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Salesforce transit center can handle plenty of trains if we run ops correctly its 3 island platforms with 6 tracks. CAHSR will have one and therefore if they can turn a train in under 25 mins they can run 2TPH per track or 4TPH total. Caltrain meanwhile is going to need to get to the point where...

Yes CAHSR will be sharing 2-4 tracks with Caltrain from Gilroy to San Francisco. More quad track, signaling work and high level platforms will be required before CAHSR can use the corridor. They aren't going to be avoiding grade crossings they are just going to run at 110mph top speed. CAHSR...

CA has 11 coaches and 1 sightseer car down from ~20 coaches, 4 coach baggage and 1 sightseer along with 20 horizons pre 2020. CA is has the busiest routes outside of the northeast. CA might lease some more horzions and CA returned 1 superliner coach it rebuilt in 2021 after but yeah we paid to...

Yep. SL2 run on GSI 70T, same trucks found under viewliners, California cars, Surfliners and more. You could try a truck swap but its a lot of cost and work to do it. Especially in the modern regulatory state.

They'll have spare dinning cars and sleepers so its then about LD coaches. I expect the hardest part of keeping the superliner fleet going will be the MD-76 trucks. Keeping trucks going with limited parts supply is part of why heritage cars went away.

The existing tunnels need work that can only be done by shutting them down. They got flooded badly with Sandy and thats kicked off a whole host of problems.

Goleta will be interesting given the trainsets are going to layover on 2 different spurs with the only connection being the mainline. SLO will be getting one as part of Central Coast Layover Facility

my mistake, I should have remember that from Chatsworth Board meeting happened yesterday. Contract was discussed, the directors were skeptical and concerned with the staff recommendation to give Alstom the contract. They wanted more time to consider the contract, and answer questions . So a...

Out of 1,333M of Transit & Intercity Rail Capital Program, 310M went to Amtrak or joint Amtrak & regional rail improvements. From north to south: 14M to Capital Corridor JPA for Santa Clara Interlocking, Agnew Siding and Sacramento Valley Station active mobility improvements. Santa Clara...

Amtrak has operated Metrolink sense the start but with a move from 3 contracts; train operations, equipment maintenance and MOW maintenance to a single combined operations and maintenance contract they are expected to lose it from Alstom. Bombardier now Alstom previously did equipment...

Railroads don't sell slices of right of way they aren't using, they'll usually allow easements for utilities. For example out here in California most former SP mainlines have 80-120ft while 2nd rate mains and branch lines have 45-70ft.

it is slip coaches all over again.

I wouldn't trust On-track-on-line over the documents from SJJPA and the state

There is a few freight moves south of San Jose but it drops down to less than daily south of Salinas. Salinas is the southern end of high frequency service with the state outlining 30 min service to SF or Oakland. Salinas to Santa Barbra is currently planned as "less than bi hourly" its already...

https://zierke.com/shasta_route/ This one? it didn't have any cost associated with it

Highly unlikely as much as amtrak needs them as soon as possible.

Caltrian expects 16 total sets to be delivered by the end of next week. 311/312 isn't expected to be back till early 2025

Unless they can speed the line up and get to the point where 1:35 runs with a 10 min turnback they can't even try and get crews to work 3RT. If they could do so moving to 2 crew sets who work 3 on 4 off alternating with 4 on 3 off would allow weekend service with a smaller amount of new crews.

P42 I've seen about 1 a day during my transfer at palo alto. they really aren't running much in the mix right now and it seems like they are moving them between different trains constantly

some routes could use them but yes they are on the tall side at 18ft 1.5in tall which won't fit in some key tunnels, thats also a high floor design