 |
Results 3901 - 3930 of 3997
09-16-2008 - 21:49
synonymouse
3901. St. Gotthard base tunnel
Good piece entitled "The Long Dig", about building the 35 mile St. Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland appears in the current issue of the New Yorker. Just goes to show that the general public, inclu
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-15-2008 - 14:35
synonymouse
Firing her only serves to intensify the controversy. If she was actually at the scene of the wreck when making the comments that has to be taken into consideration. What she said did accomplish taki
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-13-2008 - 20:26
synonymouse
You are all assuming that SMART will be approved at the polls. Maybe so, maybe no.
As far as I am concerned any transit operation beyond a certain frequency of service should mandate double track.
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-12-2008 - 20:24
synonymouse
3904. Re: low floor streetcars
What I am proposing is such a radical departure from conventional practice as to sound preposterous. It is based on the notion that railroads benefit from a built-in guidance system that is not only
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-12-2008 - 00:38
synonymouse
I am surmising that if all wheels spun independently, that would take care of wheel squeal on corners. It may be that everything has already been invented, but I wouldn't rule out a breakthrough. Ne
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-11-2008 - 22:08
synonymouse
3906. Re: low floor streetcars
"Tracking and wheel wear problems" - sounds like a drawback inherent to the truck design? How about a radically different engineering of the steering and suspension assembly along automotive lines?
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-11-2008 - 21:32
synonymouse
Railfans are not anti-bicycle. Far from it. A bit of foresight and planning could have avoided this conflict. What with the its FRA-related problems with NWP-NCRA how could SMART not be aware that
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-11-2008 - 09:53
synonymouse
Here's a mental exercise for you all. Think up all the possible excuses that NCRA-NWP and SMART will use down the road to explain their failure to live up to all the grandiose promises and claims the
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-11-2008 - 00:38
synonymouse
3909. Re: low floor streetcars
Do these cars maintain the same floor height throughout? In other words where do you get the clearance for the trucks and related running gear?
I am very curious as to whether the low body to rail
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-10-2008 - 23:49
synonymouse
The question is simple - is this ROW wide enough to accommodate 2 tracks of light rail as well as your bike path? All the indications so far is that it is not wide enough. The silent majority in bot
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-10-2008 - 11:20
synonymouse
3911. low floor streetcars
I have only read about this type of vehicle. How does their weight and performance stack up against light rail cars? Has any system tried to operate them underground? The platforms would have to be
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-09-2008 - 22:54
synonymouse
Against the backdrop of this emotional debate two points loom large for me. One is that NCRA-NWP deserves one decent last chance to show it can function as a shortline on its own merits. If it can p
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-07-2008 - 09:58
synonymouse
Sounds first rate to me. By comparison to the byzantine Bay Area Portland has its act together.
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-07-2008 - 09:40
synonymouse
3914. NWP news
Rail is currently being laid for a new spur from Dairymens Coop to the NWP along Lakeville Hwy in Petaluma behind Longs Drugs.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported a few days ago that the judge
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-06-2008 - 23:26
synonymouse
Am I correct in assuming the newsline article describing a proposed new light rail bridge south of the Hawthorne Street Bridge in Portland and service to Milwaukie, Ore. and south is talking about the
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-06-2008 - 23:07
synonymouse
The only solution is nationalization(or regional or state version thereof). Even with the attendant labor problems. I do not know if re-privatization will work, as is now the experiment in the UK,
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-05-2008 - 12:08
synonymouse
If a short second track were laid in from the NWP wye towards Schellville south of Novato back to downtown Novato, what would prevent SMART from running their doodlebugs anytime they wished? SMART is
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-05-2008 - 10:08
synonymouse
Very interesting item on FRA permitted light rail and freight rail on the same line in New Jersey. It is on the Light Rail Now newsline. I hope this link works: http://www.lightrailnow.org/news/n_n
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-04-2008 - 11:14
synonymouse
Schedule 80 cpvc seemed pretty strong when I snuck some in an old house in Lake County in the early 90's. The well water was so aggressive the locals said it would even eat copper. I sold the place
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-04-2008 - 09:08
synonymouse
The newsline has an article talking about Yakima's replacement of stolen copper trolley wire with aluminum clad steel contact wire. What a great idea but does it work? Copper bends and breaks so eas
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-03-2008 - 21:22
synonymouse
SMART, NCRA-NWP and the bike lanes - that sounds to me like a menage a trois, about the most unstable liaison imaginable. Dump the bike lanes for sure. I'm sure SMART and NCRA-NWP wish the other wou
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-02-2008 - 21:16
synonymouse
I couldn't agree more with the argument that Muni's Central Subway project should not in any way make a Geary Subway more difficult. That would be completely irresponsible, but not impossible the way
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-02-2008 - 10:41
synonymouse
As farfetched as it may seem O'Shaughnessy did have a Bernal Cut expansion scheme on the ballot in l917. I know this because I went down to the San Francisco room at the library in the early 1970's a
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
09-01-2008 - 09:39
synonymouse
Most all of the numbered bus lines used to be Market Street Railway streetcar lines. A few were Muni Railway streetcar lines, like the busiest, the #38 bus line, which had been the B Geary streetcar
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
08-30-2008 - 10:33
synonymouse
Thanks for all the informed responses. I missed out on that era unfortunately.
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
08-29-2008 - 10:00
synonymouse
My daughter's boy friend just couldn't believe it recently when I assured him that standard heavy streetcars used to run on Haight Street in San Francisco. But after trying to visualize this myself i
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
08-28-2008 - 09:30
synonymouse
3927. Re: BART Track Gauge
A nice cover story. How come it has never been duplicated since despite its putative superiority? BART had to pick out a gauge that was still in use, not one(like 6 feet) that had been redone to sta
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
08-28-2008 - 00:14
synonymouse
3928. Re: Ax Grinding
To paraphrase Paul Claudel's famous remark about Brazil, BART is the transit system of the future - and always will be.
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
08-27-2008 - 19:36
synonymouse
3929. Re: Grade separation
Many of BART's "innovations" were failures because they had already been tried before and found wanting. Perhaps BART should have gone for the Erie Railroad's 6 foot gauge - the lessons of history mi
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
08-27-2008 - 09:55
synonymouse
Basically BART should be considered "built out". I hope San Jose voters turn it down - I'd rather see Caltrain electrified in the East Bay.
What worries me is that the machine is plotting to foist
Forum: Discussion
Forum: Discussion
| Search Messages | Search Authors | |