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<br />. <br /> <br />Further, it is apparent to NCDA technical staff that Upgrade 1, west of the Northtown <br />Yard has little impact on the system by itself and thus should be minimized. There are <br />also some concerns about the length of crew change times, especially for unit trains, <br />handling of taconite trains through the terminal, and the possibility of changing some of <br />the local switching work to avoid the morning commuter trains. These issues will be <br />addressed at a meeting in early January with BNSF staff. It is not expected that <br />agreement from BNSF will be attained at this meeting but rather a commitment to <br />continue testing Year 2003 alternatives. <br /> <br />Currently, BNSF is completing the Year 2020 case and is planning to have the freight <br />only base case completed in late December. At that time NCDA technical staff will <br />advise BNSF staff of the changes to the commuter schedules, which will be adding cars <br />to the existing trains with no additional train starts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Draft Commuter Rail Technical Feasibility Study <br />December 1998 <br /> <br />4-3 <br />Capacity Modeling <br />