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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sfthunderchief: [QB] I have good "inside" information on the efforts of the Northern Flyer Alliance which launched this initiative during the last year. The leads of this group tell me that the dollar estimates are 12.7 million for the route from Fort Worth to Kansas City, with a pro rata apportionment of costs between the three states. The estimate is based on the current contract Amtrak has with Oklahoma, the calculation being a division of Oklahoma miles by the cost. This comes out to be 21,000 a mile or so. For te entire approximately 600 mile route you get 12.7 million. The bridge of track that must be analyzed and upgraded is about 195 miles. Based on what was required at the incept of the Heartland Flyer this will calculate to be 2.1 million for Kansas and 2.9 million for Oklahoma. Added together this is pretty affordable. The initiative proposes another train set similar to the current Flyer or the Missouri Mule. This equipment should cost no more than 9 million. Capitalization of the route is expecting and probably depending on the successful passage and acquisition of SB 294 funding which is in the House subcommittee chaired by James Oberstar. This offset (up to 80%) could bring the costs of development way down. Then the States have to find a funding stream and develop a bi-state compact, with a formal rail plan to satisfy the federal (FRA) requirements. Lastly, the Kansas Constitution does have a 2/3rds Senate and House majority requirement. But, 6 million or so a year for the State of Kansas is not a budget breaker (equivalent to 1700 yards of state highway). And there looks to be a bi-partisan group of senators ready to co-sponsor legislation. Their interest is chiefly why the Kansas DOT has requested the study. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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