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Could it be that vibrations from the construction would harm the research equipment?
I [quote user="wjstix"] Back to the original post, let's just hope if it comes to pass they don't actually call it the "North Coast Hiawatha", that name is synonymous with the poor service of Amtrak's early days. "North Coast Limited" would make more sense, and keep it from being confused with Amtrak's current Chicago to Milwaukee "Hiawatha" service. [/quote] I like that idea.
[quote user="Dakguy201"]Who is pushing this one and how far west are they proposing? [/quote] I don't know. I just know that restoring North Coast Hiawatha service in its 1971-1979 form would include Minnesota routing with Empire Builder's current Twin Cities-St. Cloud-Fargo. But the Empire Builder would then switch to a Twin Cities-Willmar-Fargo route. Willmar is a little less than 100 miles west of the Twin Cities and is located on ex-GN Wayzata Subdivision.
The news reports I've read about the upcoming North Coast Hiawatha restoration study don't state anything about including the Willmar, MN (instead of St. Cloud) routing that the pre-cancellation 1979 train took. Will the study look into this possibility or is it out of the question?
What were TurboTrain's greatest weaknesses that made it so unsuccessful in the U.S. and Canada?
[quote user="Paul Milenkovic"] There are a variety of models for providing overnight transportation -- the "Super Cambio" double decker express buses in South America, the type of deep recline seats in trans-Pacific airline business class, similar kind of seating on the overnight Tilt Train in Queensland, Australia. There is the possibility of taking the same subsidy and running day trains covering the different route segments of the Empire Builder route. There is the Canadian
[quote user="Maglev"] Getting back to the Empire Builder -- [/quote] Ok, people. I think we have screwed up here. Regardless of whether we are right or wrong here about the future of LD passenger rail in the U.S., I am a bit sick of the debate. According to the first post, I believe that the intent of the thread was to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Empire Builder. Here's my story: I've ridden the Builder twice in my life; both times from the Twin Cities out to Whitefish for
Gee Willikers, Sam. I don't really get your reasoning but let me try to get it straight. You don't want Amtrak/the Government to offer a service that you enjoy riding. Now I also enjoy trains and do see a purpose for LD trains because they provide a safe, affordable way both to see the country and to provide service to small and medium towns that wouldn't have public transportation if the trains didn't exist. But it is because of riders like you that raise passenger numbers and make
Which railroad is most friendly to Amtrak operations and which is most open to the prospect of adding more Amtrak trains to their lines?
What does it mean when certain routes such as the Coast Starlight or Cascades "get" $137.2 million? Is this an operating subsidy? or new equipment money? Infrastructure? Stations? please explain. http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon/stories/NW_032109WAB-amtrak-routes-stimulus-SW.5989678b.html