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Re: Breaking NEWS! AT least 3 killed in MetroLink Crash! |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Jan 26 14:41:36 2005, in response to Re: Breaking NEWS! AT least 3 killed in MetroLink Crash!, posted by R36 #9346 on Wed Jan 26 14:25:39 2005. Gee, you just described probably what the now comotose California High Speed Rail line would have accomplished in 20-30 years assuming it's initial lines were successful. It was to be a fully grade separated HSR system lacking any interface with the FRA network and offering European or Asian-like HSR speeds of 350kph (220mph) between major cities. There appear to have been plans to make the CalTrain corridor line a non-FRA set of tracks, electrified at the 25kv the rest of the system would be electrified at, and working like the NEC. Sadly with Governor Davis shamed out of office by Enron-type dealings by the power industry and the election of Herr Gropenfuhrer, the system is all but dead.But at least a few folks on the left coast haven't given up hope: http://www.bayrailalliance.org |
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