Looking at Table 34, the “Supplemental Project List for a Proposed Infrastructure Bill” section on page 40, there are a lot of interesting things:
Amfleet replacement: estimated $1.45bn, construction starts 2020, lasts 3 years.
Superliner replacement: estimated $1.55bn, starts 2022, lasts 5 years.
P42DC replacement: $466m, starts 2019, lasts 3 years.
CUS High-Level Mail Platforms: estimated $70m, started 2016, lasts 7 years
Chicago Terminal ROW Acquisition & Improvements: estimated $500m, starts 2019, lasts 3 years.
“Various” corridors: estimated $20bn, starts 2019, lasts 10 years. Areas affected: Midwest, South, and West
Restoration of DET-TOR: No data
Acquisition of S-Line (Petersburg-Raleigh): No data
ROW Acquisition/Improvements NOL-Mobile: No data
ROW Acquisition Auburndale: No data
Heartland Flyer Extension to Newton and Additional Frequency: No data
Personally, I’m thrilled to see Amtrak investigating their own corridor into CUS. It’s long overdue and should help OTP immensely for the Michigan Services and east coast-bound LDTs. I’m also highly curious as to what the “Various corridors” are. Not sure if it’s including the Black Hawk and Quad Cities (since it’s primarily an Illinois show for those two) and the DET-TOR service is listed separately. Any ideas? The gulf coast is also long-overdue for corridor service.
Also, does anyone have any idea where 2nd Ave Yard is in seattle? There’s multiple references to a potential purchase by Amtrak for it but I can’t seem to find it.