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That's too bad, It's really intriguing - would love to read more about the phenomenon.

Intriguing; do you have any further links for reading about this? Not finding anything readily.

Wow! Neon (well, LED strip....)! Suspension Bridge! Is that the new bay crossing?

Interesting about another 15 minutes shaved with a relocation of the station within the airport - and eventual extension to downtown.

This is probably way off topic (seems like we had one recently about schedules where it might have been more relevant) but... I'm reading a cozy mystery loosely set in the late '60's and mention is made of local stations being recently closed due to Dr. Beeching. The same author has a series set...

I actually looked at photos to see the wire... Plus Amtrak won't need that.

Isn't that track with the yellow arrow NICTD? It's double-tracked at Hegewisch and west to that image and it looks like there are wires over the tracks there to connect with MED.

It's double-tracked to between Mineral Springs Road and Waverly Road (and multitracked to just west of Mineral Springs Road for freight operations before dropping back to single track to the west) - the overall ROW itself is wide through the National Lakeshore - can't bring myself to recognize...

Are you sure there isn't (whether the switches are active at the moment is another thing) but NICDT has to cross CN to get to MED and it looks like there are connections not just crossings. It's kind of confusing to follow the tracks here but it looks like there are crossovers to get from NICTD...

Amtrak will never run on MED, however, additional Amtrak could run on the adjacent CN tracks which already host Amtrak.

If they plan on keeping them running as long as the original cars, they aren't even halfway through their lifespan.

Unlike most of you, I'd prefer just long enough to comfortably stroll to the next train, with perhaps a stop in the washroom for a plumbing inspection and snack purchase.

Just a reminder that the current crop of highliners are only a few years old and aren't likely to be (or need) replaced for a long time. Depending upon the popularity of NICTD's new Munster line they may need to acquire a few new EMU's, but they'll match existing specs.

Somebody on another message board which I follow, which shall remain nameless (non-transportation), was posting about acquiring used ferries. Of course, they hadn't thought about the need to build some kind of terminal for them....

I'm reminded that the proposed overnight "sleeper" buses between SF & LA never seemed to hit the road or failed quickly if I remember correctly - they were also 'luxury' buses too. This specific proposal just seems like a pie in the sky idea, although I think the basic idea has merit.

I was thinking the highway tunnels, not rail.

This is probably too soon to ask, but what about transit improvements and highway replacement? How deep is the channel, isn't there already a tunnel somewhere nearby (no, not the RR tunnels)? The hazmat route could always be redirected (and with what happened to the bridge, might be better being...

Thanks, now I've got an earworm..... *grin*

Did the Doctor have a hovercar at one point?

The north lakefront is interesting; when I lived there and would run in the evening, the line of planes coming in from the east was endless (and has been mentioned by friends) - I moved back south before the new runways were opened. Midway's flight path's vary quite a bit more - sometimes there...