Many of the train tracks between cities in the US are in disrepair or are only used for freight.
I would love to take a train from New Jersey to Kentucky every year. I can't, however because the only way to get there is to take a train to Chicago, then take a train from Chicago to Kentucky. A 24 hour trip that takes 12 hours to drive. Europe and Japan are way better suited for train travel where people are closer together. ************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Jean MAURICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jean MAURICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Idiot Californians approve Bullet Train development > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 3:28 PM > in my humble opinion, MAGLEV has two geat drawbacks : > first it can't go in center town without building new > tracks. On the > other side, running on standard railtracks allows HST to > use the 'old > stations' that are, at least in Europe, inside each > town. > second : points are very difficult to build and stations > are not easy to > build. A direct 'train' can't overtake an > 'omnibus' (I hope you > understand one stoppeng in each station). > > It can be a solution for 'simple lines' as : > between an airport an its town. > > We ran at 574 km/h on a standard railtrack (world record); > we expect > running at 360 km/h soon on standard railtrack. Why invent > a new system > more complicated ? > > Larry Miller a écrit : > > Build the highways, let EVERYONE benefit from dollars > spent. > > > > I understand the convenience of trains. I took them > around Europe also, and, off peak, were running almost > empty. I won't argue that it was not a nice way of > getting around, but I was riding for pennies at the expense > of the taxpayers over there. Any efficiency was lost when > you factor that into the average. > > > > Rails are OK when you have a lot of people taking the > same route at the same time. We don't always have that. > They are expensive but make pols look good until you see > the price tag. You might like the maglev train they were > working on at Old Dominion U. Unfortunately, the last I > heard, they ran out of money (as should many govt programs - > this was partly private). The thing ran relatively > smoothly, but didn't want to stop properly. No one knew > how much money it would take to get that resolved. > > > > But if the govt comes along and opens it's check > book, this project can be completed, probably, but at what > cost? How many non-workers could we transfer that money to, > or how many financial execs could we help with their BMW > payments? > > > > Larry Miller > > > > > -- > Jean MAURICE > Grenoble - France - Europe > www.atoutfox.org > www.aedtf.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
