No...Canada has a cheap surplus of electric power and a number of citys close enough that high speed electrc rail would work. Also GO just boaght the GO main line and commuter rail runs best with eletrict power
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No...Canada has a cheap surplus of electric power and a number of citys close enough that high speed electrc rail would work. Also GO just boaght the GO main line and commuter rail runs best with eletrict power
Are they now at the old airbase or are they at the CSX yard?
A number of states have bought railroad lines from class ones for passenger or freight preservation. Florida of course way overpaid for its lines and Colorado is buying a line for its regional rail service. The State of Vermont owns the land under Vermont railways In our own backyard the NY State ow...
If we look at the numbers you will see that CSX spent the least amount of money in NY State and Ohio got the most....I saw the numbers break down on the CSX website ( cant find it ouch!) but when CSX President Snow got his Tax Breaks 5 years ago in exchange for a promise to fix the tracks did he rea...
People Mover!>>> are sorta in there own catergory---More along the line of Transit--Used mostly in Airports They have to have fans out there along the lines of the Monorail society. The Islands have 2 other short line railroads one is being used for short steam escusion around a golf course and the ...
451 million for a 4 to 5 mile system? according to railway age,Am I reading this right?
The Erie-Laccawanna ran a commuter train from Youngstown untill 1977 into the Terminal Tower (Now Tower City) and was ran by Conrail in its last months of operation. The state never picked up the subsidy and the train died.
This is a Canadian Problem...Canada has the most to lose..The end products go to Canada they should put in the money in the pot
So the siver flask is ok?
The corridor already shaves 3 hours of driving time between NY , Detroit & Chicago what would high speed rail do to this. Canada already has the Queens ear and money and is more European then the US so High Speed Rail should be a no brainer.
How can we compete with the likes of russia and china who have nationlized there railroads...railroads are just one part of the internationa trade game puzzle
The problem is not size but weight....Vermont and a number of states have trailer weight restrictions which is why VT does not have a intermodal yard,
1.Monon ran a service in Indy that might have quilified as commuter service and perhaps the I&O or it spredisesor ran a service to Cincy. Its clear that this Highway and Concrete loving state needs a good dose of railroad medicine. I would take over the Monon Bike Path and the PRR bike path and ...
http://www.trainweb.com/radio/
is the only online live radio show that talks amtrak and passenger and freight trains Live Times are 1-300pm Sat Afternoons...again I am not sure where this posting goes either
Is there still a train from Syracuse to Montreal? I see CN engines still come into Syracuse...