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The 2012 study had two major alternatives, upgrading the Crescent route, or all-electric high-speed rail on the I-20. Shoehorned in is the "hybrid" approach of 125 mph diesel, requiring further study. The hybrid approach seems to come down to phasing in the construction to save costs. There is...

tl;dr: Basically, I recommend Manassas or Baltimore, among many good choices. But you can read on. A day trip from DC to Virginia? Those are some good ideas. And yes, for Richmond, you'd want Richmond Main Street Station, RVM, which has less frequency. The segment from RVR to RVM is quite slow...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/us/train-safety-crashes-union.html Subhead "Railroad unions are raising safety concerns about the growing use of remote-controlled trains after a rash of fatal accidents." One issue is running these things outside yards, and another is relying on an old study...

The extension of the Roanoke Northeast Regional to a new station in the New River Valley - serving Christiansburg, Blacksburg and Virginia Tech - currently served by Amtrak Thruway - has unexpectedly moved back to the Norfolk Southern mainline. The tunnel on the secondary track the state bought...

The sleepers very briefly came back during Covid. They were suspended when Covid hit, if I recall, and remain so. Amtrak now has Night Owl fares on the NEC rather than a Night Owl train. It's for trains departing 7pm - 7am. Note the fares are actually $5 higher than listed on the Night Owl...

Amtrak modifies Northeast summer schedule, warns passengers of potential heat delays Padding the schedule 5 - 20 minutes, sounds like. Not much of an article, from the Boston Globe, but not paywalled because it's via MSN. By the way, if you're a news hound, if you use the "News" tab in...

Amtrak faces skepticism from council members in bid to launch train service in Mobile The city is still in a standoff with the state over funding. It's a good, in-depth article, from a TV station.

Today #134 lost 1h 34m between Culpeper and Manassas. Made up 18 minutes on the locomotive change at WAS, then chipped away on the NEC to arrive at NYP 45 minutes late. The VRE commuter line starts a few miles before Manassas, but it doesn't run that time of day. I've been delayed there 20...

Is that part of what the big capacitor does in a home AC or heat pump? It's common repair, $120 part. Is the watt storage for the circuit gaps on a train a big capacitor?

Virginia, on the other hand, would care. The Cardinal is a day train between eastern West Virginia / western Virginia and NYC. But the equipment arguments, and time savings, make sense for extending the Capitol Ltd. The talk of making the Cardinal daily seems serious, is my vague impression...

Previous discussion: https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/restoring-rail-service-on-railbanked-rail-trails.86022/

The HSRA has a greatly positive take on it: https://www.hsrail.org/blog/heres-why-amtraks-new-borealis-train-matters/

Adding a car is probably not free? Funding the Borealis took some effort at the state level, finally aided by the IIJA. The article says the FRA is chipping in $13m in one-time operating costs, and the capital costs were: Minn. $13m, Wisc. $10m, Amtrak $5m, and FRA $34m. Gov. Evers of...

The "blowout" term came directly from an Amtrak spokesperson, says USA Today. How about the NYT headline though? "Why Amtrak Is to Blame for a Hellish Night for New Jersey Commuters." The article under it is a decent summary and analysis of the state of the NEC. New Jersey's governor sent an...

Long before Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore mariners warned of ‘ship strikes’, Washington Post, May 23, 2024. Clears up the state of the bureaucracy a bit. Requiring tug boats past the bridge: would be a decision by the ship captain and the local pilot. Not in the article: both tug captains and...

The workers are towing the ship back to harbor tomorrow, Monday. Eventually it will go to Norfolk for repairs if or when seaworthy.

Most answers to these questions are in the article. Little reason for the pols to do anything quietly in this case. (Unless they're afraid of budget hawks, or rail advocate perfectionists 🚂. We need our customs facility.) Expanding on the article, the two elected officials mentioned are super...

That's a good point about the rapidly re-populating coast from GA to NC. (Rural depopulation was in the early 20th century.) Seems to be sparked by people moving there to get away from cities, if you, say, read the Miami reddit. In any case, the numbers show NC adding the third most people...

OK on the topic control, but LPG is a carbon compound.

Bring a hotdish.