by CharlieL
If this is covered somewhere else, I could not find it and my apologies.
Perhaps some of the funding being spent on pre-planning new routes (Reading, Allentown, etc) would be better spent on multi-tracking on routes where Amtrac is at the mercy of commercial rail. It seems that every other week we hear about delays on Amtrac due to the rails not available for one or another reason. The 30-hour delay in the dead of winter this past season is a case in point. Absolutely lousy publicity.
If the service were more reliable, maybe more people would be encouraged to use it. And the other carriers might be encouraged to chip in a little if Amtrac's use of their routes is as bad as they claim and they are also allowed usage, with Amtrac having absolute priority on the additional rail. Was not most of that ROW dual-tracked in the past?
Perhaps some of the funding being spent on pre-planning new routes (Reading, Allentown, etc) would be better spent on multi-tracking on routes where Amtrac is at the mercy of commercial rail. It seems that every other week we hear about delays on Amtrac due to the rails not available for one or another reason. The 30-hour delay in the dead of winter this past season is a case in point. Absolutely lousy publicity.
If the service were more reliable, maybe more people would be encouraged to use it. And the other carriers might be encouraged to chip in a little if Amtrac's use of their routes is as bad as they claim and they are also allowed usage, with Amtrac having absolute priority on the additional rail. Was not most of that ROW dual-tracked in the past?