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Re: NO Caltrain IS Not Dead.....
Author: fkrock
Date: 02-07-2017 - 09:28

Joe Magruder Wrote:
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> Just to nitpick. There were electrification plans
> way before the 1980s. The Southern Pacific had
> plans to electrify the San Jose commute line in
> the first decade of the last century. Other
> demands got in the way - e.g., the need to stem
> the flow of the Colorado River into the Salton Sea
> and an earthquake.

The SP red car system in the San Francisco East Bay was originally designed to supply electricity to convert the Peninsula trains to electric operation.

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