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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rresor: [QB] Rumors about the abandonment/sale/downgrading of the Raton line have been flying for more than a decade. Previous rumors died because ATSF, short of capacity, ended up routing at least a pair of hot pig trains via Raton, there was local business east of La Junta, La Junta was a good connection to Denver, and there was coal moving west from York Canyon. Now, BNSF has increased capacity of the main line through Amarillo, no pig trains run via Raton, BNSF has other ways to get to Denver, and York Canyon Mine is closing. A short line could handle the local business east of La Junta, and there isn't much west of LJ until you reach Lamy and the Santa Fe Southern. The backup move, or whatever, from Belen to Albuquerque is a problem. Possibly the train could be wyed at Albuquerque, or a balloon track could be built. Mr. Norman is right -- you can neither run RoadRailers on the head end nor haul them backwards (FRA rules). So the train would either have to back up or be turned. That's not an insuperable obstacle. As for the 90 mph running, it was made possible by a 1920s "intermittent inductive" train stop, which is being removed in any case as CTC is being installed on the main line. So back to 79 it is, except on marginal segments where the obsolete signal system has yet to be replaced. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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