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News Wire: Amtrak begins restoring service after Hurricane Florence

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:05 AM

RALEIGH, N.C. — Some Amtrak service returns to and through North Carolina today, but full service to the southeast is not yet restored in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The three daily round trips of the Raleigh-Charlotte Piedmonts, cancelled ...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/09/20-amtrak-begins-restoring-service-after-hurricane-florence

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:35 PM

Until the flood waters present no chance of going higher forget any service ! Then it will take several inspections to institute the many slow orders and run a few heavy freights over each section.  Rather have a BNSF type road bed collaspe under a freight rather than an Amtrak train ? 

It is too bad that there has not been any effort to close the CLT - Columbia gap with passenger  service.  Then an expanded Crescent could take Florida passengers to CLT and split off ?  

Another thought.  What kind of work is Hialeah doing now and will some LD equipment need immediate service there ? 

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