NC DOT has posted a neat video to YouTube from the front of a train on the Piedmont corridor from Raleigh to Charlotte showing showing the current status of the improvement projects. The video is not at a constant speed; it slows down for the segments getting improvements and goes at warp speed through other sections, so some parts fly through too fast to see much. Doesn't say when the video was shot, probably within the past several months.
Youtube: Ride Along the Piedmont Improvement Program (4:27 long)
A number of the projects are slated to be completed by late 2016 so could see either some trip time reductions or at least more reliable service by later this year.
If someone could prod Michigan, Illinois, and Washington state DOTs to do this for their stimulus funded corridor projects, that would be useful to see how far along they are.
Youtube: Ride Along the Piedmont Improvement Program (4:27 long)
A number of the projects are slated to be completed by late 2016 so could see either some trip time reductions or at least more reliable service by later this year.
If someone could prod Michigan, Illinois, and Washington state DOTs to do this for their stimulus funded corridor projects, that would be useful to see how far along they are.