abqdave
Train Attendant
New Mexico Rail Runner is visiting El Paso May 7 and Las Cruces May 9 http://nmrailrunner.com/news_las_cruces_visit.asp
BNSF says extending service from Belen to El Paso would require 200 miles of new track as freight route currently limited to 55 mph. Cost could be $125 million from Las Cruces to El Paso alone http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=10191288 and up to $735 million from El Paso to Belen http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/abqnewse...to-el-paso.html
This is the first time I have seen any information this solid about projected cost and hint at the current condition of that track. Maybe I am riding the city bus too much lately and my perspective on speed has changed, but does 55 mph on the current track seem that bad?
BNSF says extending service from Belen to El Paso would require 200 miles of new track as freight route currently limited to 55 mph. Cost could be $125 million from Las Cruces to El Paso alone http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=10191288 and up to $735 million from El Paso to Belen http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/abqnewse...to-el-paso.html
This is the first time I have seen any information this solid about projected cost and hint at the current condition of that track. Maybe I am riding the city bus too much lately and my perspective on speed has changed, but does 55 mph on the current track seem that bad?