I am posting this as a link to separate this from the other Thread now posting here by Sam 1. @ http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/209763.aspx
"BNSF Inc****reasing Capacity to Haul Oil" .
www.tradecorridors.com/explore-the-corridors/midcon/impact/html.
[ The above link goes to a BNSF site titled “Corridors of Commerce”. ]
Around here in South Central Kansas this MidCon Corridor seems to be unknown(?) It is now known ( South of Wichita) as the Ark City Sub. This is the first mention I had seen anywhere of another, actual Name Designator [MidCon] for this particular line.
It is labeled Ark City Sub-called that by BNSF MoW nomenclature.
FTA:'…The MidCon Corridor is positioned to serve the energy independence needs of the United States. From transporting low-sulful coal that powers American homes and businesses, to handling the drilling sand and pipe for oil and gas shales from North Dakota to South Texas, t
A story and link from the Wichita Eagle of the 5th of September 2012 carries the following story
“Amtrak’s Southwest Chief might abandon western Kansas route, come through Wichita”
BY BRENT D. WISTROM
Eagle Topeka bureau
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/30/v-print/2468764/amtraks-southwest-chief-might.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/30/v-print/2468764/amtraks-southwest-chief-might.html
FTA:"…Western Kansas may lose easy access to Amtrak’s Southwest Chief passenger train because of deteriorating tracks and the state’s refusal to spend tens of millions of dollars to improve them.
A new route for the Chief could include a stop in Wichita, though any decision would be years away.
Amtrak officials told the state earlier this year that the Southwest Chief – which runs daily from Chicago to Los Angeles with stops in Newton and elsewhere in Kansas – will likely be rerouted south after its stop in Newton if the state doesn’t pitch in millions.
Kansas transportation officials, along with their counterparts in Colorado and New Mexico, now say they can’t afford to spend $100 million in capital improvements and millions more in annual maintenance money to keep the route open…"
And additionally: FTA:"…Amtrak officials showed KDOT leaders a map of the potential reroute during a meeting last spring in