On 13.10.16 2:43, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > danny burstein   wrote:   
   >> [Hartford Courant]   
   >>   
   >>  17-Car Construction Train Works Its Way North,   
   >> Laying Track On Hartford Line   
   >>   
   >> With just 15 months before the Hartford Line's commuter service is due to   
   >> begin, a 17-car construction train is slowly laboring north through   
   >> Wallingford, putting down as much as a mile of track a day.   
   >   
   > It's less impressive than you might think.  That whole thing was 2 tracks,   
   > with considerable sections through industrial areas between New Haven and   
   > Meriden that actually had a continuous side track for switching, for a very   
   > long time.  It is on a deep bed of gravel over cinder over gravel that was   
   > heavily refurbished (maintaining its original width) when they reduced most   
   > of the line to single track in the mid-late 1990s.  But all the   
   > clearances are adequate for double track and then some, and they were   
   > _mostly_ careful that the new single track alignments weren't   
   > straight-down-the-middle.  This is really more like a track/tie   
   > replacement job than laying a whole new track -- think what Metro- North   
   > uses the same automation to do every few summers, beefed up.   
   >   
   > Double-track but not electrified... like the old Shore Line East service,   
   > and about the same travel time from "Fairfield County jobs".  Even with 17   
   > trains a day -- roughly one in each direction every other hour -- it's hard   
   > to believe this will be tremendously successful.   
   >   
   Do any M8s run in revenue service beyond New Haven State Street?   
      
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