tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14639084447791774.post5550510941172337263..comments2023-03-25T08:04:56.910-04:00Comments on Train Stopping: "Trains Can't Be Beat"Train Riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13770262736281370513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14639084447791774.post-54267436035889446272008-07-16T15:58:00.000-04:002008-07-16T15:58:00.000-04:00It's funny that Bam should say that. John Kerry wa...It's funny that Bam should say that. John Kerry was just in the news regarding the Acela's. As quoted in the Herald, <BR/><BR/>"Kerry plans to file in two weeks a $1 billion bill that will target out-of-date bridges, tunnels and tracks that prevent the train from hitting its 150-mile-per-hour maximum and getting commuters to their destinations faster."<BR/><BR/>It's not the trains or Amtrak, it's the tracks. He also wants the US on the whole to have a first-rate high-speed rail system, one that rivals our foreign friends. That article doesn't make it sound too promising. Very interesting though.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10924944462734862836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14639084447791774.post-6988745940867296622008-07-15T23:01:00.000-04:002008-07-15T23:01:00.000-04:00Interesting Newsweek article!I would make this com...Interesting Newsweek article!<BR/><BR/>I would make this comment however: The Acelas are only marginally faster than the best trains of the New Haven RR back in the fifties. (I come from a railroading family).<BR/><BR/>IIRC, The Yankee Clipper (1 PM from South Station and The Merchants Limited (5 PM from South Station) made the run from Providence to Grand Central in <BR/>3:12. Today's Acelas do it from PVD in about 3:00 to Penn Station. Not much of an improvement!<BR/><BR/>We need to see a bit faster timings on the run from Boston to Penn Station.<BR/><BR/>bam in riAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com