Amtrak Shutting Down Several Route Sections 12/31/2018
PostPosted:Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:06 am
Looks like Amtrak is really issuing an ultimatum on the PTC issue.
A significant number of train routes would be truncated or bus bridged over non-PTC sections.
Southwest Chief: between La Junta, Colo., and Dailies, N.M., and through Topeka, Kan.
Cardinal: over the Buckingham Branch Railroad between Orange and Clifton Forge, Va.
California Zephyr: 152 miles of UP’s Green River subdivision west of Grand Junction, Colo.
Texas Eagle: 110 miles of UP’s Desoto subdivision south of St. Louis, Mo.
Downeaster: north of Haverhill, Mass., to Brunswick, Maine., on Pan Am Railways
Vermonter: north of Springfield, Mass., on the New England Central
Ethan Allen: on Vermont Railway east of Whitehall, N.Y.
City of New Orleans: a total of 18 miles on Canadian National around Memphis, Tenn., and New Orleans
Do I think this will actually happen? Probably not, I think Congress will step in and work out something, but they are really throwing down the gantlet.
One thing that I do find interesting, there seems to be, at least among the Amtrak groups, little concern about the legit safety concerns.
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A significant number of train routes would be truncated or bus bridged over non-PTC sections.
Southwest Chief: between La Junta, Colo., and Dailies, N.M., and through Topeka, Kan.
Cardinal: over the Buckingham Branch Railroad between Orange and Clifton Forge, Va.
California Zephyr: 152 miles of UP’s Green River subdivision west of Grand Junction, Colo.
Texas Eagle: 110 miles of UP’s Desoto subdivision south of St. Louis, Mo.
Downeaster: north of Haverhill, Mass., to Brunswick, Maine., on Pan Am Railways
Vermonter: north of Springfield, Mass., on the New England Central
Ethan Allen: on Vermont Railway east of Whitehall, N.Y.
City of New Orleans: a total of 18 miles on Canadian National around Memphis, Tenn., and New Orleans
Do I think this will actually happen? Probably not, I think Congress will step in and work out something, but they are really throwing down the gantlet.
One thing that I do find interesting, there seems to be, at least among the Amtrak groups, little concern about the legit safety concerns.
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/20 ... ithout-ptc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;