RAIL – SAFER, FASTER, CHEAPER, CLEANER THINKING BEYOND PAVEMENT

The Interstate-81 Corridor Coalition Confernce Monday, October 12, 2009 by Michael Testerman RAIL Solution vice-chairman RAIL – SAFER, FASTER, CHEAPER, CLEANER Presentation to

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USA 2050 Affordable Mobility EF Suffering from Gas Pains?... Suffering from Gas Pains?...

RAIL – SAFER, FASTER, CHEAPER, CLEANER

The Energy Curve of History?

A $13 billion privatized tollway A $13 billion privatized tollway A thru-truck driven project… Yet, 60% of toll revenue from cars What motivates the public to organize?

Which future for I-81 and Western Virginia?

Our preview of the future

Source: Improve I-70 US DOT Corridors of the Future finalist - Sept I-70: St Louis-Kansas City Kansas City Star Sept. 08, 2009: “Missouri has won federal approval to rebuild Interstate 70 across the state with lanes segregating cars from trucks.” $4 billion project

Federal Investment in Intercity Transportation,

Public investment dictates modal choices.

1860s Virginia Central RR (a.k.a. C&O, CSX, BBRR) and 1960s I-64, near Fishersville, Va.

Eastbound Cardinal near Fishersville - June 7, hours late. Speed: ~ 55 MPH

Typical S curve - Shenandoah Line

Typical speed posting - Shenandoah Line

Typical single-track bridge - Shenandoah Line

Typical passing siding - Shenandoah Line

Typical rock cut - Shenandoah Line Excavated in the 1880s using manual labor, draft animals and dynamite.

Typical rock cut - Shenandoah Line Excavated in the 1880s using manual labor, draft animals and dynamite. This is your great grandfather’s railroad.

“Draft” Reebie, April 1, 2003, p. 69: "Our conclusion is that if substantial diversion of traffic from trucks to NS is to occur in this corridor, NS's average train speed needs to be increased to approximately 60 mph, or 15 mph faster than average truck speeds of 45 mph, in order to offset the minimum projected terminal time. To do so would require significant track upgrading as well as increasing NS's maximum authorized speed for intermodal trains to as much as 79 mph, comparable to its existing maximum allowable speed for passenger trains."

I-81 corridor rail infrastructure characteristics   Full double track covering Knoxville to Harrisburg, at minimum   Reduced curvature   Bi-directional TC signaling   Frequent crossovers   Regional IMX terminals   Improvements serve product strategy

RAIL – SAFER, FASTER, CHEAPER, CLEANER Truck-competitive intermodal rail service requires: High-performance rail infrastructure The Steel Interstate Designed to be truck-time competitive… : At a Glance Rail and spot highway infrastructure upgrades Traffic management and enforcement options for quick-fix safety improvements

Before Double track it and smooth the curves…

Double track, reduced curvature Before Double track it and smooth the curves… After

Grade separate and electrify it…

Typical Open-Technology Intermodal Facility

Add attractive, highway- competitive intermodal freight services…

Open Technology Intermodal: Canadian Pacific’s E pressway© Service Courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railway Circus ramp loading

On Rail; Off Highway; All Trailer Configurations Courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railway Truck trailers glide past the congested Don Valley Parkway in Toronto as they head east on board a Canadian Pacific Railroad Expressway train. CP offers Expressway service between Detroit and Montreal via Toronto.

Providing high-performance rail infrastructure permits a menu of intermodal services that can divert trucks in market lanes as short as 100 miles

RAIL – SAFER, FASTER, CHEAPER, CLEANER Major National Issues: - -Climate Change - -Energy/Oil - -Economics The I-81 Corridor Steel Interstate initiative addresses

Rail's 21st century role: Add time-sensitive freight and passenger capacity in corridors where highway expansion is prohibitively expensive and/or environmentally detrimental.

Demonstrate this in the Interstate-81 Corridor… ©2008 Craig Thorpe. Compliment of Cooper Consulting.

Export as model for the National Steel Interstate System. Export as model for the National Steel Interstate System. ©2008 Craig Thorpe. Compliment of Cooper Consulting.

This is your grandchildrens’ railroad.

RAIL – SAFER, FASTER, CHEAPER, CLEANER THINKING BEYOND PAVEMENT Thank You!