[(-D]! The algores will never let this project fly. Futuremodel said it and I’ll say this: This project is so dead, Amtrak will get a third track across the NYSSR on CSX, The Sabres will win the Stanley Cup[(-D][swg][#offtopic][oops], The Bills will win the Super Bowl [#offtopic][#offtopic]! The DL&W will be restored from Delaware Water Gap/ East Stroudsburg and Dover NJ, The Lehigh Valley Niagara Falls branch will be resurrected And, I’ll hit the Mega Millions Jackpot. Oh, and the G.O.P. will[censored][censored][censored][censored]!!
I’m not sure we should completely dismiss this idea. The Soviets are nothing if not tenacious. Don’t forget, it was over 100 years ago when they built the Trans-Siberian line through some of the most desolate and challenging environments.
I just wonder if it is really needed anymore. As the planet warms (from whatever the reason) the arctic sea ice slowly disappears. Soon, ships will be taking the shortcut across the north pole.
OK, BTW: The Soviet Union is no more! I do not miss it, do you? Thank you Ronald Reagan! Also, the Soviets took power in 1917 after the completion of most of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Czar used slave labor, and so did the Soviets to build it and its branches. In an act of supreme irony, they shipped the Russian royal family on their last ride over the TSR, which he had largely been responsible for building. When they arrived in Siberia-BANG!