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It sounds like you keep a close watch over NS's operations in your area. The only point I would like disagree with is that the 60mph railroad is only 60 mph when the train is actually moving at full speed. When you have 150 car trains it takes either a lot of horsepower or time to get the train up to 60mph unless the sidings are more like short sections of double track allowing moving meets. Ultimately the only way to increase capacity is to lay more rail. <br /> I noticed on the Trains map of June 2006 that the Southern Railway appears to be double track all the way from Washington DC to Atlanta GA in 1950 and now it only has short sections of double track. Is that correct or am I misreading the map? Hopefully with the joint venture with KCS there will be growing volume to allow the route to be double tracked again. <br />I beleive that the railroads need to pick certain key routes and concentrate on them just as BNSF has on the transcon line. Otherwise it is a case of spending too little money to too few areas to make much of a difference.
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