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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by mudchicken</i> <br /><br />But, this is a pet project of highway engineers, not railroaders ...and because of that , the railroaders back off a safe distance. Those proposed "straight-as-a-string" roads might work for trucks, but the grades won't work for trains except out on the plains in some places (causing more R/E to be gobbled-up).[X-)][X-)][X-)] <br /> <br />There has got to be a few old railroad location engineers laughing their butts of upstairs in the great beyond over this.[swg][swg][swg] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I am willing to reserve judgement until more details are brought forth regarding the rail aspects of this plan. The websites provided little detail. <br /> <br />However, if it is true that the rails would simply follow highway alignments, then that would probably rule out HAL's in deference to high speed passenger/intermodal consists, then the argument becomes whether the latter is a viable usage of railroad technology.
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