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E27002 wrote:

On May 2, 5:56*pm, Subterraneo wrote:
E27002 wrote:
On May 2, 12:56 pm, "Mortimer" wrote:
This is pure pie-in-the sky.

Suppose cost, profitability and practicality (eg no houses built on the
trackbed) were not an issue.


Since this is being posted to international-relevant
misc.transport.urban-transit, the line between Astoria, Oregon, USA and
communities to the west and south (Seaside, Warrenton, etc) would be
nice. That area suffers from horrific road congestion during the
tourist season, and adding a useful tourist attraction that could move
people around in that area would probably be helpful.

Milwaukee Road east of Seattle on Snoqualmie Pass would be king of neat,
but only if the Interstate highway that tore up the scenic value of the
entire valley were torn out too.

There were a smattering of lines on Vancouver Island and in southern
British Columbia that would have been nice to ride. The Crow's Nest
Pass line might have been an interesting trip. I got to see freight
going over the hill during some of its last years, but by then the route
was freight only.

Maybe the Florida East Coast line that used to run all the way out to
Key West?

Can we include stuff that no longer has passenger service, but still
exists?

If so, that spectacular cog railway from Santos up to São Paulo in
Brasil would be fun to ride. Today, only the iron ore does so.

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