State suit settled; Amtrak to pay $20M, make improvements

[StorkNest]

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?BCCode=HOME&storyID=646875&category=FRONTPG

As a resident of the area, I never heard of rock slides in Manhatten before. How bad are they?

 

[Tokkyu40]

Apparently the bluffs by the river are bad enough to call for reinforcement.
Cool trains, though. Here's a picture or two...
Poughkeepsie: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=194873&nseq=5&showcomments=true


Fan site: http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtTurbosROHR.html
with a side view... http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtTurbos/amt_turbo.jpg

Claude

 

[crman123]

As far as I know, those Turboliners are just sitting somewhere letting their expensive refurbishments go to rust while this whole Law suit was going on. It would be nice to see them running again though.