Friday, December 30, 2022

Northeast’s century-old rail bridges, tunnels land $9 billion overhaul

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/12/22/amtrak-northeast-corridor-route-overhaul

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak , https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Amtrak doesn't just connect to all the major US cities, but 3 of the main cities in Canada as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak#Routes

https://www.amtrak.com/regions/northeast.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Northeast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Northeast_Corridor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#West

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes#Cascades_Corridor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak_Cascades#Proposed_changes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Corridor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_Corridor#Seattle%E2%80%93Vancouver

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-cascades-vancouver-seattle-portland-new-train-airo

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022PREM0061-001374 Could backwater BC actually start to eventually build better heavy_rail infrastructure? There should be at least 4 tracks between Vancouver & Seattle. Two for freight & two for passenger trains.

https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-studies/ultra-high-speed-rail-study

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2022/06/10/high-speed-rail-150-million-pacific-northwest

https://crosscut.com/environment/2021/11/dream-high-speed-rail-pnw-may-finally-be-horizon

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/high-performance/b-c-wsdot-invest-in-next-phase-of-vancouver-seattle-portland-high-speed-rail-study/

https://bikeportland.org/2022/12/05/metro-council-will-hear-plan-for-ultra-high-speed-rail-367840

https://www.cascadiarail.org , https://www.amtrak.com/regions/northwest.html

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/cascades-train.html To Vancouver, BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_(Amtrak_train)

Amtrak & VIA Rail's International Limited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npL-Fhu2krc

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/maple-leaf-train.html To Toronto

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/adirondack-train.html To Montreal