As we are wont to say, it is complicated.
First off, you are going to need two requirements met: a similar amount of money to that already blown on engineering the Tehachapi-Palmdale detour and an
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The Sir Lancelot high gluten only comes in 50 lb. sacks and I have not been able to find it around here.
Looks like Lewisberry is on the NS. This map also shows a little piece of the original EBT:
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IIRC PB did propose going up one of the valleys at the east end of the Ranch but that did not go far. The Ranch is calling all the shots.
In relation to the cost of CAHSR buying out the Ranch make
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Clem Tillier proposed an alignment that involve steeper gradients that would reduce the amount of civil works and cut the cost of a Tejon crossing. I believe the idea is that even with a 4% grade you
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/high-speed-rail/article249046875.html
Restructure the priorities to make the Palmdale base tunnel top of the list.
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https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/high-performance/a-new-plan-forward-for-california-high-speed-rail/
But shouldn't it be showing a base tunnel?
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It seems to me that if a merger of class 1's were to occur it would have been under Trump. The current regime will be more antitrust and more interested in growth of government projects.
Besides I
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The military was the major constructor of the viae.
Rome's finances were mostly drawn from the plebs, the "mob", not the senatorial or equestrian classes. Sound familiar?
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Military downside of roads and aqueducts was barbarians could move fast on the viae just like the legions and all the invaders had to do to mess up a large city like Rome was knock down a little piece
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-04/70-roosters-seized-in-suspected-illegal-cockfighting-operation-near-palmdale
Mecca of haute couture for trendy hip vacationers.
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The 99 corridor and Tehachapi-Palmdale detours will definitely make 2:40 SF to LA challenging
Anybody have an idea of just how fast an HSR trainset could "safely" blast thru, say, Palmdale HBF or a
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Willie Brown, for all his shortcomings, in his day in the Legislature, would have taken care of this for Muni.
He had scored the funding for wiring the #71(now#7)Noriega but Muni management lost in
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https://www.radio.com/kcbsradio/news/local/bart-boards-li-speaks-her-mind-f-k-elon-musk
But 5-6 was the sixties version of HypeLoop. Bechtel promised vactubes.
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Re-route HypeSpeedRail back to Tejon-Grapevine, where it belongs.
It appears there will be a recall and I hope Faulconer(spelling?)has the stones to bring up this incredibly dumb detour. What is t
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