Dave,
Certainly a surprising idea. How would any train get to this
new bridge? While it may be possible to envision a three
or four track CTC main from Cameron to the new bridge on
the Illinois side I can't really see any way to connect this thing
up on the Iowa side.
BNSF Management has been saying for years that the Railroad's
return on invested capital is not high enough to engage in major
capital improvements. Should considers ourselves lucky that we
are getting so much double track in South Central Kansas and
Oklahoma.
>From an operational standpoint these two bridges are a very minor
bump in the road.
Based on personal experience there would be much more "bang for
the buck" with double track between Vaughn and Carnero and
between Scholle and Sais. These projects are in the works. In the
case of bridges I would think that a double track bridge at Ft Sumner
would be a good place to start on in bridge replacement.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Lotz" <dave_lotz@charter.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 26 April, 2005 09:19
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Burlington, Iowa, new bridge
>
> Last I heard the project was on hold due to lack of government funding. I
> still think they should build a new bridge half-way between Burlington and
> Ft. Madison and eliminate both of the old bridges.
>
> Dave Lotz
> St. Louis
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