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A lot of those state capitals are pretty small places. Augusta, ME, Pierre, SD, Bismark, ND, Carson City, NV, Frankfort, KY. Then, there are those smallish state capitals that, rather surprisingly, have train service - Salem, OR, Jefferson City, MO, Charleston WV, Montpelier, VT. And those large cities, that surprisingly, have none - Columbus OH, Nashville, TN, Montgomery, AL. I think you should give Annapolis MD a "bye", too. It's a suburb of DC and Baltimore these days.
[quote user="BNSFwatcher"]Poor service, surley crews, etc. seems to be confined in the CHI-NYP-WAS "Triangle of Snarl". I'll leave you to figure out why, but the old Pennsylvania RR "School of Snarl" graduates are mostly gone. [/quote]Culture can outlast individual employees.
There is no true double track on any of the ex-Sou parts of NS, that I know of. There are stretches of double track, notably on the CNO&TP, the SOU mainline in NC and the northern portion of Atlanta - Chatt, but nothing like the ex-CR portion of the RR. A lot of this was originally double track (ABS) as you note, and was single tracked when CTC was installed (you had to pay for it somehow!) In the past 10-15 years, they have actually been putting back sections of the 2nd track in places as traffic
Sort of . There were some experiments with "traction sticks" that rubbed on the wheel treads to increase adhesion in the late 80s and early 90s I think.
[quote user="BNSFwatcher"]Do the "Comets" use the same body shell as the "Metroliners" and "Amfleet"? If so, good riddance.[/quote]The Comets are similar to Amtrak's Horizon cars. The biggest difference is that Amtrak uses a outside frame, equalized truck while NJT uses an inside frame, non-equalized truck.
If you look at NS's map of the Crescent Corridor (go to thefutureneedsus.com), you'll see that it is actually a network of lines that serve a corridor. None of those lines are double tracked, although there are some sections on some of the lines. Some sections of the lines that make up the corridor are near capacity and some are fairly lightly used. The building out of the corridor will involve construction of terminals and elimination of bottlenecks, mostly adding or lengthening sidings
[quote user="nanaimo73"] [quote user="oltmannd"]There are 4 new terminals being built - Memphis, Birmingham (McCalla), Knoxville (New Market), and Greencastle PA. Interestingly, Memphis and Greencastle are moving ahead smoothly, but there has been much NIMBY wailing and gnashing of teeth over B'ham and Knoxville.[/quote] Don, do you feel the Memphis terminal competes or compliments with CN's recently expanded Memphis terminal? [/quote] Not much competition. Perhaps some
[quote user="blownout cylinder"] [quote user="henry6"] So, Blownout, why should I pay for an airline flight that I'll never use and only one person a week uses? Or a highway in northsouthnowhere that not only will I never use myself, but is only used seasonally by two trucks. Your arguement cannot hold up! But I do agree, and my major point is, that our transportation system has to be all but reinvented. That doesn't mean that everything has to be thrown out but rather
[quote user="Railway Man"] Seems appropriate about now ... Does anyone have a grave exhumation icon? For restarting this topic not rehashing the dead horse. [/quote] More like the movie "Ground Hog's Day."
[quote user="CNSF"]1) Sioux Falls to where exactly? What's the 'lane'? And what's the length of rail haul for the local carrier? Sioux Falls is to the western roads what Columbus or Cincinnati are to the eastern roads.[/quote]Really enjoyed your post! I'll only add what I know.... Cincinnati really is nowhere, but Columbus is a bit different. If I remember right, Conrail used to run stack trains from Chicago to Columbus full of imported garments for distribution centers
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