Comments on: HSR Doesn’t Have To Be Strange and Unfamiliar

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:02:45 +0000

The picture of Italy in this post is of Monterosso al Mare, one of the Cinque Terre towns.

By: adirondacker12800

adirondacker12800 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:03:41 +0000

For the same reason they weren’t able to go out and buy new F40s when they needed more locomotives for Baby Bullet service and for the same reason they won’t be able to get any GG1s when they electrify. They won’t be able to get AEM7s or HHP8s either. They might be able to get ALP48s or whatever Bombardier is building in 2018. . .assuming Bombardier is still around in 2018 along with Alstom

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:18:55 +0000

Why do you say that?

By: adirondacker12800

adirondacker12800 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:03:28 +0000

airline food?
It’s going to be better than Amcafe but airline food?

By: adirondacker12800

adirondacker12800 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:53:05 +0000

They’ll pass the platforms without stopping like they do all over the world including many places in the US?

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:36:12 +0000

I suspect it’s mainly higher to Mexico.

By: adirondacker12800

adirondacker12800 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:57:24 +0000

It won’t be available in 6 or 7 years when they are sending out requests for proposals.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:28:42 +0000

At most stations yes, but the question remains of what will happen to express trains at Millbrae and Redwood City/Palo Alto/Mountain View, where space is somewhat constrained so it might not make sense to construct a 6 track station…

By: adirondacker12800

adirondacker12800 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:17:28 +0000

and they won’t be passing platform tracks on the Peninsula at most stations either.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:37:45 +0000

Though to be fair, those trains aren’t passing the platform tracks.