QUOTE: The railroad - so used to serving old industries like power plants and car makers - has had to think way outside the boxcar. Indeed, it's now considering the unthinkable - a return to operating some trains between cities.
QUOTE: Norfolk Southern has taken the first step, he said, of "stop saying no" to new approaches to moving goods and people. "Instead we started saying yes - with conditions." He set four principles for such partnerships: No reductions in freight capacity; fair value for use of the railroad's assets; full liability protection; and no subsidy of passenger operations.
QUOTE: With massive congestion on Interstate 81, he said, "There's a lot of discussion about I-81 and how rail can be part" of solving the problem. One idea with support from government and business groups in western Virginia is the creation of the TransDominion Express, or TDX. The passenger rail line would serve Bristol, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Richmond and Washington. Another proposal involves working with Norfolk Southern to build more train tracks parallel to I-81.
QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt Imagine... Jet black P42's with jet black superliners or future equivalent.
QUOTE: Originally posted by piouslion Lets reword this direction just a little bit. What would get a successfull freight hauler that is performing more and more like a modern business, with improving profitability, growing freight tonnage, and an improved business relationship with both shippers and recievers to go back to what is essentially a 19th century money loosing, labor, maintainance, time, and capital intensive business when it does not need to?
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFGP38 I have been told that at one time, railroads could run trains without state funds and massive upgrades. And also running passenger and frieght running on the same track was simply " No problem".
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