henryj
Conductor
Finally a plan that incorporates Houston to Dallas and the Gulf Coast. This one looks more practical than the others.
http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20101117/national-high-speed-rail-plan-unveiled-despite-political-roadblocks
http://www.ushsr.com/
http://www.ushsr.com/phasingplan.html
Ok I keep looking at this map and.......
Just looking at this you have to wonder who dreams this stuff up. The fine BNSF transcon is only shown as far as Wichita Kansas and only as 110mph. So no chicago to KC high speed trains. Then they show Denver to SLC as high speed.....through the rockies???? It would be just one long tunnel. lol. The Sunset route west of San Antonio looses out until you get to Tucson. But Albuquerque to Phoenix. Completely new alignment. SLC straight through to Seattle. OMG. And it looks like they want to bore through the Sierras to San Francisco.
This is just a far off dream for most of this plan. Only a tiny fraction of this will ever be built to true high speed standards. I would say the green lines have the best chance. The rest is just fantasy land. What do you think? I mean they are saying 2030. I would think it's more like 2130. Really this is just a scheme to fund the NEC and California.
http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20101117/national-high-speed-rail-plan-unveiled-despite-political-roadblocks
http://www.ushsr.com/
http://www.ushsr.com/phasingplan.html
Ok I keep looking at this map and.......
Just looking at this you have to wonder who dreams this stuff up. The fine BNSF transcon is only shown as far as Wichita Kansas and only as 110mph. So no chicago to KC high speed trains. Then they show Denver to SLC as high speed.....through the rockies???? It would be just one long tunnel. lol. The Sunset route west of San Antonio looses out until you get to Tucson. But Albuquerque to Phoenix. Completely new alignment. SLC straight through to Seattle. OMG. And it looks like they want to bore through the Sierras to San Francisco.
This is just a far off dream for most of this plan. Only a tiny fraction of this will ever be built to true high speed standards. I would say the green lines have the best chance. The rest is just fantasy land. What do you think? I mean they are saying 2030. I would think it's more like 2130. Really this is just a scheme to fund the NEC and California.
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