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Re: Salt Lake City to Las Vegas

 by RWERN ¦  Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:34 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Salt Lake City to Las Vegas ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 2063

If you want to take a slight detour, from Delta you can hit: Nephi Santaquin/Rocky Ridge Provo Lehi Sandy Salt Lake City This detour only adds about 15 miles to the journey. Against the ~800 miles LAX-SLC on the previous route, it's only ~2% longer. Barring slow speeds, it seems like a good trade-o...

The TC is taken up for about 30 miles between Crab Orchard and Monterrey TN, and while there’s been proposals to reinstate the trackage, the issue if the line does eventually return is Crossville, because there it passes right through the town and there has been a bit of development. Possible, but ...

Re: Newark-Paterson light rail proposal

 by RWERN ¦  Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:06 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Newark-Paterson light rail proposal ¦  Replies: 12 ¦  Views: 2231

I like it. This route is long overdue. I think the routing via the Broad Street extension makes more sense at it is more direct and provides more connections to other lines. Going via NCS is longer with fewer connections and may require land acquisition to create a ramp between different parts of th...

Re: NJ Transit to reactivate portion of former Boonton Line

 by RWERN ¦  Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:00 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: NJ Transit to reactivate portion of former Boonton Line ¦  Replies: 31 ¦  Views: 8697

This is a complete waste of money right now. Millions were spent to build a somewhat circuitous rail connector between the Meadowlands site and Secaucus Junction and now it's considered a good idea that millions more are being thrown at studying an even more circuitous transitway between the same tw...

Re: Northeast Corridor Track Capacity

 by RWERN ¦  Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:14 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Northeast Corridor Track Capacity (PHL-WAS) ¦  Replies: 28 ¦  Views: 4323

Offhand, I'd say that there are a few areas of double-track on the NEC at present. - most of the New Haven to Boston segment - approaches to New York Penn - approaches to 30th Street Philadelphia - Baltimore (B&P tunnel) - Susquehanna River bridge crossing vicinity There may be more but that's w...

Re: MOM Rail Service

 by RWERN ¦  Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:55 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: MOM Rail Service ¦  Replies: 1720 ¦  Views: 401438

I think a New Brunswick LRT network makes a lot of sense. I feel that public transit options for non-NYC-bound traffic in Central NJ (and NJ overall) are sorely lacking. NJ is dense enough that almost all rail ROW have potential for transit and buses need to serve more effectively to flesh out the r...

Re: Amtrak Contraction Ideas <DUCKS>

 by RWERN ¦  Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:17 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Contraction Ideas <DUCKS> ¦  Replies: 56 ¦  Views: 7156

My plan is a comprehensive rework of the existing services. It's a route rationalization by cutting the network up more than cutting the network down. No new routes but breaking up and rerouting existing routes and segments to do the following: - Reduce end-to-end distance (theoretical improvement i...

Re: New Jersey Passenger Rail Expansion Study

 by RWERN ¦  Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:59 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: New Jersey Passenger Rail Expansion Survey ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 2593

I felt it was bizarre how much the study seemed to focus on Atsion Lake and the Carranza Memorial. The study must be funded by some group that stands to benefit by drumming up tourism in that area. I mean, I suppose you could make a case for a limited seasonal stop at Lake Atsion. The Carranza Memor...

Re: 8th Ave - Stub Track South of 34th Street

 by RWERN ¦  Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:29 pm ¦  Forum: NYCT MTA Subway, PATH and SIRT ¦  Topic: 8th Ave - Stub Track South of 34th Street ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 4121

I cannot comment on the active use, but it would be a likely place for storage or layup. Given the location, it could also be used for short-turning in Midtown. It's perhaps worth nothing that a similar center track exists on the 7th Ave line between 34th and 42nd Streets, although it lacks the stub...

Re: NJT HOBOKEN TERMINAL ACCIDENT THREAD

 by RWERN ¦  Thu Sep 29, 2016 12:31 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: NJT HOBOKEN TERMINAL ACCIDENT THREAD ¦  Replies: 446 ¦  Views: 115600

from http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/09/3_killed_more_than_100_hurt_in_hoboken_train_crash.html#incart_big-photo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The train went over the front bumper block, through the concourse where travelers access other lines and rested at the wa...

Re: NJT HOBOKEN TERMINAL ACCIDENT THREAD

 by RWERN ¦  Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:19 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: NJT HOBOKEN TERMINAL ACCIDENT THREAD ¦  Replies: 446 ¦  Views: 115600

I will reserve comments about the human aspect save to say that we hope the injuries are as few and minimal as possible. I will not speculate as to any causal circumstances. Regarding the structural damage, from photos I've seen, it does not appear that the train impacted the wall of the main termin...

Re: HBLR Freight Questions

 by RWERN ¦  Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:05 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: HBLR Freight Questions ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 4251

Very interesting, thank you! How did NJT get around creating a legal mess when they did that? Did they get CR to price them out? Again, thanks a million! Prior to abandonment petitions in 2000, Conrail issued Notices of Insufficient Revenues in 1983 and 1985, an indicator that the line was not fina...

Re: HBLR Freight Questions

 by RWERN ¦  Tue Jul 05, 2016 11:21 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: HBLR Freight Questions ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 4251

According to STB dockets I have read, at the time Conrail/CSX/NS filed petitions to discontinue service in November, 2000, two shippers were given as being served: Dykes Lumber in Weehawken and Cognis Chemical in Hoboken. Dykes Lumber, located at Park Ave and 19th St in Weehawken is still around tod...

Re: Glassboro-Camden Line

 by RWERN ¦  Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:09 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Glassboro-Camden Line (Light Rail) ¦  Replies: 97 ¦  Views: 25906

Threads combined. Also, here's a web-site: http://www.glassborocamdenline.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The route is a very short-sighted one, I'd say. While I can appreciate routing through the middle of Camden to serve those communities, a better option would be to...

Re: Why does the C use 8 car trains

 by RWERN ¦  Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:12 am ¦  Forum: NYCT MTA Subway, PATH and SIRT ¦  Topic: Why does the C use 8 car trains ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 2891

I would suspect that it has quite a bit to do with the C trainsets being interchangeable with those serving the BMT Eastern Division. The BMT Eastern Division has shorter platforms along the routes requiring 8-car trainsets. My understanding is that R32 cars on the C are placed on the J/Z services d...

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