by NealG
A Portland to Portland corridor service called the Downcader, alternating runs with Talgo and Amfleet equipment.
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andegold wrote:How about a completely underground high speed route Boston - Montauk - NY? Follow that with a direct routing through PA to Pittsburgh skipping most of NJ and all of SE Pennsylvania. Then to top it off run a tunnel from NY to Atlantic City. Rather than running it deep do it just shallow enough to create a bump just off shore to provide some sort of sand reclamation buffer for the beaches along the way.Boston - Fall River - Newport; then via tunnel to Block Island; another tunnel to Montauk; then LIRR to NYC.
NRGeep wrote:Rail ferry between Port Kent NY and Burlington VT.You know, I can't see any way ever of making a car float work for Amtrak, but this would be a DAMN fine ride if there were one!
Gilbert B Norman wrote:YouTube videos of the Strait of Messina transfer:Someone I knew took the Night Ferry and had a similar experience. The sleepers were shoved aboard and chained down to prevent the springing effect of the trucks from being augmented by the motion of the ship, which cannot be done silently. It was midsummer, and humid, and since the ventilation in the cars depended on rotating ventilators in the roof actuated by the motion of the train, there was no ventilation at all, and he had to throw some clothes on and go up on deck to get some air, which rather defeated the purpose of a through sleeper.
Two minutes
Thirteen minutes
How anyone could sleep through that racket escapes me. All I know, riding the Night Ferry during 1979, I didn't sleep a wink.
Station Aficionado wrote:Great topic. I propose that Amtrak build the Trans-Atlantic Rail Bridge/Tunnel. Norfolk to London, with a service stop in Bermuda (where there were trains once upon a time). Would put the Oresund to shame.