Encouraging news from theEmpire Corridor

[jis]

From the Times Union

RENSSELAER — Mark Nov. 5 on your calendar.

That's the day work on various projects to improve passenger rail service in New York state's Empire Corridor finally gets the green light.

The first Monday in November is the target for Amtrak to take control of 100 miles of track from Poughkeepsie to Schenectady under a 25-year lease from CSX. The agreement includes the option for a 23-year extension. CSX would continue to operate freight service on the line.

Read the whole article here.

 

[Amtrak Cajun]

Hopefully at some point, I may be moving up to New York state, so that would be good news.

Thanks for posting it Jis.

 

[George Harris]

IN the discussion on NY to Montreal in teh high speed section the issue of speed in this area came up. I found and copied in the speed limits for the CSX portion. Here is what I saaaaaid therer:

Here is a listing of allowed speeds and the milepost limits of their application from a 2004 CSX employee timetable. Taht timetable was legitimately available on-line for a while, whether still or not, I do not know. It only gives information north of the end of MNR ownership. There are only two zones of 110 mph speeds, one 16.8 miles long and the other, which is north of Albany, 7.3 miles long.

..75.5 End MNR, begin CSX

..90

..76.5

..80

..76.6

..90

..78.9

..95

..85.4

..80

..85.5

..95

..87.7

..80

..89.2 Rhinecliff Station

..80

..89.8

..90

..92.6

..80

..93.1

..90

102.3

..80

102.6

..90

108.8

..80

108.9

..90

114.1

..50

114.5 Hudson Station

..50

115.0

..90

119.4

..75

119.6

..90

121.5

..85

124.3

110

141.1

..75

142.0

..15

142.1 Albany-Rensselaur Station

..15

142.4

..20

143.1

..25

143.6

..40

145.2

..80

146.9

..90

149.0

110

156.3

..90

157.8

..55

159.5

..30

159.8 Schenectady Station

..30

159.9 Connection to CP for Montreal 15 mph through connection track