Pennsylvania HSR is a blog that addresses restoring rail passenger service and creation of high speed rail passenger service for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and other states. Of great interest is the Keystone Corridor West (Pittsburgh to Harrisburg) and the Keystone Corridor East (Harrisburg to Philadelphia). This is the former mainline of the defunct Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) now owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company (NS) west and Amtrak east.
Friday, July 22, 2011
9. Torrance South
The NS passenger speed milepost 302.3 is 70 mph. The passenger speed at milepost 302.3 is 60 mph reducing to 55 mph at milepost 301.2. The reduction in speed is in part due to curvature. But, in a short 0.6 of a mile at milepost 300.2 severe curvature entering the Conemaugh River begins.
Elimination of the curvature from milepost 302.3 (40.361756N79.269931W) to milepost 300.8 (40.405603N79.231803W) as shown would allow a passenger speed of 79 mph.
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