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Well again, I think the "conditional" aspect of the entire shooting match speaks boatloads about the lack of sincerity of the project as touted.. <br /> <br />As Joe mentioned, the Ohio segment is in sorry shape I've walked portions of the Indiana line in question, "covered with rust" best sums it up the only work I've seen recently done on this segment is the re railing of the NS line up from Cincinnati where it ties into the line in question, and even then only minimal work was done on the thru line, most of it was on the NS approach (totally disconnecting from the former Nickle Plate, and tieing onto the former Pennsey in a "westbound only" config, the east bound connect made at the former Wabash, for you routemeisters) it is in a word a "forgotten" thouroughfare. <br /> <br />Which is why I see it as such a prime candidate for a post Amtrak era rip off. Get the public all jazzed up with big promises, slam dunk whatever legislative approval is needed, then starrt the laborious process of weaseling out of the high cost/high speed end of the bargain. "BECAUSE THE PUBLIC FAILED to support it,...of course.
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