Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ...
by dreamcompiler on Sunday April 25, 2021 @04:39PM
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That whole western north-south corridor is heavily populated by freight trains, and Amtrak trains have to sit on sidings to let the freighters go by. As a result, the train spends a lot of time not moving. It's one of Amtrak's worst lines, IMO. I did Seattle-to-LA once on Amtrak. Never again.
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Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ...
by bpye on Sunday April 25, 2021 @05:47PM
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It's unfortunate - the western north-south corridor has the potential to be a very useful transit link. I (pre-covid) took the train from Vancouver, BC to Seattle, WA semi-regularly as my preferred mode of travel, but there was at least one instance I can recall of a multi-hour delay due to freight traffic...