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Re: Sunset for the Cascades ...
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 07-09-2012 - 09:47

TacomaTim Wrote:
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> This is quite possibly one of the stupidest
> decisions Amtrak can make. Do they really think
> people are worried about 6 minutes of travel time?

Six minutes here, six minutes somewhere else, etc, pretty soon you have saved maybe 30 minutes. That is significant if you want to play in the Seattle-Portland market. This change is being driven by WA DOT, not Amtrak:

[www.wsdot.wa.gov]

The Nelson Bennett tunnel is a choke point, and there is no easy fix.
Quote:
WA DOT document
• Originally double track throughout, a single track installed
through the tunnels in 1988 for double-stack container, auto rack,
and Boeing airplane parts cars over 20 feet tall
• Mud slides and unstable slopes on this water-level route were
documented as early as 1921
• Line is used by BNSF, Union Pacific Railroad, and Amtrak trains
• In 2006 the line averaged 41 through-freight trains and eight daily
Amtrak trains

IMHO tts worthwhile looking at the document linked above just to view the historical photos included as background info.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Sunset for the Cascades ... Steve Carter 07-08-2012 - 23:47
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Marty Bernard 07-09-2012 - 05:09
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... TacomaTim 07-09-2012 - 08:51
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Marty Bernard 07-09-2012 - 09:46
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Graham Buxton 07-09-2012 - 09:47
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Steve Carter 07-09-2012 - 10:29
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... up833 07-09-2012 - 12:21
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... KRK 07-09-2012 - 12:37
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Steve Carter 07-09-2012 - 21:37
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Hutch 7.62 07-10-2012 - 21:43
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Brian 07-10-2012 - 11:23
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... Jack S 07-10-2012 - 07:34
  Re: Sunset for the Cascades ... George Andrews 07-11-2012 - 21:18


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