Re: LA SCAX expansion of AVL into Kern County There are a lot of good candidates that would work
Author: mvs
Date: 08-25-2018 - 15:36
Lot of good posts here; thank you BOB2 and Sgt. Joe.
I know that tunneling from Lang to the SF Valley would save some time, but I would hate to see development in the still somewhat-pristine Lake View Terrace area.
I also wonder if curve realignment between Acton and Via Princessa and then between Mojave and Tehachapi (if practical -- maybe what we have now is "as good as it gets" without big spending) would help running time. I think passenger rail could definitely highball from Lancaster northward.
P.S. Perris/215 corridor and the 15 corridor. I would imagine that modern technology could make a reconnected California Southern ROW less susceptible to flooding. If only we weren't spending all this money on HSR; BOB2 and Sgt. Joe have identified several better options in a few paragraphs.