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TLyttle · 10-27-2010, 01:36 AM

Not sure about your predictions there. One of the big problems of rails in North America is the instability of much of the landscape. In Canada we built a rail line through Manitoba/Ontario on muskeg, using logs for a roadbed. It has to be replaced every few years as the logs sink, but we continue as we have for 130+ years. The highways through that area are built the same way, and my longhaul buddy says that when you are parked, a truck going by is enough to make one seasick... Try building a high-speed line on THAT!

I've ridden the European rails, and they are truly wonderful, but they have the geology that suits rails. The rail companies HATE passenger traffic, and that is why one will have to live a LONG time to see a passenger rail system work here in North America.

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10-27-2010, 01:36 AM	#40
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Not sure about your predictions there. One of the big problems of rails in North America is the instability of much of the landscape. In Canada we built a rail line through Manitoba/Ontario on muskeg, using logs for a roadbed. It has to be replaced every few years as the logs sink, but we continue as we have for 130+ years. The highways through that area are built the same way, and my longhaul buddy says that when you are parked, a truck going by is enough to make one seasick... Try building a high-speed line on THAT! I've ridden the European rails, and they are truly wonderful, but they have the geology that suits rails. The rail companies HATE passenger traffic, and that is why one will have to live a LONG time to see a passenger rail system work here in North America.