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Default Our great capitalist society...

On 9/3/2013 9:22 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 9/3/2013 9:16 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 9/3/2013 8:58 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 9/3/2013 7:56 AM, Hank© wrote:
On 9/3/2013 12:33 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:05:10 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:16:12 -0400,
wrote:

The problem is a lot of those right of ways have been ceded over to
the power companies for power lines and the Internet. That is
where a
good chunk of the national fiber backbone is installed. Nobody wants
you digging roadbeds around that.
The existing ROW is being used for freight. They don't want that
on HS
rail.

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Don't forget about the interstate highway system, especially the air
rights over the medians, or the air rights over the freight lines.

You still run into that "last 20 (or 40) mile" problem in each city
you get close to.
They may not have a suitable interstate going into the city and that
real estate tends to be curb to curb traffic lane.

Elevating a high speed train? That is just funny.
Cost, additional danger in a derailment, more noise.

I do like your sense of humor tho.

All it would take is a train popping off a track and taking out a
whole row of bumper to bumper commuters in cars on that interstate
below to sink rail in this country for years.


I wonder why the monorail concept never took off?

Because, Americans can't live with set tracks for routes...


I'm waiting for Loogies answer. I already know what it will be. ;-)


You read his stuff?


Indirectly. Harry and others love to chat with him.
 
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