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Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Apr 27 03:10:18 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by Wado MP73 on Thu Apr 26 23:11:49 2012. 20 to 30 minutes difference is exactly at the line where you can be competitive or notThey're still competitive, though. Who is saying they aren't? How much of a market share should the train have? (We can always pool our financial resources and restore passenger service along the parallel B&O if you want more trains.) According to Olog, it's not the infrastructure but the AE themselves and the FRA No, I did say that the infrastructure contributes; you were the one that said it does not. The AE itself and the FRA are certainly other contributing factors, but the infrastructure's condition and status quo (according to the FRA) are insufficient to allow operation at 150 mph for significant stretches, as well as the FRA's insistence of continuously cutting back the permitted cant deficiency that the AE's tilt mechanism can operate at. (The AE can't even run significantly faster than non-tilt trains through the reverse curve in Elizabeth NJ mostly due to all of this, which may be practical but also most likely has a cause in bureacratic impedance.) |
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