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I mean, the existing K cars have light up stop signs on their rears.

It comes down to budgeting. It'd be cheaper to put up variable tension, and since you're never going to get the speeds that constant tension can achieve because of the double stacks in the first place, all of the benefits of constant tension regarding speed would be lost (I think...). As nomis said...

It comes down to budgeting. It'd be cheaper to put up variable tension, and since you're never going to get the speeds that constant tension can achieve because of the double stacks in the first place, all of the benefits of constant tension regarding speed would be lost (I think...). As nomis said,...

CSX dealt with catenary just fine on the Trenton Line between West Trenton and Bethayres. Even was good for double stacks. No reason the wire has to be constant tension/high speed. Just build it so that you can eventually convert it to constant tension.

Are there any tentative plans to put wire up, considering that this will be mostly (if not all) passenger? It would be myopic not to at least consider it. They could do some preemptive engineering, but richmond to DC has higher levels of traffic, and should be considered for electrification, first....

RandallW wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:59 pm I thought the Caltrain EMUs were not level boarding for the NEC high level platforms because CAHSR specified a different platform height than used in the east coast.

Are there any tentative plans to put wire up, considering that this will be mostly (if not all) passenger? It would be myopic not to at least consider it.

By the way, something that you should all be writing to your local elected representatives about is SEPTA adopting low-level ADA compliant EMUs (thing Stadler KISS EMUs). It would eliminate a large chunk of their maintenance backlog and would prevent architecturally significant stations (Wynnewood, ...

I'm hoping and pushing for Brookville. They make good products, and are in state.

The Acela Is seem to be mostly hitting 150 at Princeton on the WB runs. EB trains are coming up a grade so most have only been hitting the 140s. It's certainly possible for EBs to hit 150, however.

When the new cat is finished at Hamilton there should be no problem getting them up to speed.

I actually disagree in this one case. SEPTA historically served Reading. They should continue to do so (never should have stopped, really).
If I had to take a guess the Reading service will pan out like the ACL: Amtrak hands it off to the local agency a few years after it starts.

Have you ridden the Keystone before? It's quite a nice train. The Pennsylvanian is also quite nice. I've never been later than half an hour, and the delays have always been NS's fault. I also think all of the NEC services are quite nice. So I don't really get the argument that SEPTA somehow would pr...

Yes. The Wawa chain in Florida started in PA as Wawa Dairy Farms. You should go inside some time, they have quite good food.

Station is officially called Wawa again. Delayed because C&S can't get their end finished due to late shipments of signals and signal huts.

MCG - SEPTA and CSX were “separated” on the Fox Chase Line around 20 years ago… That is when the catenary was removed from above the CSX NYSL track along with the passing siding near Lawndale being in placed in service. The original single track segment was from Cheltenham Junction to just west of ...