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[quote user="CMStPnP"] Sam1... BTW, off topic.   However the DART light rail system is now effectively dual use.  I think that was a point of disagreement between us earlier with you saying there was no proof the system was built to dual use standards.   Next time your downtown just East of Union Station you can see the streetcar tracks now join with the DART light rail tracks.....using the same overhead wire.    I still stand by my earlier remarks that those same DART light rail tracks can also handle frieght railroad equipment.......just like the San Diego Trolley can and does in places. [/quote] I don't recall saying anything about joint use of DART's light rail tracks. The Oak Cliff trolley will be serviced at DART's Santa Fe Avenue service and maintenance facility.  The vehicles will run over DART's line along South Lamar to just short of Union Station, where it will manuver through a reverse switch track to line up with the Houston Street Viaduct track. Comparing the Houston Street trolley to running a freight train on DART's tracks also San Diego is a bit of a stretch.  As far as I know there are no freight operations on DART's track system. The Blue line to Rowlett shares a right-of-way with the Dallas, Garland and Northern Eastern Railroad.  Also, the Green Line shares part of the right-of-way with the UP line that runs up to Denton, etc.  It also shares part of the right-of-way with a freight line along the C.F. Hawn Freeway, but I am not sure whose line it is. The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway trains that operate over a short section of the San Diego Trolley tracks are a different story. The SDAER is owned by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Authority, which operates the trolleys and buses in and around San Diego. Most of SDAER operations near south San Diego appear to operate over parallel tracks, although as you showed in a video, which was just a snap shot, some freight runs on the Blue line late at night.  In FY14 MTA revenues, as per Page 7 of the 2014 Annual Report, MTA Revenues were $321.8 million.  The 2014 revenues for the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway were $1.2 million.  The SDAER is so small that its numbers are blended into the MTA numbers without identification.  It appears that whatever joint operations are conducted by MTA and SDAER or minor.  DART's light rail tracks probably could support some freight operations, although I am not sure that they would have sufficient clearance through the Central Expressway Tunnel.  The larger question, however, is why would a freight carrier want to use DART's light rail lines?
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