Popes Creek Subdivision fate?

NotYou wrote:Weren't there studies in the past considering this line as a way of routing freight around DC?

Here is the study I was thinking about, it's from 2007.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... BHLtC7Tgj8

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[quote="NotYou"]Weren't there studies in the past considering this line as a way of routing freight around DC?[/quote]Here is the study I was thinking about, it's from 2007.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... BHLtC7Tgj8
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I remember that study. One thing that stood out about it is that includes the line between Annapolis Junction and Odenton, a route that was abandoned in the early 1990s. The improved B-W Parkway ramps and the Route 32 freeway would be major obstacles to restoring the route.

RailMike wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:00 am

NotYou wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:28 pm

NotYou wrote:Weren't there studies in the past considering this line as a way of routing freight around DC?

Here is the study I was thinking about, it's from 2007.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... BHLtC7Tgj8

I remember that study. One thing that stood out about it is that includes the line between Annapolis Junction and Odenton, a route that was abandoned in the early 1990s. The improved B-W Parkway ramps and the Route 32 freeway would be major obstacles to restoring the route.

Not to mention taking hazmat and other cargo through NSA grounds.