Tiger Grant for SW Chief in New Mexico announced

[jfandre]

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/feds-award-m-to-upgrade-southwest-chief-tracks/article_9ee4d82c-78de-55c0-8961-8530d1831865.html

 

[afigg]

Just want to note that I started a thread on the 2018 TIGER grant awards a few days ago.

 

[TinCan782]

The Boy Scouts like it...

Federal grant means Scouts can continue riding Amtrak to Philmont

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/03/09/federal-grant-means-scouts-can-continue-riding-amtrak-to-philmont/

 

[gswager]

So that means most of old style signals (I forget the name of it) would be replaced by modern signals?

 

[AmtrakBlue]

So that means most of old style signals (I forget the name of it) would be replaced by modern signals?

Semaphore

 

[zephyr17]

Searchlights, too

 

[gswager]

I was going to type wig-wag but I didn't think they don't do swinging, just a arm sticking outward. Thanks Betty!

 

[GregL]

We are going to be on 3 in May, don’t suppose track work will be complete then.

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[Bronzeman]

Huuuumm. $4.6 million in wages paid to 51 Amtrak employees in New Mexico.

 

[MikefromCrete]

We are going to be on 3 in May, don’t suppose track work will be complete then.

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If they were just awarded the money, I doubt if work will even begin by then.

 

[Skyline]

Huuuumm. $4.6 million in wages paid to 51 Amtrak employees in New Mexico.

Where/how do I apply?

 

[MikefromCrete]

That about $90,000 each. Probably not out of line since most of them are probably engineers/conductors,with a couple of ticket agents and a few management types thrown in.