View Single Post
  #219  
Old Posted Sep 5, 2019, 7:51 PM
hammersklavier's Avatar
hammersklavier hammersklavier is offline
Philly -> Osaka -> Tokyo
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: The biggest city on earth. Literally
Posts: 5,863
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hatman View Post
If I remember correctly, there used to be four tracks between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh back when the Pennsylvania Railroad ran passenger trains, but now there are three?
Just for blue-sky thinking, what is the rail distance between those two cities and how much would it cost to relay one of the tracks as a state-owned passenger track? (Passing would be done on the other freight tracks through some agreement with NS)
I think that's a pretty reasonable solution to the problem at hand ... The state and Norfolk Southern can and should work together to solve routing and traffic issues between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh (one solution that could work well west of Johnstown is for NS trains to move exclusively to the low-grade line up the Kiskiminetas River, leaving the more southerly route specifically for passenger operations).
__________________
Urban Rambles | Hidden City

Who knows but that, on the lower levels, I speak for you?’ (Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man)
Reply With Quote