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Passenger Trains > Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rdDate: 05/25/23 18:09 Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rd Author: inCHI Just saw an alert saying that "due to infrastructure improvements by Amtrak and MDOT" 350/353 are suspended Monday-Thursday from July 31st - Oct. 3rd. Anyone know more info? Seems a bit wild to not be able to work around them for months. Not sure what stretch this is, but on most of it, it would be only 6-8 Amtrak trains a day.
Date: 05/25/23 18:57 Re: Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rd Author: PHall Give them a large undisturbed work window so they can get the job done faster?
Date: 05/25/23 19:06 Re: Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rd Author: inCHI Sure, but I'm wondering what kind of work requires that for two months. Is it major track upgrades to increase speed on curves? That could make sense. I haven't yet been able to find an explanation of the work on MDOT's or Amtrak's site.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/23 19:46 by inCHI. Date: 05/25/23 19:23 Re: Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rd Author: sethamtrak Date: 05/25/23 21:17 Re: Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rd Author: bustermanning1 track work on curves and I suppose it will help with the bridges project in Jackson also
Date: 05/26/23 01:21 Re: Wolverine 350/353 suspended July 31st-Oct. 3rd Author: GP40 The scope of this work is getting the line between Albion and Jackson to 110mph standards. I was hopeful this was to be the year that the entire line from CP-482 to CP-Townline (excepting CN joint trackage between CP-Gord and CP-Baron in Battle Creek) would finally be at the 110mph standard. Alas, it looks like the final segment from CP-75 (ex CP-Jackson) to Townline will have to wait until next year or longer.
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