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@Dan H you are misinformed
CSX is proposes to run double stack freight cars on the Metropolitan Branch as part of a grander plan to divert freight traffic from clogged West Coast ports and instead use the newly expanded Panama Canal and Port of Baltimore to ship freight. The Metropolitan Branch is the only direct rail line from the Port of Baltimore west. The OML through Patapsco State Park is encumbered with tunnels that cannot be altered. Only two bridges in Montgomery County are affected becuase of insufficient height are the Talbot Bridge and the Humpack Bridge in Washington Grove. Both must eventually be raised or taken down. Either way neither will be able to carry auto traffic regardless of the "politics" of the local neighborhoods. Any new bridge crossing will have to meet standard CSX clearances which will require massive bridge structues, including a massive viaduct towering over Silver Spring, which has not yet been placed in any rendering but will soon.

by Cyrus on Sep 23, 2011 5:27 pm • link • report

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