[CBQ] Re:Burlington Bridge

["rgs20460" <amtrak347@aol.com>]

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@...> wrote:
>
> "Hi Jack,
> 
> Yes, that routing would have accomplished everything you proposed, 
> however,......
>   There is no westbound to northbound or southbound to eastbound
> connection."  


Sorry, Dave, but you are wrong; there is a wye in the Santa Fe yard at Ft. 
Madison whose "tail" acts as an interchange track to the Q's K-Line that comes 
in from the south end of the 2-track yard and is used virtually daily for 
freight interchange traffic. The "stumbling block" to use this routing is 
BNSF's Passenger Service desk and an uncooperative track department.

Bob Campbell
10 year engineer Amtrak 3 & 4, CHI-FMD-CHI

 
> Dave Lotz
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jack
> Ferris
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:19 PM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] Re:Burlington Bridge
> 
> 
> The detours are interesting. I would have thought Galesburg to Ft.
> Madison, then north to Burlington and visa-versa would have been less
> circuitous and would have allowed Amtrak to handle the normal stops
> across Iowa.
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>




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