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Re: SMART "Goes Your Own Way", Disregards Engine Builder's Advice
Author: synonymouse
Date: 10-20-2016 - 14:03
If you cannot afford wire you cannot afford rail.
Just as with the new and successful LACMTA lines a certain minimal degree of ROW upgrade is required. Catenary, flyovers at very heavy trafficked intersections and a stationary high level bridge over the Petaluma River. At least. But the freight has to go to accomplish these infrastructure improvements.
This would be a GGT operation co-ordinated with its other transit ops and essentially replacing ultimately the 101 trunk route to SF. One-man operation.
You gets what you pays for. It may come as a surprise but there is a vocal cadre of BART fanboys constantly whining about extending their favorite broad gauge boondoggle into the Northbay. No doubt Heminger and MTC love that idea. Talk about spending some serious money and not going where the real commute business is, the City. Of course there is the real cattlecar Manhattanizer - BART down Geary and over the GG Bridge. **** that and the broad gauge horse it rode in on.
SMART was just a trick by Bosco to get his rr a free rebuild.
Just as with the new and successful LACMTA lines a certain minimal degree of ROW upgrade is required. Catenary, flyovers at very heavy trafficked intersections and a stationary high level bridge over the Petaluma River. At least. But the freight has to go to accomplish these infrastructure improvements.
This would be a GGT operation co-ordinated with its other transit ops and essentially replacing ultimately the 101 trunk route to SF. One-man operation.
You gets what you pays for. It may come as a surprise but there is a vocal cadre of BART fanboys constantly whining about extending their favorite broad gauge boondoggle into the Northbay. No doubt Heminger and MTC love that idea. Talk about spending some serious money and not going where the real commute business is, the City. Of course there is the real cattlecar Manhattanizer - BART down Geary and over the GG Bridge. **** that and the broad gauge horse it rode in on.
SMART was just a trick by Bosco to get his rr a free rebuild.
