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If it were on Chatham or something I would say forget it, but Harrison north of Chatham is not really much to get excited about right now. Everything along there (gas station, strip malls, strip *club*, etc) is game for redevelopment IMO and any such redevelopment should be built so the ground...

There are a number of improvement projects in the pipeline for Cary Station. Harrison Avenue Grade Separation. Suggested by a citizen as an alternative to the Walker Street extension project. The original suggestion was just for a simple bridge over the NS tracks for Harrison Avenue, while...

They are actually planning a split grade separation (raise the rails a bit, lower the roads a bit) at Magnum and Blackwell, which will also increase the clearance at the nearby Roxboro Street to the standard 14'6". IMO while they are at it, they should extend the project west to: 1. Include a...

The large building under construction across the street known as The Dillon includes a very large parking deck which is intended to provide some parking for train passengers. While the parking will likely not be free, it will definitely be plentiful. I have some issues with the general layout...

I wonder if this might be a pilot program to work out kinks with the new equipment, with crews that are already familiar with handling bikes in the baggage cars.

Don't quote me on this, but I believe that that Norfolk Southern actually does own those tracks at the CSX crossing. South of the current station, the old route of the NCRR runs parallel to and in between College and Brevard. NCRR had its own diamond with the CSX / Seaboard near the intersection...

CSX owns a fleet of several F40PH locomotives that they often use for business trains. The engine that you saw is probably one of those.

Surely building a direct connection from the Grand Junction line to South Station to eliminate the reverse moves would be possible? Probably several orders of magnitude less expensive than the big dig rail link, though not necessarily cheap. The nimby factor remains, however.

I note that among the respondees who have actually done this, there are 2 people who said no problem, and one who recommended against it. My wife and I are both tall (5'8 and 6'1.) Maybe I should sleep with the baby since I can get by OK on zero sleep if it just isn't in the cards. I have...

We are considering a trip to Florida from North Carolina this October, and I have some AGR points to burn. This would be for myself, my wife, and a 9 month old. Has anybody done this sort of trip before? Any advice? (Up to and including "don't do it" if that is what you think - just don't...

Is it? I have heard that VA is having difficulty negotiating terms with CSX for the Arkendale-Powell Creek third track that was funded by ARRA, and it's not clear at all that they will be able to reach any sort of agreement at all. From a passenger rail standpoint, it's too bad the state of VA...

From what I've seen, the most recent discussion regarding the Atlanta MMPT seems to be trending towards making most of the platforms north-south which would push the whole station further west, actually closer to the CNN Center and Georgia Dome than the Five Points MARTA station. The exception...

There's been some discussion of building a new station at Lenox and shuttering the existing one. It's much further from downtown, buti it's also closer to the geographic center of the region and therefore a better suburban complement to a future downtown station. Also there would be an extremely...

Restoration of the S line is a $3.7 billion dollar project. No way would they be spending this much just to run the Carolinian, the Star, and a couple freights over it at 79mph. Here is how it has been described to me. NCDOT hopes to buy the right-of-way outright from CSX (with federal help of...

Last I checked, when it comes to commuter rail ridership in the US, it's actually the big 4 agencies, with Metra coming in 2nd place: 1 Long Island Rail Road 347,600 2 Metra 311,900 3 Metro-North 278,700 4 NJT 276,000 Metra owns quite a few MPI's already and chances are that they will...

There has been an advertised connection between the Piedmont and Star at various points in time over the past 10 years. The Piedmont schedule has remained largely unchanged throughout; it is Amtrak's annual schedule tinkering that sometimes makes and sometimes breaks the connection. I for one...

I think the more appropriate question is "What ISN'T there to do within walking distance of Penn Station." You name it, it's there, especially if you include a quick subway ride in your definition of walking distance. If it's not already there, please tell me what it is, and I'll start a...

Long term parking at Cary is fine. There's really no such thing as a "bad part of town" in Cary. It's free, and spaces are plentiful. The DMV actually moved out a couple months ago in anticipation of some station renovations. I have parked overnight there plenty of times. No problem.

Bringing this old thread back from the dead, the SEHSR has released their plans for the rail alignment between Richmond and Petersburg. The plans call for a second track over both the James and the Appomattox Rivers, as well as double tracking and renovating the "S" line through Richmond, and...