WATCH – Biden Says ‘We Can’ Build a High-Speed Rail from Scranton to New York

Breitbart ^ | 11/09/2022 | Paul Bois

[Hman528]

All about changing congressional districts with different people moving there because of train access to the city

[Publius]

This is why they want to build a seconds set of tunnels far beneath the current Penn Station for New Jersey Transit.

[Tijeras_Slim]

This would make the Railrunner look like the infrastructure deal of the century.

[rxh4n1]

High speed? No. But the idea is for standard speed service between Scranton and New York to serve this growing market.

They ripped up the tracks long ago and last I heard the NIMBYs in North Jersey were fighting bringing back the trains. Have they started the project?

[clearcarbon]

"Biden Says ‘We Can’ Build a High-Speed Rail from Scranton to New York"

His Chinese master's will love it.

[Olog-hai]

The federal government was promising 160-mph speeds on the Northeast Corridor way back in the late 1960s. Broken promises started with the Budd Metroliner; the March 1969 edition of the Penn Central Post about the Metroliner’s debut illustrated the broken promise thereof by claiming that “initially, the speed is being kept to 110 (mph).”

[Publius]

Yes. Pieces of it are in place. The Roseville Tunnel is a big deal, but NJT plans on starting work on it next year.

[lump in the melting pot]

It would be cheaper and faster to put an old-fashioned steam train on that route, except instead of coal it would burn bundles of $100 bills...

[Roccus]

Biden Says ‘We Can’ Build a High-Speed Rail from Scranton to New York

WHY?

[rxh4n1]

I remember my father taking us to Hoboken on the Lackawanna and then the ferry to Manhattan. That was decades ago.

[Publius]

Post #16. But high speed? Fughettaboutit!

[bobcat62]

There are rail fans here. ;-)

I thought Amtrak plans to get dual-mode locomotives from Siemens?

[Publius]

Dual modes from Siemans? Might be useful for Keystone Service to Pittsburgh. That’s one or two a day.

[bobcat62]

Also useful for the right of way along the Hudson?
Same for New Haven to Springfield.

[Publius]

They’re already using dual mode for Empire Service to Albany.

[Olog-hai]

Yes, but for service to/from Rensselaer NY.

[hinckley buzzard]

IIRC The entire Apollo moon program cost 24 billion dollars.

[Jonty30]

Scranton has a huge commuter population. Everybody wants out.

[bobcat62]

Here’s how they intend on burning those $100s:

https://youtu.be/nk6A75br7xY

[I-ambush]

At least you have less time to be afraid if the no-bail thug pushes you in front of a high speed train.