There's a wye at Rollinsford?
gokeefe wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 1:53 pm If we're going to take a side trip to "Fantasy Island" we might as well make it worthwhile ...Building on Fantasy Island, What if you had the folks that operate the Downeaster have Amtrak start another service to Conway, Then transfer to the CSRR for the "old time train ride" to the mountains. That way you can have amtrak pay to rehab the line and conway scenic gets another source of revenue
I would say build a platform and canopy just inside the wye at Rollinsford Junction. This would allow for a cross platform transfer from the Downeaster without having CSRX operating over PAR. Sure this requires a rebuild of some track in Conway and the burned trestle too but I'm sure the revenues from ridership would support it (yes I'm talking about unsubsidized fares).
Obviously there are all kinds of complications for Conway Scenic's status as an "insular" railroad but Strasburg seems to get along just fine with that.
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