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[QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [QB] Amtrak ran a test train several years ago between Charlotte and Columbia with the appropriate elected officials aboard. There had been hope that this would lead to an expansion of the Carolinian to Columbia. Sadly, the very next day one of the recent devestating hurricanes (not a Katrina mind you....but close) swept inland and flooded much of the Carolina coastal regions. Due to this natural disaster, the test train and reaction to it didn't even make the local news as far as I can tell. One of the issues that arose years ago when there was talk of rerouting the Silver Star through Charlotte and then to Columbia was that a new track connection would have been needed to reach CSX from NS in Columbia AND that connection would have needed to take the corner of a historic cemetery. Now CSX and NS trains operate through town on a new track alignment several blocks west of the original SAL and I don't know if this is still an issue or not. I suspect that the hitch of a short backup move mentioned by Palmland is neccessary in absence of this connection. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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