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Apparently Pennsylvania and Norfolk Southern are close to coming to an agreement on the second New York - Pittsburgh train.
https://www.wesa.fm/development-tra...mtrak-train-between-pittsburgh-and-harrisburg
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...ement-for-second-pittsburgh-harrisburg-train/
Full agreement on how much it will cost is yet to be completed, but for a change the two parties appear to at least be in the same ballpark even if one is on the diamond and the other in the bleachers.
At present there is no equipment allocation for this over the next few years, but that could of course change easily with adequate funding, to scrounge together a second consist out of stuff getting released from the Midwest over the next few years. They may also be able to simply rearrange things in the Keystone equipment pool to get a consist, but it would seem a bit odd to have a train with such a long running time without any food service. Pennsylvania has funding for this service in the fiscal year '23-'24.
I wonder what it will be called. Pre Amtrak the NY Pittsburgh trains was called Duquesne AFAIR. In the Amtrak era there was a Pittsburgh - Altoona train for a brief period called the Fort Pitt.
https://www.wesa.fm/development-tra...mtrak-train-between-pittsburgh-and-harrisburg
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...ement-for-second-pittsburgh-harrisburg-train/
Full agreement on how much it will cost is yet to be completed, but for a change the two parties appear to at least be in the same ballpark even if one is on the diamond and the other in the bleachers.
At present there is no equipment allocation for this over the next few years, but that could of course change easily with adequate funding, to scrounge together a second consist out of stuff getting released from the Midwest over the next few years. They may also be able to simply rearrange things in the Keystone equipment pool to get a consist, but it would seem a bit odd to have a train with such a long running time without any food service. Pennsylvania has funding for this service in the fiscal year '23-'24.
I wonder what it will be called. Pre Amtrak the NY Pittsburgh trains was called Duquesne AFAIR. In the Amtrak era there was a Pittsburgh - Altoona train for a brief period called the Fort Pitt.
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