tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post4335295927699307263..comments2023-10-30T09:03:07.163-07:00Comments on California High Speed Rail Blog: Argentina Launches High Speed Rail ProjectRobert Cruickshankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06906581839066570472noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-72061181270204194132008-09-24T04:44:00.000-07:002008-09-24T04:44:00.000-07:00Um... High Speed 1, the London to Paris high speed...Um... High Speed 1, the London to Paris high speed rail link finishes in the western hemisphere! So Argentia would be the second...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-86200809057564477982008-05-03T03:03:00.000-07:002008-05-03T03:03:00.000-07:00@ brian goldner -passenger rail doesn't make a who...@ brian goldner -<BR/><BR/>passenger rail doesn't make a whole lot of sense for distances over ~600 miles (1000km), unless you're talking about a slow train for people who are afraid of flying or can't afford an airline ticket.<BR/><BR/>If the US wants to have a first in the high speed rail, let it be operating on renewable electricity alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-1539868248973002242008-05-02T20:14:00.000-07:002008-05-02T20:14:00.000-07:00Even a sleeper train from SF to Mexico City would ...Even a sleeper train from SF to Mexico City would be fantastic. I'd be all over that.<BR/><BR/>As to Iran, it's a telling sign when one of the world's largest oil exporters has trouble keeping its own population supplied with gas and is turning to high speed trains to connects its major cities. It's a great campaign ad - "Even Iran and Morocco are building it!"<BR/><BR/>My hope is that the Desert Xpress people and the feds can get together, get some money from CA and NV, and open the line. I've come around to the view that spending money on maglev studies is not terribly useful - Harry Reid should take the lead in making this happen instead.Robert Cruickshankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906581839066570472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-75236209820107170952008-05-02T15:17:00.000-07:002008-05-02T15:17:00.000-07:00alright argentina may beat us (assuming theirs get...alright argentina may beat us (assuming theirs gets built first)<BR/>but...maybe we could be the first to have a transcontinental or even an international system...<BR/>imagine how dope it would be to get on a train in SF and end in mexico city..FLUBBERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642630850939361572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-50672534813982448882008-05-01T13:07:00.000-07:002008-05-01T13:07:00.000-07:00The tren bala will be quite the quantum leap from ...The <I>tren bala</I> will be quite the quantum leap from <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6wT1QWsHo" REL="nofollow">Argentina's crumbling rail infrastructure</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-87279965487444306022008-05-01T12:58:00.000-07:002008-05-01T12:58:00.000-07:00It's remarkable that Argentina has decided to join...It's remarkable that Argentina has decided to join other emerging economies, notably China and Morocco but also Turkey, Russia and <A HREF="http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/route/default.asp" REL="nofollow">even Iran(!)</A> in pursuing high-speed rail as an alternative or supplement to highway construction.<BR/><BR/>Argentina's project has a key advantage in its flat terrain, but so do the Central and Antelope Valley sections of California's project. The really big-ticket items are tunnels, aerial structures and grade separation/noise abatement in existing metropolitan areas.<BR/><BR/>Now if only someone could persuade Nevada to drop both maglev and DesertXpress in favor of an electric HSR spur from Las Vegas via Barstow to the trunk line just south of Mojave! The Mojave desert and state of Nevada could easily deliver enough solar and hydro power to run the entire network and much more besides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com