Missouri Amtrak Side Rail Ribbon Cutting

Missouri Amtrak Side Rail Ribbon Cutting.

Representatives of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), the City of California, Union Pacific Railroad and Amtrak today officially opened a new $8.1 million, 9,000-foot railroad side track that adds capacity and reduces delays on the route used by Amtrak Missouri River Runner trains between Kansas City and St. Louis.

The new siding, located just west of California, Mo., helps unclog a major bottleneck that was caused by a 25-mile stretch of single track and enables slower freight trains to move off the main line.

This allows faster Amtrak trains to pass and is estimated to annually reduce passenger train delays by nearly 17 percent.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• brandon mcelwain
• Pete Rahn
• River Runner
• Amtrak
• Side Rail
• Grand Opening
• Ribbon Cutting
• Trains
• Missouri
• MoDOT

[intercityrailpal]

OK, OK now let's go to Saint Joe and OMAHA. Springfield too! Free parking in Kansas City, with Tilt train equipment so we can take those curves at double the speed. Talgo would be great here. And new dome cars. Light rail in Kansas City too!

[CoastStarlight11]

I dig the approach shot at the beginning of this vid. I think I have gotten shots of Amtrak engine 59 before.