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Re: Why does'nt Amtrak run along the west valley line
Author: theconductor
Date: 12-27-2012 - 12:23
Tie Plate Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > It also seems it would be more effecient to
> send
> > stack trains and the grain trains that
> direction
> > also.
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> You mean the stack trains to/from LA and the once
> in awhile grain trains down to the central valley?
> Maintaining another mainline to high speed
> standards so max 2-3 freights a day can end up in
> Davis and fight the Cal-P congestion on what is
> likely a longer route back to the Fresno or
> Oakland Subs doesn't strike me as efficient.
More like 2-3 a week! There is no reason for the UP to rehab the West Valley. As far as Amtrak goes, serving Sacramento and the 70mph Sac Sub seem to work just fine.
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > It also seems it would be more effecient to
> send
> > stack trains and the grain trains that
> direction
> > also.
>
> You mean the stack trains to/from LA and the once
> in awhile grain trains down to the central valley?
> Maintaining another mainline to high speed
> standards so max 2-3 freights a day can end up in
> Davis and fight the Cal-P congestion on what is
> likely a longer route back to the Fresno or
> Oakland Subs doesn't strike me as efficient.
More like 2-3 a week! There is no reason for the UP to rehab the West Valley. As far as Amtrak goes, serving Sacramento and the 70mph Sac Sub seem to work just fine.
