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      OmahaRoad reacted to Neil Rubin's post in the thread California HSR with Like Like.
      For what it's worth, there is no legal requirement of 220 mph operations, only of 220 mph test and certification and of "sustained...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Neil Rubin's post in the thread California HSR with Like Like.
      On the Coast Starlight, it looks like the biggest city pairs by ridership all involve Seattle or Portland at one end, and the top seven...
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      OmahaRoad replied to the thread California HSR.
      Thank you very much, will use without your name. Yes, so many good points in this thread. Thanks to all for the education!
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Neil Rubin's post in the thread California HSR with Like Like.
      That is definitely not the current plan. The $3.1 billion federal IIJA grant is meant to pay for (among other things) catenary and 220...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Neil Rubin's post in the thread California HSR with Like Like.
      Glad to hear that you like it. Others in the thread have made some good points, too, like the problems with locking in speeds and...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to jis's post in the thread Shanghai - Hong Kong HS Sleeper with Like Like.
      Technically Russian Gauge today is 1520mm. Finnish Gauge is 1524mm. In reality the difference is too small to make any material...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Tlcooper44's post in the thread Shanghai - Hong Kong HS Sleeper with Like Like.
      Due to partial relocation, Chinese trains are going to be a regular part of my future, much to my excitement. Chinese sleeper trains...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Traveller's post in the thread China - rail travel with Like Like.
      Have now booked flights to/from China for September - October this year. From Europe to Shanghai, return to Europe from Hong Kong. For...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Tlcooper44's post in the thread China - rail travel with Like Like.
      I just rode the Chinese high speed sleeper train from Shanghai to Hong Kong, and plan to post an in-depth trip report in a few hours. I...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to Traveller's post in the thread China - rail travel with Like Like.
      Thanks everybody, very interesting stories and enough here to make me head off to do deeper research. Travelling in China before 2000...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to flitcraft's post in the thread China - rail travel with Like Like.
      I've been travelling in China since the late 1980's and will skip over my experiences other than the last decade or two, since the...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to travelmore621's post in the thread Hello from NW Indiana with Like Like.
      Living just minutes from the southern end of Lake Michigan, I am within earshot of many train lines. Heck growing up we were a half...
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      OmahaRoad replied to the thread California HSR.
      Neil, this is the best and most succinct analysis I've ever read of what actually has caused the 'cost overruns' on CAHSR. By far...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to cirdan's post in the thread California HSR with Like Like.
      It would be wrong to assume that cost overruns don't occur in Europe. For example the Swiss base tunnels were initially costed at 8...
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      OmahaRoad reacted to GDRRiley's post in the thread California HSR with Like Like.
      33B number isn't really rooted in anything other than some very early estimates using European costs. By the time they started looking...
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