by BM6569
But people who would use the service most likely aren't going to be your every commuters into the city and back but people traveling beyond.
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DutchRailnut wrote:correct, but I see a few problems , cab/atc differences, and new Amfleet 1 replacements would be push/pull with cab car.The LI natives who are on there way to DC/Boston already paying, more and then they go on Penn from LIRR to AMTK. When Amtrak is riding trough LI the trip on LIRR is not necassery anymore.
Amtrak would need to double end the trains as per their own rules ??
How many LI natives will pay a ticket price twice that of LIRR ??
charlesriverbranch wrote:Dig a tunnel under Block island Sound; join the old Narragansett Pier line and connect to the NEC at Kingston.I know that the above is mostly for the folksong pun, but New Haven is too important to skip. (And Stamford CT probably is too, which is why there wasn't enough "win" in HSR@LIRR to make it worth the fight).
The Block Island Line: it'll be a mighty good road!
Nasadowsk wrote:Exactly what I’m thinking. It’s an open secret that the DE/DM fleet is not long for this world after the New York State DM order.Jeff Smith wrote:They’d only use DC in NYP and tunnels... arcing and MAS issues. Plus, Electrification is so costly, and DC would require a LOT of substations. They wouldn’t need it for the couple of trains they’d run.I'm wondering if the LI's looking to push the Hamptons(tm) service off the Amtrak.
After that's out of the way, it's a no brainer to electrify to Riverhead, Patchogue (Speonk?), Oyster Bay, and Port Jeff, and dump diesel operation all together. Sure DC sucks, but extending the existing DC is a lot cheaper than changing to AC. Get a few DMU shuttles for the 3 passengers a day to Greenport and between Patchogue (Speonk?) and Montauk...
DutchRailnut wrote:cause a single engine specially on rear would gap a train in third rail coming up hill into Penn.Only to the LIRR... Amtrak runs its 3rd rail P32s with only one engine thru Sunnyside and Penn.
Amtrak made it a rule for dual modes to only be acceptable if engine is located at each end of train.
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Amtrak officials didn't directly respond to emailed questions about possible extensions of Empire Corridor trains to Long Island and Northeast Corridor destinations such as Washington, D.C., and Newark International Airport.
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And while Cuomo said the Amtrak trains serving Long Island could continue to Boston or Washington, one rail advocate pointed out that trains from Albany could also serve Long Island.
Bruce Becker of the Washington-based Rail Passengers Association said that at one time Amtrak ran so-called baseball specials from Albany directly to Shea Stadium in Queens.
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