by mcgrath618
Backshophoss wrote:How active is freight service to Pottstown? NS will balk on any extension of wire to there.They could restore part of the ROW to be passenger exclusive
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Backshophoss wrote:How active is freight service to Pottstown? NS will balk on any extension of wire to there.They could restore part of the ROW to be passenger exclusive
mcgrath618 wrote:I don't know how familiar you are with that area, but that ROW goes though Abrams Yard at King of Prussia, which is a part of Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line http://www.parailfan.com/NS/ns_harrisburg_line.html. Now I don't know too much about how much they move, but every time I'm in Valley Forge there is always a big old freight train moving though. NS would probably balk at the copper because it would conflict with the double stacked containers let alone the disruptions of passenger rail. I would enjoy to see the Valley forge and Port Kennedy Rail stations re-opened for service, but I'm highly skeptical.Backshophoss wrote:How active is freight service to Pottstown? NS will balk on any extension of wire to there.They could restore part of the ROW to be passenger exclusive
ChesterValley wrote:Then you could restore the remaining ROW, and use the outer track for passenger only. This doesn’t have to be too hard if NS doesn't want it to be.mcgrath618 wrote:I don't know how familiar you are with that area, but that ROW goes though Abrams Yard at King of Prussia, which is a part of Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Line http://www.parailfan.com/NS/ns_harrisburg_line.html. Now I don't know too much about how much they move, but every time I'm in Valley Forge there is always a big old freight train moving though. NS would probably balk at the copper because it would conflict with the double stacked containers let alone the disruptions of passenger rail. I would enjoy to see the Valley forge and Port Kennedy Rail stations re-opened for service, but I'm highly skeptical.Backshophoss wrote:How active is freight service to Pottstown? NS will balk on any extension of wire to there.They could restore part of the ROW to be passenger exclusive
I was talking to a PennDOT employee, and he was saying SEPTA was floating out a NHSL extension proposal in the middle of 422 to get to Phoenixville which was shot down because the bridges were too small to accommodate the railcars.
Backshophoss wrote:How active is freight service to Pottstown? NS will balk on any extension of wire to there.Septa could always go dual-mode, namely the ALP-45DP's. NJT allegedly has more dual mode loco's in it's new budget, they could tack a few units onto that order.
But Frawley’s initial investigation suggests it could be done for much less, partially because service would not be extended beyond Phoenixville.
According to his presentation, he estimated it would cost just under $15 million to extend SEPTA’s R-6 suburban rail line to Phoenixville and an annual $2.7 million for operations and maintenance.
ChesterValley wrote:Pottstown Merc had an article on it http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/2 ... oenixvilleThe Amtrak Autumn Express of 2014 shown in the file photo accompanying the article.
ChesterValley wrote:They also could run pure diesel sets from 30th if they reactivate Cynwyd back to Ivy ridge and have a connection onto the Reading Line, but that would most likely require the bridge at 52nd street to be replaced first with additional interlockings set up at Manayunk.Nothing needs to be done with the 52nd Street Flyover. It has been retired and removed from service.
“The issues involved revolve around sharing the rails with the Norfolk-Southern freight line and the only practical way to do that is to electrify the entire line or use some kind of hybrid that hasn’t been invented yet,” Styche said last month.I guess he doesn't know about the ALP-45DPs
Backshophoss wrote:Very unlikely SEPTA will consider the BBD AL45DP, or for that matter any kind of diesel powered service extension.I already know SEPTA won't get the ALP-45DPs and I'm pretty sure they won't use them even if someone else gathered up the money and bought them for them to run it.