Amtrak FY 2020 Grant Request
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:54 pm
From the Amtrak Unlimited forums:
Personally, I’m thrilled to see Amtrak investigating their own corridor into CUS. It is very long overdue and should help on-time performance immensely for Michigan and east coast-bound long-distance trains. I’m also highly curious as to what the “various corridors” are. I don't know if it’s including the Black Hawk and Quad Cities (since it’s an Illinois-funded show) and the DET-TOR service is listed separately. Any ideas?
Also, does anyone have any idea where 2nd Ave Yard is in Seattle? There’s multiple references to a potential purchase by Amtrak for it but I can’t find it.
https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/proj ... equest.pdf
Looking at Table 34, the “Supplemental Project List for a Proposed Infrastructure Bill” section on page 40, there are a lot of interesting things:
Amfleet replacement: estimated $1.45bn, construction starts 2020, lasts 3 years.
Superliner replacement: estimated $1.55bn, starts 2022, lasts 5 years.
P42DC replacement: $466m, starts 2019, lasts 3 years.
CUS High-Level Mail Platforms: estimated $70m, started 2016, lasts 7 years
Chicago Terminal ROW Acquisition & Improvements: estimated $500m, starts 2019, lasts 3 years.
“Various” corridors: estimated $20bn, starts 2019, lasts 10 years. Areas affected: Midwest, South, and West
Restoration of DET-TOR: No data
Acquisition of S-Line (Petersburg-Raleigh): No data
ROW Acquisition/Improvements NOL-Mobile: No data
ROW Acquisition Auburndale: No data
Heartland Flyer Extension to Newton and Additional Frequency: No data
Personally, I’m thrilled to see Amtrak investigating their own corridor into CUS. It is very long overdue and should help on-time performance immensely for Michigan and east coast-bound long-distance trains. I’m also highly curious as to what the “various corridors” are. I don't know if it’s including the Black Hawk and Quad Cities (since it’s an Illinois-funded show) and the DET-TOR service is listed separately. Any ideas?
Also, does anyone have any idea where 2nd Ave Yard is in Seattle? There’s multiple references to a potential purchase by Amtrak for it but I can’t find it.
https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/proj ... equest.pdf