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How to double capacity of U.S. railroads (without even building a single mile of new track)
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by VerMontanan</i> <br /><br /> <br /> <br />futuremodal continues: <br />"And just for the record, I have driven from Kennewick to Umatilla in under 15 minutes." <br />** <br />Glad I wasn't along. The Rand McNally atlas shows the distance as 28 miles. And since you did it in less than 15 minutes, that's in excess of 112 MPH. Though, I don't see your point in mentioning this as your original claim was driving Hinkle to Pasco in 20 minutes, and Hinkle's another 7 or so miles beyond Umatilla. <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Actually, it is 19 miles from the I-82/395 junction to the McNary bridge, or 21 miles from the McDonalds, and I never went over 85, as I was just going with the traffic flow. And no, I wasn't running a stop watch on myself, just a quick glance at the dashboard clock. I may like to get to where I'm going in good time (one reason I'd never waste my time riding Amtrak), but I'm not reckless. <br /> <br />And for the record, what I said was that one can make it from Hinkle to Pasco in 20 minutes OR SO. For an Amtrak defender, you are sure an ironic stickler for time descriptions.
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