Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020)

Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by bombcar on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:06PM (#26705812)

Much of the Eastern Seaboard in the US still has areas that are limited to single-stack container trains. Wikipedia has a list of some of the big remaining ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-stack_rail_transport#No...

Electrification is an aspect also, though I don't know if EU mixes passenger and freight as much as the US does (and also, more of the EU is relatively easy accessed by ocean going ships).

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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by jcranmer on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:12PM (#26705858)

> Wikipedia has a list of some of the big remaining ones

That's a list of projects that are undergoing expansion from single-stack to double-stack, although that's not the main purpose of CREATE, and the Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel is a perennially-proposed project to link NJ with Long Island that's unlikely to come to fruition. Furthermore, my understanding is that most of those projects are already completed; Wikipedia isn't always timely on updating these kinds of topics.

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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by bobthepanda on Monday April 05, 2021 @08:18PM (#26706431)

I say this as someone who would support it, but the Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel is pretty much vaporware.

It isn’t the only issue; apparently double stack has issues with third rail electrification, which is the norm on New York City area commuter rail, so even if you built the tunnel, a double stack train may not be able to go much further.

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