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Re: National HSR: Don't send a Graphic Designer to do a Civil Engineer's Job!
Author: Guy from DownUnder
Date: 02-09-2013 - 00:35
That Guy With The Genset Wrote:
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> The graphic designer in question probably just
> pulled up a map of existing U.S. Railroads and
> traced it. Note how the Portland-Sacramento
> section seems to smack head-on into the Siskiyous,
> which Espee barely tamed with the Cantara Loops.
> Salt Lake-Green River (and its affiliated,
> high-altitude and high-cost crossing of the
> Rockies) makes no sense, and besides there would
> be a smoother summit over Sherman Hill, with a
> junction to Denver and points south at Cheyenne.
>
> Of course, I know nothing of the nuts 'n bolts of
> demand forecasting myself at the present, so I
> should seriously shut up and stop drawing lines on
> a map like the designer in OP's post.
Doesn't That Guy With The Genset know that the Rockies are not between Salt Lake and Green River? Try the WASATCH.
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> The graphic designer in question probably just
> pulled up a map of existing U.S. Railroads and
> traced it. Note how the Portland-Sacramento
> section seems to smack head-on into the Siskiyous,
> which Espee barely tamed with the Cantara Loops.
> Salt Lake-Green River (and its affiliated,
> high-altitude and high-cost crossing of the
> Rockies) makes no sense, and besides there would
> be a smoother summit over Sherman Hill, with a
> junction to Denver and points south at Cheyenne.
>
> Of course, I know nothing of the nuts 'n bolts of
> demand forecasting myself at the present, so I
> should seriously shut up and stop drawing lines on
> a map like the designer in OP's post.
Doesn't That Guy With The Genset know that the Rockies are not between Salt Lake and Green River? Try the WASATCH.
