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ok. but how do my posts make me seem like that word. cuz thats not what i am. im a railfan, not a six letter derogatory word for railfans. I just want to be able to know things that concern amtrak around me. but yes, I got you you repeatedly asked the same question about a topic that applies only t...

What good is the access to the westbound inner track (as opposed to the westbound outer track, which is usually used by NJT? (I forget the numbering of the tracks). Could it be that the westbound inner track will be used by eastbound train stops, so have less wrong -way running and switches than th...

Looking at https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/home/showpublishedimage/5198/638040336495130000, does this mean that northbound trains are going to need to cross all three tracks to get to the platform and then get back onto their track? I would naively expect this means that only Jersey Avenue trains...

So.... you're now going to have a passageway with adequate headroom at both levels to move between cars? Or will customers on the upper level simply be trapped when they're in a car with only a lift and it goes out? Yeah, operationally, that sounds like a mess. The passageway would only be on the u...

You don't need stairs and a lift in every car. If there's no services offered in the lower floor of most cars, just extra seating, then you could probably get away with lifts in half the cars and stairs in the other half, which wouldn't be any more space than they use now.

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My impression is the loading gauge does not accommodate this - the freight track doesn't leave clearance, right?
Why aren't the two tracks enough? Surely we are not running more than 20tph.

I think "neutral ground" is strictly a New Orleans term for reserved track in the median of a roadway. Regarding Red Arrow, it may be significant that of the original four lines, the two which survived, Media and Sharon Hill, are the two which cut across the street pattern and have no pra...

Zurich S10 runs every 20 minutes including substantial single track. Until last year, this included a section next to the S4, also single track at the time, and also every 20 minutes, in which each line used segments of the other's line as its passing loops! (That section is now double-track shared ...

Conductors need a full width cab at the center of the train. That won't have a pass-through. Given that, there is not much reason to give up the operational/maintenance flexibility of five car sets.

Hi sextant, I don't want to step on the moderators toes, but I just want to give you some friendly advice. Other people on this forum do not work for you. We are here because we enjoy it too. If people have seen this thread and not posted to it, then probably the above does not encourage them to do ...

Yeah, hard to understand why anyone would upgrade to first on Acela on their own dime.

Who is funding this? New York State? Is there ANY evidence NYS govt is unhappy with the current service and might consider this?

Also, where are you going in NYC? Grand Central? Good luck getting Penn / East River / Sunnyside slots...

Fun bit of railroad history!

#2 looks quite similar to London's excellent gates