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Re: BOB2 - remember when the Sunset went through
Author: Ghost of the L&N
Date: 10-18-2019 - 03:21
PE NEWPORT 1940 Wrote:
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> ---the tracks have been restored for freight
> only---Joe B had very little political concern for
> restoring the sunset to florida (or nevada) ...at
> least he road the rails ! (the current dick
> running amtrak never rides steel wheels on steel
> rail) ---
>
> Below is part of an article for you to glance at.
> :::::::
> Since 2015, however, the Federal Railroad
> Administration, Southern Rail Commission, and the
> congressionally-established Gulf Coast Rail
> Service Working Group have been working to
> determine whether or not it’s feasible to restore
> passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast.
>
> Those efforts included a test run back in 2016,
> when an Amtrak train pulled into Gulf Coast
> stations for the first time in more than a
> decade.
>
> The working group is due to submit a report to
> Congress by September, but CSX says that there are
> “overwhelming new legal requirements standing in
> the way” of restoring the rail service.
>
>
> In its last year of operation, the Sunset Limited
> service east of New Orleans ran on time just 7
> percent of the time. Now, CSX argues, new federal
> rules require passenger train service to run on
> time at least 80 percent of the time, a standard
> which just isn’t feasible on the Gulf Coast.
>
> “Among the barriers to compliance, there are 17
> drawbridges along the route where essential
> maritime traffic gets priority over trains,” Dech
> wrote. “As a result, it is virtually impossible to
> design a service that would reliably meet customer
> expectations or comply with the law.
> No plan proposed by the Gulf Coast Working Group
> would come close to the 80 percent on-time
> performance requirement.”
>
>
> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> This has also affected rail service. Do you
> > remember when the hurricane stopped the through
> > service on the Sunset along the gulf coast to
> > Florida....and never restored?
> >
> >
CSX doesn't care anymore; they sold the route to a shortline.
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> ---the tracks have been restored for freight
> only---Joe B had very little political concern for
> restoring the sunset to florida (or nevada) ...at
> least he road the rails ! (the current dick
> running amtrak never rides steel wheels on steel
> rail) ---
>
> Below is part of an article for you to glance at.
> :::::::
> Since 2015, however, the Federal Railroad
> Administration, Southern Rail Commission, and the
> congressionally-established Gulf Coast Rail
> Service Working Group have been working to
> determine whether or not it’s feasible to restore
> passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast.
>
> Those efforts included a test run back in 2016,
> when an Amtrak train pulled into Gulf Coast
> stations for the first time in more than a
> decade.
>
> The working group is due to submit a report to
> Congress by September, but CSX says that there are
> “overwhelming new legal requirements standing in
> the way” of restoring the rail service.
>
>
> In its last year of operation, the Sunset Limited
> service east of New Orleans ran on time just 7
> percent of the time. Now, CSX argues, new federal
> rules require passenger train service to run on
> time at least 80 percent of the time, a standard
> which just isn’t feasible on the Gulf Coast.
>
> “Among the barriers to compliance, there are 17
> drawbridges along the route where essential
> maritime traffic gets priority over trains,” Dech
> wrote. “As a result, it is virtually impossible to
> design a service that would reliably meet customer
> expectations or comply with the law.
> No plan proposed by the Gulf Coast Working Group
> would come close to the 80 percent on-time
> performance requirement.”
>
>
> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> This has also affected rail service. Do you
> > remember when the hurricane stopped the through
> > service on the Sunset along the gulf coast to
> > Florida....and never restored?
> >
> >
CSX doesn't care anymore; they sold the route to a shortline.
