NE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT: '79 WAS A GOOD YEAR

After two disappointing work seasons during which goals were never reached, the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project hit its stride in 1979. Amtrak's Track Laying System installed 121 miles on concrete-tie/welded-rail track. The redirection of this project includes new goals for bridge and tunnel reconstruction, track realignment, electrification, communications, signals, fencing, stations and maintenance facilities. These are fitted in the $2.5 billion budget for Corridor rehabilitation to produce a system capable of reliable high-speed train performance.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1980-1-14

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 24-30
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 181
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Cost estimating; Estimates; High speed track; Maintenance of way; Passenger terminals; Railroad stations; Signals; Track laying
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger stations; Track laying systems
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309892
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1980 12:00AM