That's the reason I ask, ie, Brightline is a Siemens diesel camp, but what will the state of Nevada let them get away with? Are they ok with 125 mph? From my communication with the Nevada Dept of Transportation they aren't. But you never know how far up the food chain an employee goes. It should be fun to see what transpires.

FUD Wrote:
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> Has been discussed here before. Brightline/Virgin
> doesn't do electric HSR which is what Desert
> Xpress/XpressWest's project was for. They do
> 125mph diesel trains.
>
> Also, the Victorville-Vegas route isn't flatland
> like Brightline in FL; it has actual mountains
> that the original HSR project was going to poke a
> tunnel through after running up and down freeway
> grades (a bit stiffer than the average railroad)
> along I-15. IOW don't trust a news article with
> weasel words indicating that the writer was making
> WAG. Unless they are silently well along in the
> process environmental reevaluation, permit
> renewal, and pre-construction work for this are
> definitely going to take more than 3 years.
>
> Just for fun, read through some of the NEPA stuff
> (ROD issued in 2011 and so far no indication of an
> update for Virgin's scheme) at FRA.
> [www.fra.dot.gov] That'll give
> you an idea of what Branson's up against. Consider
> what changes are likely to be needed to substitute
> a slower diesel for the original electrics, and
> what might be needed to cut the project cost in
> half.