The Sandstone O&M idea was an attempt to placate opposition on the route.
IMO, assuming this and TCMC both use Amtrak Midwest trainsets, it makes the most sense to find an area near Minneapolis for O&M with expansion potential. Something along Northtown Yard for example.
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- June 19th, 2023, 9:10 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 510
- Views: 497673
- June 9th, 2023, 9:54 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346437
Re: MSP Airport
I found my source map from a decade ago and did some quick ideation based on their current plans. https://i.imgur.com/tHnYv7G.png Facilities: - New T1b/International curbside (black) and headhouse (green) midfield atop the parking pay area, with direct connections to the proposed rebuilt A concourse...
- June 8th, 2023, 8:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346437
Re: MSP Airport
I also understand that both of the existing trams are approaching the end of their lifecycle, so there may be more ambitious plans for those when they get replaced. With the extension of the G concourse, that side will likely also need a tram, and if the new F gets aligned with G (and same with E a...
- June 8th, 2023, 8:57 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346437
Re: MSP Airport
Anyone found details on how T1 FIS could be expanded? As seen above, this is the second highest priority project on their draft list and it says "ex. site" for the location. Expanding at the existing site seems difficult for two reasons. First, the actual FIS space is constrained by being ...
- June 5th, 2023, 11:50 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
- Replies: 516
- Views: 173200
Re: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
It was a few years ago now, but I added up the daily flights on all airlines in the MSP-RST-LSE-MSN-MKE-CHI corridor and it was pushing 60 flights per day.
- June 2nd, 2023, 10:27 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 625
- Views: 391399
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
Would there ever be a market for a night train to Chicago, possibly even a private operator? Current Empire Builder block time is 7:55. Imagine a 10:30 p.m. departure and 6:30 a.m. arrival in both directions. Not an efficient use of rolling stock, but maybe the type of thing a private operator could...
- June 1st, 2023, 9:55 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 223477
Re: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
20 years ago there were studies of extending the freeway from 140th St south to 160th St or beyond. Alas, the stroad remained.
- June 1st, 2023, 9:53 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346437
Re: MSP Airport
This just feels like more of a hack - at what point has this thing been hacked up too much? - Rebuilding E and F is needed, but this will still have a dead end alley between the two. Curious why not rebuild as an island pier parallel to the headhouse and Rwy 4/22 instead of keeping the two finger pi...
- June 1st, 2023, 8:25 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 346437
- May 31st, 2023, 1:19 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
- Replies: 538
- Views: 223477
Re: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
However, hypothetically speaking.. There has been a major transit station at 155th St since the mid-1990s, consistently one of the highest ridership stations in the metro. It was expanded and moved across the street with platforms and a skyway on Cedar in 2009. Red Line "BRT" started serv...
- May 31st, 2023, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
- Replies: 180
- Views: 158655
Re: Dan Patch Intercity Regional Passenger Rail
I don't see Dan Patch ever making sense for commuter rail competing with buses on 35W and 77 (nor do I see commuter rail and increasingly commuter bus as viable in general) but I do think Dan Patch could have a place in a larger regional corridor. It could be a nice intercity trunk for Spine Line ra...
- May 24th, 2023, 11:13 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 510
- Views: 497673
Re: Northern Lights Express
At one point, NLX was going to be a unique trainset to operate at higher speeds. Now, if speeds are only 90 MPH max, is it assumed these will run with Venture/Charger trainsets in the Midwest pool? IMO all regional rail should stop in Minneapolis *and* St. Paul even if that means a back-up between M...
- May 16th, 2023, 7:47 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Rochester
- Replies: 590
- Views: 432691
- April 19th, 2023, 9:34 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 701994
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
The Red Line was not about transit, it was about adding through lanes and turn lanes to Cedar Ave in Apple Valley, consolidating access, replacing millions of dollars worth of aging stoplights, etc. If 350 people get to ride a bus each day that's just a bonus.
- April 6th, 2023, 11:31 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1194
- Views: 553975
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
I'm curious what's better... - "Streetcar" LRVs in mixed traffic, lack of signal priority, and other hobbling factors BUT with dual-track ROW - Traditional LRT-spec with minimized grade crossings, TSP or railroad signals, 3+ LRV trains, and strategic grade separation BUT with significant s...
- March 14th, 2023, 10:18 am
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Duluth - General Topics
- Replies: 65
- Views: 76837
- March 10th, 2023, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5265
- Views: 1247359
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Oh yeah I wrote this 9 years ago https://streets.mn/2014/02/11/southwest-lrt-plan/
- March 7th, 2023, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28621
Re: Harmonia - 255 2nd Ave S - 25ish / 20ish / 10ish stories
"Current 12 foot ceilings" underground... sounds perfect for that bus layover facility to replace Gateway Ramp and allow for the next block to redevelop...
- March 7th, 2023, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
- Replies: 45
- Views: 49235
Re: Minneapolis Street Design
I say this as a former candidate endorsed by Mpls firefighters union a decade ago, and without prejudice to the merit of their staffing or operations desires... but they've been bringing up those same points about NFPA standards since at least 2013. What categories are those 55,000 calls in? How man...
- March 4th, 2023, 10:20 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7933
Re: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
I saw on Wikipedia that a heritage train used to be run from Mpls to the Renaissance Fest in the 80s along a now-abandoned ROW. Would it be possible to run a seasonal train like this today from Union Depot instead? Yes that HCRRA line was the Chicago & Northwestern line to Minneapolis via Hopki...