Re: There is no "that too" unless they heard it from Doc and Marty....
Author: BOB2
Date: 07-30-2021 - 13:19
Brightline made this decision years before any discussions of any infrastructure bill. Brightline/Virgin would not have been eligible for any Federal HSR funding under any program that I am aware of at that time. The decision Brightline made was publicly and openly based entirely on the premise stated by More clued in...
Actually there are 110 mph segmentswith grade separation enough on some segments of the FEC that could potentially do 125 mph, but the other "FRA" reason for 110 mph. maximum operatonal speed, in addition to the multiple segments with a lot of grade crossings, is the mix of freight and passenger rail operations on the FEC.
So, in fact, there's no "that too" at all, unless Marty and Doc came back in the Delorean and told Brightline about Covid, Trump losing, Biden,and this proposed infrastructure bill back when Brightline made that decisions...
I only wish Doc and Marty had done that for me, when I endorsed Prop. 1 A, and gave life to the "troll of many names".....
More clued in Wrote:
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> LES Wrote:
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> > Brighline put in a short 20-30 mile 125mph
> section
> > hoping they would be HSR eligible, maybe
> Colorado
> > will choose the same.
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> No. That section is 125 mph because it is grade
> separated new ROW. The existing line had too many
> road crossings. So not eligible for over 110
> mph.
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> 125 mph is about the limit for diesel trains.