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02-13-2019 - 08:48
observer
A couple of thoughts that occured after pressing Submit...
There was and is a basic fallacy that HSR is supposed to compete with air travel between N & S California. That doesn't work. Yes, it's th
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02-08-2019 - 11:09
fantastications
But Hyperloop! Train through the Earth's Core! Maglev in vacuum tube doing 10,000 miles an hour!
(Didn't I see a movie about that? It's in all sorts of SciFi books, often as a plot starter after tu
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12-11-2018 - 07:31
hysterical
In this case Mr. Mouse is not far off the original plan. Something near San Jose is in fact a necessary stop - perhaps, really, the appropriate north end of high speed running - and being part of the
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09-04-2018 - 18:03
erk?
I-5 between Sacramento and LA is designed for 70-80 mph in a well-maintained passenger car. It has too many trucks for anybody to come near that as an average, though >100 mph is commonly seen in spur
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08-26-2018 - 20:34
Clem
No worries. I doubt we'll agree on this, and that's okay. You speak of HSR as if it were some harebrained scheme like a Muskian Hyperloop, which makes me wonder again if you've ever traveled to Europe
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08-05-2018 - 19:21
BOB2
Oops.....! And, you hate Southwest so much why? Evil LAX! And, in what century do you think it will get to Irvine, Riverside, or San Diego? And, linking these centers has to be done at probably th
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07-31-2018 - 09:43
mook can't resist
Have been lurking, occasionally, but...
Rampant greed and political hubris were sufficient for the HSR debacle. Good old-fashioned stupidity was a factor, but really just an add-on. The idea, reall
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06-20-2018 - 02:00
Just Sayin'
Can Tesla really even complete 500 cars a day to deliver to anyone?
Elon's latest set of bizarre public "meltdowns", railing against the "saboteurs" (apparently his new "meltdown" phrase when con
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05-04-2018 - 19:35
Commenter
Interesting. And it failed because of the introduction of HSR. Sound like the Hyperloop.
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01-24-2018 - 08:11
David Dumpling
Perhaps Drump would approve a hyperloop tube that delivers Big Macs directly to his bedroom at the WH?
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11-17-2017 - 19:49
Commenter
One of the fundamental problems with Hyperloop is its capacity. When you multiply the vehicle passenger capacity by the number of vehicles per hour you get about 1/3 the capacity of a track.
Anoth
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11-17-2017 - 16:05
BOB2
Wow, I'm impressed with the question.....
Hyperloop, from all I have read an seen, is basically a variation on the maglev, using linear induction propulsion, but in a tube, with a vacuum to reduce
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11-14-2017 - 19:36
synonymouse
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/14/denver-to-build-hyperloop-inspired-high-speed-transport-system.html
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10-30-2017 - 15:02
Goatboat
Just Sayin' Wrote:
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> Have you ever noticed that every time Tesla
> reports it is failing to meet anything close to
> its production goals fo
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10-30-2017 - 11:32
Just Sayin'
Have you ever noticed that every time Tesla reports it is failing to meet anything close to its production goals for the EV's, and making Musk's investors really nervous about whether they'll ever see
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09-15-2017 - 10:19
Come on
Hyperloop has planned a route from eureka to the larkspur. Ground breaking next week
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01-26-2017 - 23:23
mook
You didn't read it all, and were just looking for things to diss. The main line (high speed or just decent speed) from LA to the Bay Area will be in the SJV. That's a done deal and it makes more sense
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01-26-2017 - 16:17
mook
BART in Market St. and Oakland was kind of the ultimate cut & cover due to the depth and horrid conditions.
I think I saw that line about cut & cover being easier on the neighbors in the TRAINS art
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01-06-2017 - 18:07
mook
> ... Prohibitively Expensive civil works ...
FTFY. It's only money, right?
If you're building for flyover traffic, by all means go as straight as possible. That's what the tube train will do if
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11-14-2016 - 12:14
mook
Very true.
A direct route along 99 would take out the centers of several small towns, with community impacts and costs related to that but little or no possibility of service (call Amtrak or Greyh
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09-10-2016 - 18:47
mook
Bob: much of what you see in CAHSR is a result of the way the politically-designed (mainly to fund a few commuter and BART projects, which did happen) Proposition was written. I would challenge you to
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08-31-2016 - 22:09
mook
You all have good points, and Bob's mention in passing of lanes on I-5 is very much to the point. Even at mid-day on a Sunday it's a solid train of trucks in the 2 right lanes (and sometimes the 3rd)
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08-31-2016 - 18:22
mook
Let's postulate a universe where instead of the CAHSR/Kopp boondoggle we got, say, $10B to fill in gaps and set up a real California Passenger Railroad system. Granted that it wouldn't be 200mph HSR,
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06-30-2016 - 11:13
mook
I kind of like the idea (totally infeasible of course) of a monorail or hyperloop connecting Disneyland, the airport, ARTIC, Fullerton (for long-distance Amtrak, and both Riverside and O.C. Metrolink
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06-11-2016 - 12:57
mook
Thanks for the correction Peter. I had the impression that the FL operation was going to use cars similar to the Cal-Car-derived stuff being built for the state operations - theoretically capable of 1
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05-25-2016 - 15:15
clipper841
so much for overweight people, looks like they have taken examples from american and united
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05-25-2016 - 13:11
mook
From The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/24/11761084/hyperloop-transportation-technologies-pod-interior-reflekt
This is from the Hyperloop company that wants to move people (the other one see
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05-18-2016 - 21:40
mook
Pop Sci on Jimmy Fallon on Pros & Cons of hyperloop (funny): http://www.popsci.com/jimmy-fallon-lists-pros-and-cons-traveling-by-hyperloop Also, link to PopSci feature article on the subject - not ba
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05-14-2016 - 15:25
NWP
A quick google earth scan found the test track for the Flight Rail. Had no idea that was there. The videos look like it's just a big model railroad. Is the test track maglev?
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05-14-2016 - 14:27
Ed Workman
A few days ago I was pawing thru old RR trade press mags, as in before 1900,
maybe even 1880's. I didn't mark it and tried to find it again. No Luck.
It was a scheme for high speed freight and pass
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