http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/ Chicagoland Transit Forum - We're talking CTA! PACE! METRA!!! Sat, 30 May 2009 14:24:10 GMT Larry Ellis Reed http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2799 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2799 Personally, though, I think Amtrak should try for proven, "off-the-shelf" technologies for high-speed passenger rail as can use existing trackage, the better Sat, 30 May 2009 14:15:13 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2798 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2798 I wonder if GE and Amtrak will try for an LRC-like low weight, low center-of-gravity configuration for either diesel or recuperating gas turbine, given GE's Sat, 30 May 2009 14:14:52 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2797 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2797 Electrification is not only an issue of options, but priorities.  Electrification is good by freeing trains from a dependence on oil for energy and for Fri, 29 May 2009 19:01:00 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2796 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2796 Adam, I didn't mean tight in the sense of clearances for the Nickel Plate connection, but in the sense of speed-restricting curvature.  ... From: Adam H. Fri, 29 May 2009 17:13:40 GMT Adam H. Kerman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2795 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2795 ... Since when is the Nickel Plate subway through the Pennsy Ft.W and NYC LS&MS embankment too tight? Nickel Plate used it for both freight and passenger Fri, 29 May 2009 16:00:05 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2794 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2794 I'm sure (sarcasm) that it will have a 1-degree curve up across the neighborhood and the Skyway from 81st to 72nd, another curve from State (6400 S) to 56th, Fri, 29 May 2009 12:42:12 GMT Al Reinschmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2793 Go Transit moves forward on a study, should METRA also be examining its options? Fri, 29 May 2009 12:37:48 GMT Al Reinschmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2792 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2792 Here's a blurb on the new GE ES44C4. But note the item at the end, they are getting back into the passenger locomotive business (follow the money). I wonder Fri, 29 May 2009 04:03:32 GMT Al Reinschmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2791 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2791 The plan is a new ramp on the south side of the NS so the tight subway doesn't come into play. Thu, 28 May 2009 17:55:04 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2790 Okay, I didn't take into account that a track simply could be realigned with abandonment north of about 83rd St.  However, 3-deg, 50 mph s-curves (se=3", Thu, 28 May 2009 03:57:07 GMT Al Reinschmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2789 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2789 Verified with ATK contacts today. The $300M does not include Grand Crossing and your arguments haven't changed their mind. Back-up move is bad and dangerous. Wed, 27 May 2009 15:00:27 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2788 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2788 As I wrote elsewhere, Grand Crossing gives you a series of 20-45 mph curves and turnouts between 83rd and 47th compared to 110 mph and better all the way to a Wed, 27 May 2009 05:07:23 GMT Al Reinschmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2787 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2787 Tue, 26 May 2009 01:58:33 GMT Al Reinschmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2786 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2786 Yup should have said that the "Gov's Proposal" includes $150M for ATK expansion and $300M for CREATE. Mon, 25 May 2009 23:30:46 GMT Harvey Kahler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2785 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandtransitforum/message/2785 A separate allocation of $150M was earmarked from another source - not sure which - for expanded services to Dubuque, Quad Cities, and probably Peoria which