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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Clemente A lot of interesting and entertaining ideas going on here. A lot of misunderstanding, too. The joint corridor east of Spokane will end at Athol, not Sandpoint, and will involve a new track laid down next to BNSF's current main line, so UP should be much better off in the end. Yes, there's space atop much of the elevated corridor through downtown Spokane to add a third and possibly fourth main track, but no matter how much capacity you add through the city, you still haven't addressed the single most difficult choke point for Spokane's rail traffic. In honor of Chad and his Western Where Is Its, I leave it to you gents to name this choke point, and why. [/quote] As I mentioned before, the elevated corridor has presumable space to add tracks, but the proximity of the adjacent buildings prevent any legal addition of tracks. You are also forgetting the Spokane River bridge east of Spokane, which is also single track, with the single track stretching from Pines Road to Sullivan. In order to accomodate the addition of UP's traffic, another bridge will have to be built. If you ask me, it's a waste of capitol. UP's Spokane Valley line is perfectly functional, so why give up on something that is already there to bundle every line together via superfluous new construction? There's nothing wrong with a little dispersed redundancy, and if you remember the MRL derailment near Hauser a few years back you can appreciate having an alternate line available for maintaining traffic fluidity. And so what if the SI line crosses a few streets and roads at grade? BNSF's line also crossed numerous roads, but of late some crossings have been separated while others have been closed. The same method of attrition could be done for the SI line.
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