So the whole construction & updates to the line is an MBTA project, not a Keolis project, I assume since it is huge. Once they are done then they turn it over to Keolis to operate. Statistics: Posted by BandA — Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:14 pm ..read more

I'm hopeful that the DOT corridor planners will recognize that the best $/rider gains will be made on the Worcester/Boston segment and program funds to fixing existing issues that will only be made worse by increasing the frequency of trains on the line(eg downtown Framingham, South Station congestion). In the long term, hopefully this federal recognition will provide a funding pipeline for the really transformative project the corridor needs like electrification and rolling stock that can negotiate the curvy segments of the line at higher speeds than the current equipment. Statistics: Posted ..read more

But Hesperia and Apple Valley are off I-15, and Project Overview | Brightline West shows a single station in Victor Valley. A route entirely in I-15 with its Las Vegas end "on the south end of the iconic Las Vegas Strip" is: Rancho Cucamonga (I-15 & Metrolink line) - 41 mi - Victorville (I-15 & D St.) - 179 mi - Las Vegas (I-15 & Mandalay Bay Rd.) I-15 actually does cut through a corner of Hisperia, and runs along the border of Apple Valley. It definitely doesn't go through the heart of either community, but it does technically serve both of them, so it's definitely possible to sit ..read more

County Historian: Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar kfarquhar@co.montgomery.ny.us 518-853-8186 PO Box 1500 Fonda NY 12068 Town of Root Historian: William Maring williammaring@yahoo.com 518-922-5606 163 Rural Grove Road Sprakers NY 12166 Statistics: Posted by nydepot — Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:14 pm ..read more

Thank you for the correction CSRR573. Statistics: Posted by Red Wing — Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:01 pm ..read more

Amtrak locomotives pulling commuter rail trains, roughly winter or summer of 1997 obscure enough? I have a nice picture of one at Roslindale Village station. Wasn't Amtrak the contracted operator at the time? Heres another, Not too many years later, during an equipment problem, there was nothing in the shed so they borrowed the DE consist for a Saturday night turn to Lowell. IIRC there was also a period where some Amtrak F40's were assigned to MBTA commuter service in the 1990's as "loaners" while MBTA units received ACSES for the NEC. The 1997 date would seem about right for this, since the ..read more

You'd want to design a whole new body though. The MBTA Green Line has the tightest, most constrained loading gauge of any US light rail system due to it's streetcar legacy. Running cars that small on Baltimore's light rail (which it's HUGE loading gauge) would be a capacity loss. Statistics: Posted by octr202 — Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:51 pm ..read more

It's a bike trail from the river to the NH boarder. Statistics: Posted by Red Wing — Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:21 pm ..read more

I don't believe any of the Eastern north of Newburyport is a rail-trail, but its proposed as one. As far as Seabrook is concerned, I'm not sure what the problem is. The NEC passes within close proximity to Millstone in CT. Have the tracks been removed from Portsmouth south to Hampton yet? Sure, hitting the destinations along the coast would be the ideal way (Hampton, Salisbury, etc), but there is currently an active track to Portsmouth (via the branch, that would need upgrading). Plus, you're looking at almost double track the entire way. I guess its a moot point if NH doesn't want it. But ..read more

Part of the Conway Branch makes up Corridor 19 of the trail system. Statistics: Posted by NHV 669 — Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:09 pm ..read more