The feds offered to upgrade the CSX Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati corridor for passenger service, but Ohio Gov Kasich snubbed the deal. Michigan used the money to buy 100+ miles of the Wolverine corridor from NS.
MidlandMike The feds offered to upgrade the CSX Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati corridor for passenger service, but Ohio Gov Kasich snubbed the deal. Michigan used the money to buy 100+ miles of the Wolverine corridor from NS.
Amtrak should more accurately pursue buying more tracks if given the opportunity to do so. Think about how much less freight interference there would be.
Philly Amtrak Fan MidlandMike The feds offered to upgrade the CSX Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati corridor for passenger service, but Ohio Gov Kasich snubbed the deal. Michigan used the money to buy 100+ miles of the Wolverine corridor from NS. Amtrak should more accurately pursue buying more tracks if given the opportunity to do so. Think about how much less freight interference there would be.
I meant actively pursue.
It makes sense for Amtrak to pursue buying track on some of their busier routes, like they did in the northeast, Michigan, and I think California. However, on lesser routes, why buy the line when the freight railroads will maintain it, and ATK only has to pay a below market access fee. They will never have the budget to buy what they would like.
Didn't PA get money from the feds to upgrade the Pennsylvanian between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh? What happened to that money?
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