I also rode the Cap between Martinsburg, WVA and either South Bend, IN or Chicago in the late '80's and early '90's. Ex-SOU prez Graham Claytor was Amtrak chief then. I was a frequent regular on the Cap then and got to know the crew pretty well. The on-board service chief was a Mr. Washington...
I agree with the issues raised concerning the impracticality of an EB flyover on my old route for the existing overpass clearance reasons given. On the other hand, with 20-20 hindsight I've daydreamed for over 40 years about the one missing piece in Alexander Cassatt's and Samuel Rea's...