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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2019, 03:53:08 PM »
Do you really want to ride a true high speed rail over track laid down by the lowest bidder in California?
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2019, 03:18:04 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on December 17, 2019, 03:53:08 PM
Do you really want to ride a true high speed rail over track laid down by the lowest bidder in California?

No but I want movie stars and the attendees of the next Climate Change Conference to ride it.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2019, 07:56:23 AM »
Quote from: dogmush on December 18, 2019, 03:18:04 AM
No but I want movie stars and the attendees of the next Climate Change Conference to ride it.

Right beside all the politicians and movers and shakers that made it happen.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2019, 08:05:31 AM »
Who are they going to blame when a high speed train malfunctions and ends up starting a wildfire that kills more people than Cecil B DeMille?
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2019, 08:13:26 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 18, 2019, 08:05:31 AM
Who are they going to blame when a high speed train malfunctions and ends up starting a wildfire that kills more people than Cecil B DeMille?

Well duh, Trump of course.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2019, 08:28:00 AM »
This could be an interesting comparison: Texas apparently has a high speed rail in the works running from Houston to Dallas.

https://archinect.com/news/article/150175137/planning-for-texas-central-high-speed-rail-continues-apace
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2019, 08:40:45 AM »
Quote from: just Warren on December 17, 2019, 02:20:26 PM
Ding ding ding!

Judy Garland in "Meet Me in St. Louis"?   :lol:
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #32 on: December 19, 2019, 09:32:15 AM »
Quote from: Ben on December 19, 2019, 08:28:00 AM
This could be an interesting comparison: Texas apparently has a high speed rail in the works running from Houston to Dallas.

https://archinect.com/news/article/150175137/planning-for-texas-central-high-speed-rail-continues-apace

OMG Texkansen.

I like how they said "upgraded climate control for the extreme heat". It's not for the extreme heat; it gets just as hot in parts of Japan. It's because the AC on those things sucks. I imagine some Texan did a test ride and said "sweet trains, but can you put AC in them? Japanese will put up with climate control that would be considered a public health hazard in the US.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #33 on: December 19, 2019, 10:10:23 AM »
Quote from: Ben on December 19, 2019, 08:28:00 AM
This could be an interesting comparison: Texas apparently has a high speed rail in the works running from Houston to Dallas.

https://archinect.com/news/article/150175137/planning-for-texas-central-high-speed-rail-continues-apace
I thought I heard mention of that a while back, I didn't know they were close to trying to build it.  


If the whole thing is elevated like this picture, it may actually work without interfering so much with the areas it passes through.  Back in the 80's/90's the proposal was not like that and would have been a barrier 100's of miles long with a few overpasses.  I am also wondering how much property they are trying to eminent domain to build it.  Being elevated like that, they might be able to do it like a pipeline right of way.  Deer stands in view of the passengers would be neat. 
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #34 on: December 19, 2019, 11:09:33 AM »
The Seattle area badly needs another airport.  Sea-Tac is close to being maxed out.  The Legislature is studying the issue with a goal towards having a new airport ready to receive passengers by 2040 (!).  One of the possibilities being looked at is the Moses Lake airport, a former SAC bomber base 180 miles east of Seattle.  In order to transport passengers from the west side of Washington to the airport, a high speed passenger train tunneling through the Cascades (!) is being considered.  I am pretty sure that the billions of dollars this will cost will remove Moses Lake from the list of airport candidates.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #35 on: December 25, 2019, 06:44:33 PM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on December 19, 2019, 08:40:45 AM
Judy Garland in "Meet Me in St. Louis"?   :lol:


In the song it's actually clang clang clang. I took some liberties to make the joke.

I'll probably be impeached for that.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #36 on: December 25, 2019, 06:48:37 PM »
Quote from: just Warren on December 25, 2019, 06:44:33 PM
In the song it's actually clang clang clang. I took some liberties to make the joke.

I'll probably be impeached for that.

Yes, "Ding! ding! ding!" went the bell.  I've had that stupid song stuck in my head all week.   :lol:
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #37 on: December 25, 2019, 09:43:59 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on December 19, 2019, 11:09:33 AM
. . . I am pretty sure that the billions of dollars this will cost will remove Moses Lake from the list of airport candidates.
Not necessarily - public works projects are perhaps the ideal way of converting public funds into private profits.
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Re: CA High Speed Rail Again
« Reply #38 on: December 25, 2019, 09:48:08 PM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on December 25, 2019, 06:48:37 PM
Yes, "Ding! ding! ding!" went the bell.  I've had that stupid song stuck in my head all week.   :lol:

Me too, it's a small world.
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