on the Reading/Harrisburgh Corridor for freight. So while there is a class 1 route from NJ through Allentown and Reading, NS could reasonably demand $$$$...

Because every discussion on Amtrak inevitably drifts into a discussion of what the NYC or Pennsy could do in 1951... wasn't there a thread here a year or so ago on this?

Long gone. Wikipedia suggests demolished in 1998 :(

quote: "[state and federal contributions] will build a new bridge over the Bonnet Carre Spillway, improve crossings, and allow the train to run at 90 miles an hour". ... but I doubt that can be done in the next 18 months :)

What's that blob between Nashville and Charlotte? Not Lexington, Shirley? Ignore that. I think it's Knoxville.