KCS KCS maint. blitz on so-called Meridian Speedway

friscobob Jul 26, 2006

  1. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    From the KCSNotes group at Yahoo!, this bit of info on the east-west line thru Louisiana & Mississippi (a/k/a the Meridian Speedway, ex-IC)

    KCS, NS joint venture to start Meridian Speedway trackwork in August

    Next month, Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern Corp. will
    begin improving the Meridian Speedway through the Class Is' newly formed joint venture, Meridian Speedway L.L.C.
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    Crews will start installing 80,000 wood ties in the Vicksburg and Meridian subdivisions in August and complete work by year's end. The Class Is plan to install another 80,000 ties on the Speedway each of the next three years.
     
  2. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    I believe this "Blitz" will also finish re-aligning the tight curves and grade coming off the Mississippi River bridge through Vicksburg, MS.
     
  3. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Would this have anything to do with a future traffic re-routing?

    :D

    Boxcab E50
     
  4. Hytec

    Hytec TrainBoard Member

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    Dunno, but I would not advise holding your breath......:teeth:
     
  5. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    Speculation is in the air on whether or not this would allow an Amtrak train (the "Crescent Star" once proposed under George Warrington's "leadership"), but nothing solid. At the least, this should expedite the moving of freight traffic.
     

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