LMAO with your obsession on this topic.
Author: LES
Date: 07-30-2021 - 13:38
BOB2 Wrote:
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> 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.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 125 mph is about the limit for diesel trains.