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While it might be difficult to fund the third track thru to NWP, there are things that could be done consistent with widening the ROW or in anticipation of widening the ROW. For example, the ROW might benefit from being redesigned in some areas (like Hartsdale and Scarsdale to provide for island pla...

by Ridgefielder : The Water Level Route is not a particularly curvy railroad. And only ~65 of the ~435 miles are shared with MN. Seems to me that train speeds are being held back by track condition and freight interference, not curves. The New York Central, after all, was able to break 100mph on th...

Those who think about rebuilding parts or the entirety of the old 4 track line should bear in mind that the ROW is not always wide enough with current requirements for double stack and other freight equipment (high speed passenger equipment may also require somewhat more width). Of course, the place...

A little background on the Toys for Tots Train might be helpful.

Is there a good reason up the line to want people to be or not be in certain cars? Like platforms / no platforms, overall station too short, etc?

One thinks it is possible to have upstate service of some sort from BOTH Penn and GCT. Clearly, there is some desire for GCT service from those with an NYC destination in midtown (or most anywhere besides Penn); just as clearly, there is a desire for NYP service for those who want NEC connections or...

More tracks could be added in the area of the "rock cut" in any of several different ways. None of them would be as easy as just laying down the track, and would probably engender some environmental objections due to filling in some of the Harlem river canal or whatever the official name o...

The ROW starts to curve just south of Main, so not ideal for a station. The empty ROW down there is pretty much identical in width to the area occupied by the current station and as you know, they didn't seem to work well with that width. The footprint of the station including the bridges appears to...

Well if they wanted to do more passenger business in the Bronx, they might need to have more room to pass stopped locals. For the most part, there seems to be room to do something along those lines, but there is the obvious 2 track chokepoint between Marble Hill and Spuyten Duyvil to deal with if yo...

Backshophoss » Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:56 am The CSX line to Canada is up for grabs,but is not an active passenger route,any shortline operation will not be interested in upgrading to passenger train standards,until it has a steady flow of freight traffic from both sides of the border. CSX can put a &qu...

Everything about that 24 hour diner experiment sounded great; do any Amtrak suits read that magazine?

Another thread was recently also talking about restoring service north of Syracuse, I presume on this same line, in this case also related to having a southern link to Binghamton, Scranton, etc. Perhaps this comprises the makings of a new N-S 'Inland Route', relieving the pressure on the overloaded ...

However, as a Libertarian, I don't think that it's an excuse to waste money in one situation just because money is wasted in another situation. Given that there are those standing up for eliminating 'waste and fraud' on the rails while standing by w/r eliminating 'waste and fraud' on the tarmac or ...

I take it that there is a good reason why conductors could not be empowered to deal with this?

They could build "Up" to find more space, by putting a 3rd or 4th track on a new upper level with its own new platform(s) and extending the stairs, elevators &/or escalators up an additional level as necessary. I don't believe that there are any physical impediments to this plan aside ...