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Just UP being UP. The EIS continues without them, for now. Door is open for return, but other options are being explored in the Alternatives Analysis process - adjacent to UP, adjacent to or in the ROW of I-35, adjacent to or in the ROW of SH-130 (for a portion of the route), the MoKan corridor, etc...

Re: Riding one of the last South Shore Hotshots

 by jb9152 ¦  Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:22 am ¦  Forum: Chicagoland Commuter & Transit ¦  Topic: Riding one of the last South Shore Hotshots ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 8346

Express trains are returning! The South Shore commuter railroad is launching a pilot express train service March 16 in response to calls for speedier trips to Chicago. Mike Noland, general manager for the Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District, which operates the South Shore, told the NICTD boa...

Good, that addresses my main worry. Do I have to mention they're building the 5 acre, $130 Million Seaholm development even before this EIS ends? That's significant amount of tax revenues that will not be shared with Lone Star Rail, because the project will be built long before Lone Star Rail gets ...

Does this EIS include the new freight bypass alignment or not? UP has already stated they are not interested sharing the existing rail corridor for no amount of money unless funds for a new rail bypass is provided for them. That money has to come first, that EIS has to be finished first. LoneStarRa...

Project update: http://lonestarrail.com/index.php/lstar/about-project-timeline/ EIS started, with a three-year schedule, FHWA as the lead federal agency, TxDOT as the lead state agency, and Lone Star Rail District as the sponsoring agency. Notice of Intent scheduled to be published in mid-September,...

Re: 065

 by jb9152 ¦  Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:42 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: RRD Mileposts (Was: 065) ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 5027

PTC does slow things down because of the "error bars" in the on board speed curve calculating. If you read the Amtrak rulebook the system that SEPTA is planning to use will bring a train to a positive stop up to 1000 feet away from the signal itself and the only way to allow the train to ...

Re: RRD Mileposts (Was: 065)

 by jb9152 ¦  Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:07 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: RRD Mileposts (Was: 065) ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 5027

PTC enforces speed limits, it also stops engineers from getting too close to stop signals, the system unless butchered won't slow things down, now CSS on the other hand does slow things down with cab signals dropping to more restrictive signals further away, remember PTC is an overlay to CSS, runni...

Re: RRD Mileposts (Was: 065)

 by jb9152 ¦  Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:08 am ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: RRD Mileposts (Was: 065) ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 5027

You are incorrect about it slowing things down, it will actually speed things up, speed restrictions must use places that are identifiable, such as bridges with milepost location, stations or whole mile markers, now the half mile posts are going in restrictions will be more precise and you won't ha...

Since most people seem to prefer to drive on a free but congested and crowded highway such as I-35 instead of SH-130 (the toll road), why does someone think they might be willing to switch to riding a train? Laurence I don't think many will spend more to ride than they will to drive. The fares on t...

Are they still planning to build this commuter rail line? EIS started this month. Record of Decision (ROD) scheduled for 3 years, with final design and construction scheduled for immediately after receipt of the ROD. Local funding agreements signed with Austin and San Marcos last year, and expectat...

Re: Equipment cycles

 by jb9152 ¦  Wed May 14, 2014 8:29 am ¦  Forum: General Discussion - Passenger Rail: High Speed and Heavy and Light Rail Systems ¦  Topic: Equipment cycles ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 3118

You started off by saying one can easily figure out the cycles and then proceeded to list all the reasons why you can't, hence why I asked for them in the first place :wink: . Understood. I never said it didn't involve work, just that it was easy in general. If you put in the work, and have a basic...

Re: Equipment cycles

 by jb9152 ¦  Tue May 13, 2014 8:14 am ¦  Forum: General Discussion - Passenger Rail: High Speed and Heavy and Light Rail Systems ¦  Topic: Equipment cycles ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 3118

I understand what he is looking for as I study European railways. It sounds as though he wants to try and experience haulage behind(or in front of) as many members of each agency's locomotive fleet as possible. European spotters produce lists of the equipment turns as a way to maximize "Haulag...

Re: ACE looking to switch to DMU's in the future?

 by jb9152 ¦  Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:12 am ¦  Forum: California Commuter, Rail Transit, and High Speed Rail (HSR) ¦  Topic: ACE looking to switch to DMU's in the future? ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 8480

If the FRA approves them what reasons would there be for UP not to allow them? How much do regulations allow the host railroad to add extra conditions beyond what the government requires already? Well, they own the facility, so everything is subject to negotiation. Regulatory requirements are the b...

Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District South Shore - 68 single level and 14 bi-level Nippon-Sharyos on one electric corridor. Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority - 231 Silverliner IV and 120 Silverliner V on at least thirteen electric corridors. I'm not aware of any of these ...

Re: Remembering "Railworks" 1992-93 20 years later...

 by jb9152 ¦  Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:25 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Remembering "Railworks" 1992-93 20 years later... ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 7877

Another memory is of a freak storm that blew up on Fern Rock mid-day. The summer temperature dropped about 20 degrees in a matter of minutes, and combined with the wind, it actually got cold. Cold enough, in fact, for large hailstones to start falling. The winds seemed like they were in the 50 to 60...

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