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s4ny wrote:CSX might consider running one direction on the West Shore and the other direction
on the main through downtown. They could remove a lot of track.
Amtrak would run both ways via downtown.
charlie6017 wrote:Just build another station along the West Shore for the eastbound Amtrak's. Hell, I may have found a good use
for Don's ex-LV boxcar. Plop it along side the track and stick some lawn chairs in there and we'll be good to go!
SST wrote:Lets get a little more radical... I assume that most of CSX is double tracked along the main lines in NY. With CSX shrinking and therefore less usage, why not get NYS to "force" CSX to get rid of one of the main tracks and use that newly acquired track for high speed rail. No new ROW needed. Perhaps some upgrading. Cheaper than a whole new ROW. Too wild?
SST wrote:Lets get a little more radical... I assume that most of CSX is double tracked along the main lines in NY. With CSX shrinking and therefore less usage, why not get NYS to "force" CSX to get rid of one of the main tracks and use that newly acquired track for high speed rail. No new ROW needed. Perhaps some upgrading. Cheaper than a whole new ROW. Too wild?
ExCon90 wrote:I've read that CSX has been insisting on a very wide separation in such cases -- no 15-feet-between-track-centers for CSX.
D Alex wrote:It's there in most places. NY Central built the Water Level Route to be 4 tracks from Albany all the way to Buffalo.
sd80mac wrote:
If HSR did miracle become in process of construction. We do NOT need NEW ROW. the property is already 4 or 5 tracks wide. there will be enough room for single track for HSR with passing sidings.
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