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[QUOTE]Originally posted by RRRICH: [QB] Kacy -- what you and Mr. Norman are not taking into consideration are the DWELL TIMES at some of the stations along the CZ route -- the CZ is scheduled to stop in Denver for almost an hour, and in Salt Lake City for almost 1/2 hour. In the areas near the major population centers (S.F. Bay area, Denver, SLC, Omaha, Chicago, etc.) the train will travel slow because of the large number of sidings, switches, crossings (whether at grade or above/below grade)and the amount of freight traffic. In the "wide open spaces" in the plains or desert between many cities on the CZ route, however, the CZ can legally operate at 79 mph. (travel through the Sierra Nevada Mtns and the Rockies is considerably slower) I rode the CZ east from Sacramento last summer, and it arrived in Chicago more than 1/2 hour EARLY. Mr. Norman is right about the NE Corridor and the Acela -- there are no grade crosssings at all between Washington & New York, since the RR is owned by AMTRAK and has been extensively upgraded over the last 30 years or so to allow high-speed efficient passenger trains, that can maintain a constant speed of 100 mph give-or-take. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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