R&DB wrote:The current operation (LOR - SFA) takes 17 hours and requires 2 crews each way and has a 7 hour turnaround. Anything longer would take more time and crew.
I was thinking just a BOS-NYC-DC train, with passengers changing trains at Lorton (and auto carriers being switched) if they wanted to continue to Florida.
EDIT: wait, no, an NEC-only train. Offloading at Lorton perhaps, but definitely not sharing rolling stock.
MikeinNeb wrote:They could certainly run piggybacks right now. Night freights from Virginia to "where" in New York City, kind of a reverse "Auto-Train?
Exactly. Priced high enough, operated at high enough speeds (110+, meaning special cars) and sold as
only (BOS)-NYC-WAS, it might be worth an internal NRPC study. Maybe.
I bet there would be a lot of BMWs and Lexi on such a train.