I just received the Oct issue of Trains today…interesting main article on the BNSF (ATSF) main line. The growth in train volume is amazing…almost up to 100 trains/day between LA-Fullerton.
Meanwhile, in a couple of other areas it mentions the “Buckingham Branch” attempting to lease the CSX (C&O) line in Virginia; this includes the rough segment [Gordonsville-Orange] traveled by Amtrak’s Cardinal that I mentioned in another post. The track between Gordonsville, Charlottesville and Staunton is somewhat better; I’ve never traveled as far as Clifton Forge.
The Amtrak table on page 15 has a minor typo [s/b spelled ‘Culpeper’, though it is pronounced ‘Culpepper’.]
The UP map shows the Tennessee Pass line as ‘out of service’ but shows a solid line west of Phoenix. Phoenix still has through-route service, or does it mean the line has not been “formally abandoned”?
MP