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Wasn't this the route that the L&N cancelled literally mid-run the moment they got approval to nix it with passengers transferred to bus midway through their trip? Possibly not the pinnacle of customer service from the old Railroads :)

Send Send them via the Alphabet Route :)

What is the condition of the W&W between Martinsburg and Hagerstown? Could it be a quick and simple project like the Music City Star in Nashville?

Here's one for the fantasy network page: Staten Island to Newark Airport :cool:

Let's not get all nostalgic for printed timetables. PDFs or even nicely formatted HTML files are fine. I really hate the habit of forcing everyone onto airline style journey planners that lock you into one option. I don't know where the idea came from that everyone loves them. PS. Someone about...

Thanks! I have seen those district names on maps but not the letter names.

I haven't been able to find the answer to this question: which line is the "V-line" that VA is acquiring from Norfolk Southern?

I think there is a connection from the Amtrak Michigan line to the Chicago and South Shore (freight) line at Michigan City station. Using that would avoid street running.

I have a fantasy route. New York to Pittsburgh via Harrisburg (Pennsylvanian) then using upgraded and connected regional lines to Columbus, onto Cincinnati via Dayton and then to Louisville at a new station near the University. Reversing at Louisville it would then go west to Centralia and...

Heh. Given some really high figures of infrastructure needed to support extra trains on the main lines (see discussion about $170m for a second train Harrisburg to Pittsburgh) out of the box alternatives start to add up. According to Wikipedia rebuilding the Lackawanna cutoff line is estimated...

Nashville is CSX territory and they are not exactly best friends with Amtrak at the moment. Bit of a left field question. How much of the old Tennessee Central alignment through Cumberland is still there? If rebuilt would that be a plausible way to get Knoxville to Nashville albeit missing...

That would be the "Patriot Corridor" which has had significant investment in recent years as the primary freight line in the area? I am not surprised that there is no appetite to use it for passengers. While on the topic of extension, does anyone know if there was serious consideration given...

My uninformed guess is that either a Detroit to Toronto train (with a Canadian customs and immigration pre-check at Detroit terminal) or a Windsor to Chicago train (with US pre-check at Windsor) would be plausible. A through Chicago to Toronto train would be too hard without detraining everyone...

The "Spirit of Queensland" that runs from Brisbane to Cairns in Australia is the equivalent to the Silvers. A few years ago they replaced the classic sleepers with a seat similar to long-haul airline business class. Pics here Spirit of Queensland (queenslandrailtravel.com.au). It's a potential...

My concern would be about how much track is actually track circuited. I should imagine anywhere in dark territory, shorting the tracks wouldn't do anything. Incidentally, this is starting to be an issue in the UK where track circuits are being replaced with axel counters.

Oddity - the latest (4th September) timetable shows one weekday commuter service to and from Niagara stopping at West Harbour. This has to be an error, shirley?

The eastern PA routes intrigue me. Basically commuter runs into Philly and/or New York. I can't help thinking that bridging the gap Harrisburg - Reading - Allentown is an obvious next step.

As a medium term project I'd love to see the Pittsburgh to Columbus line rehabbed. There is 99% of a route. Unfortunately it is shortline/regional railroad standard and would need a fair bit of work to bring it up to modern passengers standard.

What I have read from a few years ago is that the CSX route through Youngstown and Akron (the New Castle subdivision) is an incredibly busy freight line and there would be no capacity to run passenger trains. Even if they did find a slot the reliability would be horrendous. Personally, I would...

These ideas are not new. I suspect AMTRAK is floating them to see if the states will bite. Lobby groups are pushing hard for political support. I guess time will tell. (edited to add) I wonder if there is even track capacity to add all these services, especially into and out of Cleveland.