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   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   In article ,   
   hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk  wrote:   
   >So, is there any real progress  on any of the aforementioned projects   
   >and which of them is the most realistic at this point? Is it perhaps   
   >still a "Wouldn't that be nice? Maybe someday." scenario?   
      
   None of them, as far as I can tell.  There's an election campaign   
   heating up and I haven't heard anything about it.   
      
   >(I am guessing that extension of service from Poughkeepsie to   
   >Rhinecliff-Kingston is the most realistic option at the moment, due to   
   >the relative ease of making legal and physical changes.)   
      
   Well, yeah, that line has Amtrak passenger service, and M-N and Amtrak   
   already share the line south of Poughkeepsie.  They probably wouldn't   
   have to make any physical changes other than perhaps some sidings near   
   Rhinecliff to store trains.   
      
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