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They want to replicate the Northeast corridor down south. New Orleans_Birmingham_Atlanta_Charlotte_DC to connnect with the Northeast. That actually might be worth the dollars.

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This is an already over-utilized by Norfolk Southern's x-Southern mainline. I used to take trains over it to Hagerstown, MD when I still lived back in PA. NS won't allow the government to step in for such high-speed inprovements unless they're willing to upgrade the entire route to double-track, CTC running. As it is, many freights are good for 60mph on the old Southern B-Line from Manassas, VA (DC) to Atlanta, GA.

Acela (or Ass-hola) only runs between DC and Boston at this time. A good friend is/was a regional manager for the service, based out of Philadelphia.

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Yup, forklift upgrade will be required for the NS freight trains to co-exist with a high speed passenger liner. They could run on the same geo path but will have to be two distinct entities. Thus the huge cost.

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