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LMAO with your obsession on this topic.

Author: LES

Date: 07-30-2021 - 13:38

BOB2 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> 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:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LES Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > 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.

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Amtrak to Phoenix	John	07-29-2021 - 10:58
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix	LES	07-29-2021 - 11:30
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix	An Observer	07-29-2021 - 13:44
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix	LES	07-29-2021 - 14:22
Must be hard going through life not having a clue.	LES	07-29-2021 - 14:33
PHX to Tucson might be a good idea.	El Gringo	07-29-2021 - 16:11
Inner city vs Inter city	LES	07-30-2021 - 07:48
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix	An Observer	07-29-2021 - 16:56
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix	El Gringo	07-29-2021 - 17:07
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix	An Observer	07-29-2021 - 17:17
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix He's under a lot of stress do to those "slow thinking'" "southern" types	BOB2	07-29-2021 - 22:34
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix He's under a lot of stress do to those "slow thinking'" "southern" types	An Observer	07-29-2021 - 22:41
Re: Amtrak to Phoenix He's under a lot of stress do to those "slow thinking'" "southern" types	Wickenburg Willie	07-30-2021 - 04:17
You obviously haven't heard the SC HSR Board members appointed by SC	LES	07-30-2021 - 08:14
Re: SC HSR Board members? Reduced to name calling and smear tactics....?	BOB2	07-30-2021 - 08:45
Including Belen in a HSR discussion is beyond reproach	LES	07-30-2021 - 06:57
Re: LES is working overtime.... Those damned "slow thinking" "southerner's" must be causing problems for the CAHSAR again....	BOB2	07-30-2021 - 07:57
Birds of a feather	LES	07-30-2021 - 09:35
Re: Including Belen in a HSR discussion is beyond reproach	More clued in	07-30-2021 - 11:14
Well, that too.	LES	07-30-2021 - 11:59
Re: Caught out like that by someone more clued in?	BOB2	07-30-2021 - 12:47
Learn from the best	LES	07-30-2021 - 13:36
Re: There is no "that too" unless they heard it from Doc and Marty....	BOB2	07-30-2021 - 13:19
LMAO with your obsession on this topic.	LES	07-30-2021 - 13:38
Re: LMAO with your obsession on this topic.	KEJXT	07-30-2021 - 19:00

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LES Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> > -----
> > > LES Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> > 
> > > -----
> > > > 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.

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