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Sorry what planet are we on? Why would you electrify part of a route that’s going to require diesel power anyway? You know we can use electro-diesel (or electro-battery) right? They exist These overnight buses are popular because they are dirt cheap. $25 one way. Amtrak can’t even beat that in coac...

What could be done is work in tandem with Union Pacific to modernize the Coast Line between Moorpark and Tamien, but should start first with between Tamien and San Luis Obispo, and between Gaviota and Ventura. This would involve double-tracking and grade separation, as well as some realignments away...

With REM having taken over the existing Mount Royal Tunnel, Gare Centrale will be reduced to a stub end station for Via Rail and Exo. This impedes Via Rail's plans for the Montreal-Quebec City segment of their High Frequency Corridor as it would have used the Mount Royal Tunne l. However, Via Rail, ...

There are several inaccuracies in the above posts. 1. Correct it is 25 Kv 60 Hz Bos to east of New Haven. 2. MNRR took some 2 weeks to convert from 11 Kv 25 Hz to 12.5 Kv 60 Hz. The New Haven fixed CAT supports do not have clearance for 25 Kv 50 Hz Nominal . Remember the voltage variations are actu...

This is 3rd hand. Other sites said that runs of the Metro liners often caused the PRR variable tension CAT to bounce to where PANs would loose contact and power. You can imagine the power surges . Also some Metro had pans on several cars. 2. It has been posted that FRA will not allow a power cable ...

Lastly to address your concerns about nonstandard voltages: the European standards are 1.5 kV and 3 kV DC, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC, and 25 kV 50 Hz AC. None of those are used in the US so we're already ordering "nonstandard." The Metra Electric District and the South Shore Line use 1500 V DC, an...

Back in the late 70s, Amtrak had plans to have the entire Northeast Corridor electrified by 1981 (which meant electrifying between Mill River, New Haven and Boston), and at 25 kV 60 Hz. The former was accomplished in 1999-2000 but between Washington DC and Mill River, New Haven the electrification s...

The only way for a MARC/VRE through-service would be to electrify the tracks south of DC Union Station. Since the end of last year, the tracks between DC and Richmond are under the ownership of Virginia (also they don't see much freight traffic really) so they can rebuild and electrify the line. Ele...

The LIRR didn't include anything like that in their most recent budget, as a matter of fact they're ordering dual mode diesel locomotives and coaches. But nonetheless, it sounds like a good idea. Been hearing they're going to be similar to the Siemens Chargers. Perhaps LIRR did so as it's a joint o...

Currently LIRR operates electro-diesel locomotives hauling coaches for non-electrified rail lines (MNCR also does this as well). Instead of having a heavy locomotive hauling coaches, LIRR can invest in buying dual-mode EMUs (using a battery in place of diesel), which are lighter, offer better accele...

One of the biggest reasons the Milwaukee Road went under was the decision to de-energize the Pacific Extension and go to diesels during the 1970s. That decade was when the 1973 Oil Crisis happened, which caused freight railroads like the  Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe and Union Pac...

Man alive look at the laundry list of stations between MSP and MKE. WOW! The proposed service will make 12 station stops in St. Paul, Minnesota; Red Wing, Minnesota; Winona, Minnesota; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Tomah, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; Portage, Wisconsin; Columbus, Wisconsin; Milwa...

It would be nice if a lot of the San Bernardino Line was double tracked at the very least. It would help bring down the travel times a little for the trains. I remember when many of the trains used to travel between LA Union Station and San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot in 90 minutes. Now many of them ...

That's very true about Metrolink sharing track with UP and BNSF. I know that many of the tracks that run past San Bernardino Station are owned by BNSF and I think UP passes there. I believe that the right of way that continues to Downtown San Bernardino is owned by SCRRA or at least Metrolink gets ...

replacing the overweight guardians with modern EMU would be a strong positive for metrolink imo. You're leaving so many of the positives of electrification on the table if you go with locomotives. Metrolink likely wants to go with a relatively less expensive option, hence locomotives, but if funds ...