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[quote user="blue streak 1"] [quote user="Sam1"]  I cannot help but wonder how robustly Amtrak senior management pushed back on the UP to run the Eagle from Longview to Taylor via Jacksonville, Palestine, and Hearne, which is what it did earlier this year.  Being able to do so would allow the train to serve its major population centers south of Fort Worth. [/quote] SAM1:  do not know UP traffic but is UP going to institute a 10 - 12 hour work window each day?  If so it may be planning to route the freight normally thru Austin to the route you posted ? If so that might overload your route posted ? [/quote] There is no planned maintenance for the Longview to Taylor route, which runs through Jacksonville, Palestine, and Hearne to Taylor, as far as I know.  Apparently the UP will be routing some addition trains onto this route. And one of the Eagle conductors told me that the traffic on the line will increase significantly.   I still cannot help wonder just how hard, if at all, Amtrak senior management pushed back on UP with respect to running the Eagle over this route, which is what it did during the previous maintenance project this year between Longview and Dallas.  It may be unfair on my part, but I get the impression that Amtrak management just rolls over when the freight carriers tell them to.  And maybe they should. They are the beggars with little real leverage outside of a court fight, which they are not guaranteed to prevail.
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