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    Gateway Project/New York Penn Station capacity improvement

    Fascinating - Kolkata looks so intriguing. Must get off my duff and go.
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    Chicago South Shore & South Bend (NICTD) discussion (2023-2024)

    Love that the background image is still single tracked in Tim's link...
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    Gateway Project/New York Penn Station capacity improvement

    Usually pulled at an endpoint (some, I think, can be disassembled). Off topic, but they developed a TBM that could do rectangular sections for a project in Hong Kong recently.
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    Steam train near Chicago 5/6/24?

    This is pretty cool - though I will say it's very "rainbow fleet" in some ways.
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    St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago (TCMC) second daily service

    Seems to me this is just a one time deadhead. If there are chronic and consistent sell-outs between Chicago and Milwaukee, maybe it's time to really fly between them and get Metra to extend all the way.
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    Texas High Speed Rail

    This is actually a great suggestion for a multi-use corridor.
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    Midwest Corridor discussions-proposed.

    Metra (and even the CTA) cover most of the park & ride needs of the Chicago area.
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    Connecticut Inland Route and Albany - Boston Corridor (Compass Service)

    In the article West Point posted it mentions making decisions about new station locations - that, along with land procurement, design, bidding and construction of said stations will take a couple years at least.
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    ABB Scandi/Adtranz/Bombardier IC3 Flex discussion

    LOL'ing at "the longest sauna in Sweden" comment, which, btw, is apparently absent in the Swedish version (will check more later on that).
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    Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) project

    Are they using like old Metroliners or Amfleets? Looks like they are buying a lot of second hand stuff from around the globe! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Interoce%C3%A1nico I'll have to post later, but I've seen a proposal somewhere for Baja California rail!
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    Chicago Union Station discussion

    Nice photo journaling on these posts, but this one looks like you're sitting at a counter with some huge coffee mugs....
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    ABB Scandi/Adtranz/Bombardier IC3 Flex discussion

    I recognized those big black bumpers and hadn't realized that those had been tested (but it does bring back a vague recollection) - I've heard that they aren't the most reliable in Danish service or something (learned from a video watching someone taking them in DK - I think it was DSB - they...
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    Interesting US Passenger Rail Service Visualization Maps

    Thanks for posting that, Jis! Fascinating maps. Really great network. My guess, if it happens, there would be a huge demand for additional 'local' infill in state supported and local/regional routes to connect and commute with. I'd quibble that there are a few places that, at that point, would...
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    Long Distance (LD) fleet replacement RFP discussion H1 2024

    Well, the diner's won't be called Foodliners, that's for darn tootin' sure!
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    NJ Earthquake affecting Amtrak and Transit 4/5/2024

    Yes, Lake Michigan has been affected by seiches - several people died in one back in the, iirc, 50's.
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    Chicago South Shore & South Bend (NICTD) discussion (2023-2024)

    Not quite: they no longer run in traffic lanes but in a separate right of way much like modern light rail.
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