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Re: Why does'nt Amtrak run along the west valley line
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 12-27-2012 - 13:13
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.
My bad the grain train trains would not make sense. but trains from portland to Oakland and vice versa would make sense
It makes just as much sence as running trains from oregon east through donner
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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.
My bad the grain train trains would not make sense. but trains from portland to Oakland and vice versa would make sense
It makes just as much sence as running trains from oregon east through donner
