I have toured the inspection car at NTD. There is a large window at the back as the picture shows and theater type seating inside. There is also a conference table in the rear,a lage video screen, and a closed cicuit televison with a camera view of the tracks.I, too, wondered about the roundtrip aspect.
Does anyone know much about the "inspection" car that will be used (picture in that article)? The double row of windows along the side reminds me of a Viewliner style.
The Allentown station has been a restaurant, and a club, but as you mention, now abandoned.Every time that I pass the historic Allentown railroad station (now abandoned) it brings back sad memoies of the days when all small cities had passenger train service.
"It's very preliminary, but we're going to make it happen," said McHugh, Amtrak's vice president of government affairs. "We'll start in Allentown, go into Bethlehem, pass Bethlehem Steel onto Freemansburg, Easton and then New Jersey, probably at High Bridge. I'm committed to getting this done."
That is a variation of what I think would be an interesting proposal.Would it be ridiculous to consider an extension beyond the Allentown/Bethlehem area through Reading to Harrisburg? Or is that getting way too far into fantasy-land?
I agree with this....I think that is a terrible idea, considering most of the Keystone Corridor/Pittsburgh ridership originates at Philadelphia and not New York. Starting a new train between Harrisburg and Newark along this new route is the only way to go IMHO. Think of it as diverting one Keystone Service on this route using the push-pull consist from a Keystone corridor train, but with a P42 instead of an ACS-64. This consist could run PHL - HAR - NWK - HAR - PHL, with a P42 homed in PHL.
I am also certain that trying to do an engine change in Newark Penn Station will be looked down upon, so service into New York will be tough.
Anyway, no one is seriously talking about going all the way to Harrisburg yet. It would be an interesting exercise getting such a train into Harrisburg station too, given the track layout at Harrisburg.
One step at a time. We may have long-term plans to run Syracuse-Cortland-Binghamton-Scranton-New York City, but we need to get to Scranton first!Would it be ridiculous to consider an extension beyond the Allentown/Bethlehem area through Reading to Harrisburg? Or is that getting way too far into fantasy-land?
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