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Where are you in the USA? I don't know what the daily rate is today, but back at the beginning of 2012 it was $287 (8 hours, straight time), and overtime after that*. It's probably a decent amount up over $300 by now. * With some exceptions, depending on the zone and service type. Amtrak has a "...

"High speed" freight?
On the Northeast Corridor?

Never gonna happen...

Waterbury.... Bridgeport...
Those towns are gone and they ain't comin' back.

(J.Albert)

C'mon guys, do it the easy way: - Extend current 11k electrification from Empire to CP 12 - New electrification from Croton North Station to Albany (either 12.5k or 25k) - Dual-mode electrics AC/DC for Amtrak. These worked fine on the old NHRR, shouldn't be technically difficult today (particularly ...

Tommy Meehan asked: "Did they still have "CNE men" in the 1940s and 50s? Would they have continued to hire for that roster?" Sorry for coming into this thread five years' late. There were "CNE men" right up into the Conrail era. One of the last was Dick Capach, engineer...

I realize this reply is three years late, but as a kid I used to wander around Georgetown in the mid-1950's. South of town, just south of the bridge, I believe there used to be a small coal yard that got rail service. I can remember exploring that area once, also walking across the nearby trestle ov...

"One-train" Fahey retired ??

Good for him!

Things really -were- different in the old days.

I was there.

Engine horns used to be much more "controllable" due to the design of the horn valve itself.

Not so much any more...

Dutch wrote above: "put in for the job, MN loves it when railbuffs think they know it all." Haha, I love it! I put 32 years in on the New Haven line (along with a lot of other "lines"). It's probably in better shape today than it's been since the early '70's. There are a few brid...

"The only place I know for sure that the New Haven renamed was "Cannondale" on the Danbury branch" Coming in with a late reply, but South Kent on the Housatonic line was renamed to Gaylordsville after a wreck there. Either the crew got confused with "South Kent" and &q...

"Does this mean, then, that while there's no convenient connections via established passenger routes between Albany and the Hell Gate, it can be done using freight lines?" As one who worked that territory for 32 years, this question makes no sense. If one wished to go by train from Rensse...

A three year extension is ridiculous. They're not going to be much further along by then, than they are now.

I would expect another ten to fifteen years before PTC is installed and workable for most roads...

110mph on the Springfield line?

Somebody's dreamin' ...

Aside:
Between Enfield and just south of Springfield, 110 "in the book" is possible. But as on the Acelas (with "150" on the Shoreline), you won't be runnin' that fast for very long!

Dutch wrote above: [[ yes but there is no east leg of wye from springfield line to shoreline jct. and FRA is not going to let you run passenger trains trough a non signalled freight yard. ]] Just as a point of order... Back when the old Montrealer was revived in 1989 (via New Haven to New London and...