Collier Yard

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Harry,

    I don't know why politicians think the way they do, But the old line had been taken out including the bridge over the Appomattox. And they put the South Park interchange on top of the right of way I think. It looks like the connection track will come off the Belt Line just past Johnson Rd. and connect with CSX at BX. Probably a quicker routing. Also I don't know why one extra Amtrak train would necessitate a second bridge, not saying it would be good!!

Walt


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  When I started working as a car inspector on SCL in 1971 at Collier, the yard foreman(Conductor) bled the cars off when he walked and put on the chalk marks indicating the track number that the cars were to be switched into. 

  Walt Gay
    Hey Walt:
    This has absolutely nothing to do with air brakes.  Since you worked at
    Collier and no doubt know the territory, I have a question.  In VDOT's
    plan to extend Amtrak service to Norfolk, they've selected a route that
    brings passenger trains down CSX through Ettrick (Petersburg), across
    the Appomattox River and apparently through a proposed connection
    north of Collier to connect with NS's Petersburg Belt Line.  It means 
    adding an additional track to CSX's Appomattox River crossing.  You 
    have any ideas why VDOT didn't select to route the trains on the Old
    Main Line to Petersburg, then use ACL's Old Main Line Petersburg to
    Dunlop ? It would eliminate 5 additional miles.  Harry Bundy    


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