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Re: High speed rail on the NEC-300 kmh service |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Thu May 8 10:39:55 2008, in response to High speed rail on the NEC-300 kmh service, posted by R42 4787 on Thu May 8 00:45:59 2008. There is little point to doing anything with the NEC.Yeah, they will eventually put some faster trains on those tracks, maybe reorganize interface with commuter trains, and shove freight service elsewhere. But that is it. Done. HSR *is* indicated, and needed in this country, but it cannot coexist with existing freight tracks. Using existing interstate ROWs as the backbone, new rail lines *can* be built. Making Chicago in five hours by rail *is* possible and will put more airlines to sleep. But it MUST be new ROW. LION doesn't see the fed doing anything of the sort. Ergo it must come from regional governments and/or private enterprise. Construct the ROWs and then contract with operators for service. Include head-end (UPS, FedEx etc) as strictly containerized shipments such as the airlines already use. Use the EXACT same containers, that way they will be inter modal with air. ROAR |
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