The latest edition of News Wire Recommended Reading ranges around the world, looking at everything from a new rail line in India to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s long, strange trip to replacing some of its rapid transit equipment.
— The New York Times provides a look at India’s new rail line to Kashmir, which opened on Friday (June 6), as well as the conflicting political views of it. (From a railfan perspective, this may be worth clicking on just for a couple of the photos.) The 170-mile line features the highest arch rail bridge in the world, crossing some 1,200 feet above the Chenab River; the BBC has more photos of that bridge here.
— Also from the Times is a recent opinion piece that Trains reader urged us to share. It argues the U.S. has missed the boat by failing to develop a better passenger rail network.
— Back in the U.S., the website Capitol News Illinois digs into the Illinois legislature’s failure to address the funding crisis for Chicago-area transit, why it wasn’t addressed, and what comes next.
— Finally, public radio station WBUR examines the painfully long-running effort by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s efforts to acquire new railcars for its Red and Orange rapid transit lines, and accompanied it with an easy-to-follow timeline of the entire saga.
The photo likely was shot from the old NorthShore overpass looking South. Appears the tower is gone, which would have been to the left…long gone is the depot, across the tracks to the right. Out of the picture in the immediate foreground is the EJ&E diamond.
The C&M line is supposed to be upgraded to triple digit speeds…would be nice to see “Slow to 90” signs.
The tower is still there, it’s just out of frame.