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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by yukon11: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] Recently as in the last couple of years, the route of the Vermonter got a near complete rail relay at government expense, all or mostly Fed, with almost no notice and very little squaking from anywhere. ********************** George/ could it have something to do with a possible Vermonter extension to Montreal (as per the old "Montrealer")? I read, somewhere, that there could be an expansion, at Alburgh Spings and across the border, to Montreal by 2014. Don't know if anything has come of this. Richard [/qb][/QUOTE]The work described is "From St. Albans south to the Massachusetts border", so I would say a restored Montrealer is not in the plan. See: http://www.railworks.com/track-project/new-england-central-railroad-upgrades 1.495 million feet of rail equals 129.6 track-miles, which ammounts to 2/3 of the track in the quoted 191 miles between St. A and the Mass border. Also in that was 140,000 ties, which would amount to about 1/4 new ties, asuming an average of 3,000 ties per mile. This much work represents a major rehab operation. The stated objective is to increase the passenger speed limit from 55 mph ot 59 mph nort of White River Jct. (unsignalled territory) and to 79 mph south thereof. The real speed WRJ to south will be less than 79 due to curves. This work started in 2010 and is now finished. Somewhere else I saw that the rail section was 115RE. Have no idea what was the size of the rail being replaced. Likewise have no idea of the rail size and age of the 60 miles of rail that was not replaced in this contract. On the Massachusetts side we have an award of $70 million to restore the Vermonter to the original direct line from the VT border to Springfield. http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/knowledgecorridor/ It says January 28th without the year, but Copyright 2009 at the bottom of the sheet. However, the current Amtrak schedule does not show it being back on this line. They may have more trains in mind, but right now all this is being done for the benefit of one train a day. Meanwhile Connecticut is busy replacing the 2nd main between New Haven and Springfield. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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