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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Deadly accident in India 6/2/23.A couple of comments and a couple of questions, probably more later. 1. Considering the speed of collision and scattering of the...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Acela 21 development, testing and deployment.Age is of no real significance in rail. Rail life is based on wear and development of internal defects in the steel and is usually...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Acela 21 development, testing and deployment.There are many things that could be going into the ride quality issues. First some of the non-track non-wheel ones: There is a comfort...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread The growth of China's High Speed Rail network.NO!!!! Completely nonsensical illogical statement. Many variables. In open flat terrain, the difference would be near zero. In urban...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread New Gulf Coast Amtrak service (New Orleans - Mobile, New Orleans - Baton Rouge).Been tried before in other places. For many years there were train speed restrictions in numerous urban areas. Many were in areas...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Transcontinental Air Travel in 1929.Actually, I would doubt that it was "with a road map." It was more likely to be a railroad map. My dad learned to fly in the late...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Brightline Trains Florida update.The political clout of the various Weekend Admirals is amazing, but remember, these are people with serious money who can probably call...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Chicago - St. Louis Lincoln Corridor to begin Higher Speed running.There was a lot of unrealistic optimism going on in this entire debacle. The "merger" was essentially a takeover of the GM&O by ICRR...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Surfliner service suspended Oceanside-Irvine due to emergency track work.Where is the alternative alignment?
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Surfliner service suspended Oceanside-Irvine due to emergency track work.It is way past time for them to take on performance of serious slope stabilization throughout the entire length of the line where it as...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Brightline Trains Florida update.The thing to keep in mind when reading these reports is that they must include all the possibilities from existing conditions to the...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Experiences of travel including rail over time in the US.Understand. Many picture like that in a lot of families, including mine. There is a picture of me as a baby with my mother in the...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Brightline Trains Florida update.Not necessarily, The WMATA platforms in the underground stations are on a 0.35% grade. You cannot see that it is there when standing on...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Adding frequency to Long Distance (LD) service.Other than San Francisco to San Jose, CAHSR will be on their own rails, so freight interference or interference with Amtrak trains is...
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GGeorge Harris replied to the thread Experiences of travel including rail over time in the US.My first train trip may have been as a lump inside mommy during WW2 because my mother was with her family near Jackson TN while my...
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