...by rerouting onto this shorter route, travel times were reduced, and conflicts with freight were (I think) eliminated (all freight now uses the older, longer route). The shorter route was also upgraded and modernized a bit to allow 79mph speeds.
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Here's what I'm not clear on, though: was the area where the crash occurred even within the upgraded part of the track? WADOT's graphic suggests no, but I can't be sure without more details.pic.twitter.com/7QOElZei9V
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As an aside, it's ALWAYS dangerous to run a train faster than a given bit of track will allow (that's what caused the Amagasaki disaster in 2005!), but the pearl-clutching NIMBYs who fret that 79mph is too fast for a train to run need to get a grip
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Have you seen the post that was allegedly from the Puget anarchists that claimed to damage the tracks to protest fracking?
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