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So I think there is an opportunity here. Like many people, I cross a train track on my commute. There even used to be a commuter rail line that stopped there.
by saalweachter 3y ago
So I think there is an opportunity here.
Like many people, I cross a train track on my commute. There even used to be a commuter rail line that stopped there. Now it is all freight.
Like many freight lines, it carries a lot of "bomb trains" running oil between the fields and the refineries.
Eventually -- not tomorrow, probably more in the 30-50 year range -- those bomb trains are going to stop running.
That is going to leave a lot of track underutilized, and adding passenger rail back to these lines is one way to keep it cost effective to keep them open for freight. You have some overhead to re-add minimal stations -- concrete pads for disembarking, roofs optional -- but the tracks already existing covers a lot of the cost and complications.