Re: New Northern California Railroad
Author: BARTHOLOMEW BECHTEL
Date: 12-14-2018 - 16:26
Railbaron Wrote:
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> Bob the Train Guy Wrote:
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> > It would be less costly to just reopen the Eel
> > River Canyon... Which makes this idea dumber
> than
> > opening the Eel River Canyon...
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> As much as I would love to see the Eel River
> Canyon, even if they did the bare basics to get it
> re-opened, which would be close to a complete
> rebuild after all these years, they would still
> have to deal with all the problems NWP had -
> unstable ground, washouts. Cost would go up from
> there if they created clearances for
> double-stacks, which would also have to be done
> south of Willits.
Surely new technology can solve the woes of the NWP