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Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route?
Author: mook
Date: 01-14-2008 - 13:38

(BN)Santa Fe is NOT in the middle of town, and was and is better maintained. SP let the Valley route go (it's still just a 60 mph freight line even after several rebuilds over the last 10-15 years) and "going through the middle of town" means crawling along at 30-40 mph fairly often to deal with the many grade crossings. The (BN)SF route used for the San Joaquins simply made and makes more sense. Plus of course (BN)SF was and is more interested in working with Amtrak and the State, and does a fantastically better job of moving the traffic. SJ trains are usually pretty close to on time - can you imagine that happening if they had to use UP for most of their run?

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  Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Coleman Randall 01-13-2008 - 10:39
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Wasco P. Oildale III 01-13-2008 - 12:24
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Fred Ziffel 01-14-2008 - 10:22
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Jon Bartel 01-14-2008 - 11:40
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? jim 01-14-2008 - 13:18
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? mook 01-14-2008 - 13:38
  Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? David Jansson 01-14-2008 - 13:57
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? George Andrews 01-14-2008 - 14:42
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Rich Hunn 01-14-2008 - 15:08
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Zwiggie 01-14-2008 - 16:06
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Craig Tambo 01-14-2008 - 18:58
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Ed Von Nordeck 01-14-2008 - 20:08
  Re: Any interesting Amtrak San Jaoquin Train experiences? Known history about the route? Frenchprof 01-14-2008 - 20:52


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