Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.
Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.
For rail transit to work there needs to be many people going to few places. Toledo simply isn't setup for this type of commuter operation. There is no central business district for commuters to go to, there isn't a huge attraction to draw seasonal crowds, there's... nothing.
Beside that point, how would you convince NS and CSX to sell their portions of the Toledo Terminal and how would you still operate freight traffic with the new passenger service?
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by ToledoTerminalRy
All around the TT there is room for one more track including bridge retaining walls, except across the Maumee River at both ends and possibly near the corner West of Lewis Ave. There is still much expense to put in bridge spans, crossings etc. but should not mess up passenger service while installing. As far as I know alot of the backside is pretty much abandoned so they may allow the city to buy that trackage as is.
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by railohio
You still haven't answered how you're going to minimize freight disruption and the biggest issue of all, who wants to ride around Toledo?
There'd be a much better chance of seeing light rail on some of the less-used branches that radiate around the metro area, but only if a convenient, centralized location was setup for transfer between routes.
