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   "Jishnu Mukerji"  wrote in message   
   news:uLednWQbGqjgP_vJnZ2dnUU7-eednZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > On 11/14/2014 6:21 PM, Peter Schleifer wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:36:41 -0500, "conklin"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Stephen Sprunk"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:m42shg$18k$2@dont-email.me...   
   >>>   
   >>>> Trains have the option of adding more cars, which is both more flexible   
   >>>> and more cost-effective than replacing small planes with big planes.   
   >>>   
   >>>  I rather suspect that the slots cannot be increased in the   
   >>> Washington-DC   
   >>> corridor, or even to Boston.   
   >>   
   >> Which is not relevant to the option of adding more cars to existing   
   >> trains running in the same slots.   
   >   
   > The only segment of the NEC south that is truly slot restricted at   
   > present is the segment between Swift interlocking and New York Penn   
   > Station, and that too only at certain hours of the day in a single   
   > direction.   
   >   
   > Amtrak can easily increase its capacity on the NEC Regionals by 50%   
   > without requiring any new slots, just by adding cars to their trains   
   > that would still continue to fit at the platforms at the major stops.   
   > For the Acelas they could almost double the capacity, provided they had   
   > the cars, without requiring any extra slots.   
   >   
      
   That is good to know.   
      
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