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Re: CAHSR Releases Shortlist of Potential Suppliers for Electrified High-Speed Trains in California
Author: Bonded in primitive bondage
Date: 01-08-2024 - 21:38
Anonymous Wrote:
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> Maybe a little premature to put too lofty of
> expectations on these first 6 trains.
> Screaming up Tehachapi Pass could be 30 years off,
> a period that is near their life
> expectancy. They might be of use for Pacheco but
> even then they could be
> relegated to non-express service. The 2:40
> required speeds will only exist
> when phase 1 is entirely completed.
What makes you think they are going OVER the hill ??????????
The entire reason I voted no on the bond prop in Nov 2008, was because of NO PLAN of crossing the big shaking mountain between the sj valley floor and downtown burbank (that's an NBC joke). Speaking of jokes, are those new tracks turning LAUPT into LAUS done yet !?
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> Maybe a little premature to put too lofty of
> expectations on these first 6 trains.
> Screaming up Tehachapi Pass could be 30 years off,
> a period that is near their life
> expectancy. They might be of use for Pacheco but
> even then they could be
> relegated to non-express service. The 2:40
> required speeds will only exist
> when phase 1 is entirely completed.
What makes you think they are going OVER the hill ??????????
The entire reason I voted no on the bond prop in Nov 2008, was because of NO PLAN of crossing the big shaking mountain between the sj valley floor and downtown burbank (that's an NBC joke). Speaking of jokes, are those new tracks turning LAUPT into LAUS done yet !?
