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Here's the presentation deck from the March 6th meeting in Dallas. https://dallascityhall.com/government/citymanager/Documents/Council%20Materials/Transportation%20High%20speed%20rail.pdf Discussion of Major Downtown Transportation Initiatives: Eddie Bernice Johnson Union Station, High-Speed Rail, a...

Here's the official announcement from Amtrak https://www.amtrak.com/alert/new-seating-arrangement-ner-east-coast-routes.html New Seating Arrangement Introduced on all Northeast Regional and Select East Coast Routes Effective March 2, 2024 As of March 2, 2024, all Northeast Corridor (NEC) trains are ...

I believe that the is the current law that governs the movement of the WALK bridge https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-J/part-117/subpart-B/subject-group-ECFR5a7ab8bf6a9622b/section-117.217#p-117.217(b) For those interested, here 's the discussion that took place when the law ...

Lots of RR menus in this collection at the Northwestern University Libraries
https://dc.library.northwestern.edu/sea ... d42ec3e%22

Here's a link to the Corridor ID application for the proposed Indianapolis to Chicago corridor.
https://miprc.org/Portals/0/userfiles/3 ... ements.pdf

Lots to chew on here.

Here's a link to a high-def version of the map
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https% ... 15ccd05936

Looks like the restoration of service to Scranton just got a green light from the FRA

https://www.casey.senate.gov/news/relea ... il-service

Amtrak's cost to operate over the freight railroads was $142 million in 2017 as noted on this link, https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CY2017-Report-Card-%E2%80%93-FAQ-%E2%80%93-Route-Details.pdf If you divide $142 million by 28 million train miles (LD + state routes only in 2023) y...

I want to "connect the dots" here, because of some of the language on the various projects: Fredrick Douglass Tunnel Project: Replace B&P and raise track speed to 100 MPH, lay groundwork for 4 tunnels while only doing 2. Baltimore Penn Station Redevelopment: "Move" station t...

Here are the contact details for the CTDOT Rail Administrator

Rich Jankovich, Rail Administrator
Office of Rail
[email protected]
(203) 497-3347

From this site
https://www.phone.ct.gov/

Interesting to see this being funded by the FRA Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program, considering that most of this project is to allow Metro-North to access Penn Station. MN usually dips their bucket in the FTA's well.

Wow. $72 million just for "Project Development and Final Design" work for 3.3 miles of track improvements on the New Haven Line. Seems like a lot.

Construction costs will be funded in a future grant.

In the top right corner of the screen there are tiny little buttons with a "+" and "-" on them. If you click on the "+" a couple of times the image will enlarge. Alternatively, there is a magnification setting (also in the top right corner.) Set it to 100% and you shoul...

Here's a link to USPS topographic map for South Norwalk from 1943 where you can clearly see the line all the way to its end point near Wilson Avenue. Interesting to see that it was two tracks at the time and had many sidings. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e36hp5q4oca0h8ag7qnwp/CT_Norwalk-South_3309...

https://media.amtrak.com/2023/10/amtrak-announces-simplified-fares-coming-soon/ "Amtrak Announces Simplified Fares Coming Soon" WASHINGTON – Based on extensive customer research, and in an effort to better meet customer needs, Amtrak will soon introduce a new, simplified fare structure wit...