Bob Roberts wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:56 pm
Roadgeek Adam wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 4:12 pm
I am admittedly curious to what they want to do in terms of ATL to NAS. The old Floridian route would mean ATL, ATN, BHM, DEC & NAS. A non-Floridian route would be via Marietta / Chattanooga / Murfreesboro / Nashville.
Not sure what they'd do.
Its also a little mysterious how and where they would turn and crew and stock those Atlanta-Nashville trains.
I'm not sure if ATL is a crew-base, but they do occasionally annul trains south of there for various reasons. If they can add trains there, any type of train (corridor or LD), it might make it more economical/efficient to put a crew base there. ATL could serve as a hub as has been mentioned, with trains down to Savannah, up to Charlotte perhaps, and Tennessee. I live and work in Warner Robins, GA, and a train through Macon makes sense going on down via WR to Valdosta and Florida along Norfolk Southern. Of course, who pays?