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CHAPTER 5 – COMMUTER RAIL PLAN
Lincoln: Use of the current Amtrak station (Union Station) is assumed. The station will
require a platform with lighting, a shelter for weather protection, two TVMs, and bus
stalls. Some off-street parking would be desirable, but most originating passengers from
Lincoln could use the suburban stop to access the service by auto. Cost: $504,000.
The total preliminary cost estimate for station improvements is $5 million, inclusive of
contingencies. Details on these costs appear in Appendix Table B-2.
Lincoln Maintenance and Omaha Service Yards
Each train set, at the end of the last evening run, will pull into a facility where crews will clean
and service the equipment. It is assumed that a maintenance facility or car shop will be in
Lincoln. The Lincoln shop facility is intended to perform all maintenance except periodic or
emergency heavy maintenance that can best be done by a full-scale railroad car shop. It is
anticipated that UP or BNSF would be contracted to carry out heavy maintenance at either one’s
nearest car shop. The Lincoln shop would be operated by a contractor, which might be Amtrak,
Herzog Transit Services, Colorado Rail Car (if it builds the DMUs), or any other qualified
bidder.
Lincoln Maintenance Facility
The Lincoln facility requirements and cost estimates are described below. A schematic of the
facility appears as Figure 5-1. The basic elements of the car shop include:
A 1,700-foot siding off of the mainline track where the rail service equipment will be
stored mid-day and overnight. This includes two switches in the main line. The facility
itself will have three tracks: a 1,200-foot run through track linking with the siding and two
stub-end tracks, totaling 1,500 track feet. This track arrangement will permit two train sets
to be maintained without one blocking the other, and will also provide room for fleet
expansion. Facility track feet will total 4,400 feet.
The facility will include a 250-foot by 500-foot insulated prefabricated metal shop building
with a cast in-place concrete floor, work bench/shop area, small office area and utility /
restroom area. The building is of sufficient size to allow for a fleet expansion supporting
enhanced services requiring more than four train sets.
The area around the building will be paved. There will be a paved access road to the
facility tracks. The areas on each side of, and between, the rails will be paved to facilitate
all weather vehicular access to the rail equipment.
The site improvements around the facility – including the building and surrounding yard
area, access roads, and rail equipment tracks – will be illuminated.
The maintenance facility will be furnished with the appropriate maintenance tools and
necessary supplies and equipment for routine servicing and cleaning of the rail equipment
including four 100-ton screw jacks, crane or hoist, and welding, grinding, bending and
machining equipment, and including head-end power (HEP), the electrical “hook-up”
required to provide electricity to the equipment’s systems and prevent freeze-up. The
facility will have its own electrical generator in case of a local power failure.
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