Pennsylvania HSR

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, June 2, 2017

HrSR Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. Why? Better Routes?

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The studies for increasing conventional passenger train service from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg realy make little sense beyond how such servic...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

2035 Railroad Status - Pittsburgh to Harrisburg

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The 2007 study by Cambridge Systematics, Inc., funded by the AAR for the Department of Transportation made some predictions for Pittsburgh t...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Decades of Inefficency

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As this is being written there is a westbound tractor trailer beginning the ascent up the I80 grade from Milesburg, PA to Snowshoe, PA. Be...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

2035 - What are the Prospects?

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A disproportionate amount of freight tonnage is carried by highway in comparison with the railroad system. In 2007 two studies were made p...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Increased Ground Transportation Capacity for Pennsylvania

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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is made up of distinct geographical sections. The need for increased ground transportation capacity exists ...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee

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The Pennsylvania Senate Committee for Transportation passed State Resolution 76 P.N 827 on May 10, 2017. It directs the Budget and Finance C...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

AMTRAK 188 Explained

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Here is a photo of the Amtrak derailment at the Frankford Junction curve in Philadelphia. (Click on photo to see the whole image.)  Number...
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Samuel C. Walker
I grew up near Altoona, PA when the Pennsylvania Railroad cast a wide shadow over the area. That is the basis for my interest in the railroad industry. The Pennsylvania Railroad operated a research and development facility called the "Test Plant." That's the reason for the name of the blog.
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