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Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Thu Apr 26 10:05:19 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Wed Apr 25 19:20:18 2012. The possibility of that is pretty much the the same whether they're going 60MPH or 125MPH...There's only so much stuff even a robust P42 can battering ram its way through. Doubling the speed increases the energy involved by a factor of 4. Well yeah. But I thought the plan was that the third track would be dedicated to passenger trains, to allow them to pass freight trains. The two existing tracks would still also be used for passenger trains as well, probably at the current 79MPH speed. They would start at 80 and after the single 110 track proved insufficient the state would badger CSX to improve it to 110. In that case it wouldn't be a capitol expense, but a recurring maintenance expense and those are really hard for freight railroads to get fully compensated for. |
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