Looks like CSX is doing a lot of track work in Virginia and North Carolina areas. Between the two different CSX projects posted by Amtrak, it looks like today is the last day of actual service suspensions on those dates. After that, there will be just service delays. CSX seems to be committed to improving infrastructure in the area in future projects. Hopefully this work leads to a smoother ride and quicker travels and improves upon the previous work at Acca Yard which allowed Amtrak trains to bypass it and save significant time.
I was on Auto train awhile ago and got stuck in track work delays so train had to stop abruptly for awhile early in the trip so it must have been in Virginia and I remember coming back and seeing a lot of track workers around Quantico, VA area at the time. I used the silver meteor trains many years before my last Auto train ride. Hopefully improvements will be noticeable on the line. There is a google maps gps map with station times and train locations so you can see how time performance is on the trains and where the bottlenecks are at Amtrak/VIA Live Map which is what I use, If the train can meet or exceed car travel speeds, that is all one can ask for right now outside of the Northeast corridor but hopefully they can speed it up further over time.
Silver Meteor was going 103 Mph on Northeast corridor track around Philadelphia and these speeds could possibly improve as well depending on the locomotives and equipment used. I expect the CSX tracks will also see higher speeds over time from their current speeds.
I was on Auto train awhile ago and got stuck in track work delays so train had to stop abruptly for awhile early in the trip so it must have been in Virginia and I remember coming back and seeing a lot of track workers around Quantico, VA area at the time. I used the silver meteor trains many years before my last Auto train ride. Hopefully improvements will be noticeable on the line. There is a google maps gps map with station times and train locations so you can see how time performance is on the trains and where the bottlenecks are at Amtrak/VIA Live Map which is what I use, If the train can meet or exceed car travel speeds, that is all one can ask for right now outside of the Northeast corridor but hopefully they can speed it up further over time.
Silver Meteor was going 103 Mph on Northeast corridor track around Philadelphia and these speeds could possibly improve as well depending on the locomotives and equipment used. I expect the CSX tracks will also see higher speeds over time from their current speeds.
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