I can tell you from some experience, that the Acela runs 100+. I've seen first hand what has to happen for high speed rail (Buckeye, I think you can back me up here...) When the Metroliner first started, I saw all the ties on the main line replaced with cement ties. The rails were layed at the time by "hand", welded and then ground smooth. Track alignment was checked and I believe the tolerance had to be dead on for 90+mph to happen. I guess that this is some of the financial limitations of starting high speed rail.
Believe me when I tell you, I was on the east platform in Princeton Jct, NJ when I saw the Southbound Acela, literally blew through. 5 minutes later, here comes the Northbound. Nothin' like the breeze of high speed rail (luckily, I was holding on to something...)
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Brent, Yes 110 mph is not high speed, but it is the speed where FRA will let you share the tracks with freights which reduces real estate costs dramatically and makes the case economically justifiable. You need to read the complete report.
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Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
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Doug I got.......(drum roll please....)
New Jersey Public Service Transit
It's going on my Christmas layout next week, I'm leaving at the LHS so see if we get some bites on it, he has another one ordered. Also got to run the Hogwarts Express. Not really impressed with the air whistle, but seems to be a great running engine, and smokes really well too! I'll be getting mine fairly soon...after my Polar Express and the Trolley...!
lionroar88 wrote:I wish the Fed would invest in AmTrack and make high speed coast-to-coast rail a reality. You wouldn't need a direct NYC-LA train, could make stops in a couple large cities along the way... just need to cut the trip from 3 days down to < 1 day. I'm thinking NYC-CHICAGO-LA maybe a stop in Denver? Or a DC - LA train... anything would be better than what we have now...Rail moves more people, more efficiently, and cheeper than car/bus/plane.
And given the obsession with terrorism, rail is safer. You can't hijack a train and fly it into a building.
I love flying, but current regulations have really ruined it. I flew to Chicago this summer. The tickets advised getting to the airport TWO HOURS early. And of course the non-random screening got me--anyone with a "q" in their name is a terrorist, you know. So when I travel, it always will take the full two hours to get on the plane. In all, it took 3 1/2 hours to get to Chicago by plane (only 45 minutes of which we were actually in the air). By rail, it would have taken about an hour longer.
I'm hoping we'll vacation in Chicago a lot more often in the future, and we'll probably take the train. It's less stressful, nearly as fast, and a lot less expensive.
We used the El to get around Chicago and we loved it. I'd love it even more if we'd stayed closer to downtown. Next time we will.
I also travel to Kansas City a lot and while it won't be practical for my next trip (I'll be hauling too much stuff), I'll probably start using the train a lot for that too. A ticket costs $25, and I can't drive there for that.
lionroar88 wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: dbaker48 wrote: I would prefer taking the train. High speed, too.I wish the Fed would invest in AmTrack and make high speed coast-to-coast rail a reality. You wouldn't need a direct NYC-LA train, could make stops in a couple large cities along the way... just need to cut the trip from 3 days down to < 1 day. I'm thinking NYC-CHICAGO-LA maybe a stop in Denver? Or a DC - LA train... anything would be better than what we have now...Rail moves more people, more efficiently, and cheeper than car/bus/plane.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: dbaker48 wrote: I would prefer taking the train. High speed, too.
dbaker48 wrote: I would prefer taking the train.
I would prefer taking the train.
High speed, too.
Brent, take a look at page five of this report. http://www.dot.state.oh.us/OHIORAIL/Ohio%20Hub/Website/ordc/Ohio_Hub_Final_Docs/Executive_Summary.pdf
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Chief and Marty - New standards to pursue....
The new Airbus 380, is in LA for a test flight. Man is that huge, over 1.3 million lbs., can carry 800 passengers. Talk about BIG seats, you can even recline. Too big for me, when it ever comes down it would come down hard!
Hope noone gets their panties in a bunch cause this isn't train related.
Don
Fife---Good Job!!! I currently living in estrogen city (Her Majesty & The Princess), and boy oh boy can I relate!!! hmmm may I can try that one here....
Another great day here....up to 75F. Took a PT Cruiser rag top home last night, put the top down, froze my whatevers off (yup had the heater on!). Afterall, rag tops are meant to be driven topless, right? And it was only 50F when I left work.....
My Atlas trolley came in yesterday, WOW!!! Put it next to the Lionel Christmas trolley...OMG!!! What a nice piece!! Doug...you listenin? My LHS guy was soooo impressed (yes we ran it!!) He's ordering some RTR sets from Atlas...that impressive!
See ya later!
Rich
HI GIZ,
38 and not bad here going to get a sprinkle this morn then to clear up. Got to suck up leaves this after.
FIFE, HEE HAW to you, Great story. Wish I too could have seen those faces along with the comments from the kiddos on the bus. Pretty funny stuff.
MITCH, maybe Saturday, I hope?
All have agood one.
laz57
Good morning everyone,
I did not get much sleep last night so I got to stay home today.
Fife great story. I did that last summer when I was down the shore to my sister and my one cousin. I adorned the my uncles boat with my cousins bikini tops and bottoms. I climbed on the roof and put a few pair of underwear on the weather vane, and put some shirts, jeans, and shorts on all the trees out front. It was such a riot, and no one got me back. I was getting them back because the night before they put make up all over me, and I silently wiped it all off so they would have no clue when I got it off. And, they didn't take pictures, unlike my aunt did when she helped me. If I could find them, I would post them.
Chief I took 2 tylenol last night and it worked really well. I have a small amount of pain left, but other than that, I have no bad pain anymore.
Well, I'm going to go have breakfast. Have a good day everyone.
edw wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving. I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing. Never heard of that. I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family]. My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. No Mac and Cheese. Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years. This discussion comparing Northern and Southern cooking reminds me of an old joke that may explain why we southerners are so creative in the kitchen. What's the real difference between a Yankee Zoo and a Southern Zoo? On the cage, a Yankee Zoo will have the name of the animal and then the scientific name in Latin. Whereas, a Southern Zoo will have the name of the animal and the recipe.....!p.s. I'm from Virginia.
ChiefEagles wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving. I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing. Never heard of that. I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family]. My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. No Mac and Cheese. Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving. I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.
Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving. I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.
Never heard of that. I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family]. My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. No Mac and Cheese. Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years.
This discussion comparing Northern and Southern cooking reminds me of an old joke that may explain why we southerners are so creative in the kitchen.
What's the real difference between a Yankee Zoo and a Southern Zoo?
On the cage, a Yankee Zoo will have the name of the animal and then the scientific name in Latin.
Whereas, a Southern Zoo will have the name of the animal and the recipe.....!
p.s. I'm from Virginia.
That is because Yankees think that cows, sheep , hogs, turkeys and chickens are wild animals and put them in the zoo. The only Yankees I know who know better are John F and his family.
Morning all. Off to Town Hall. Rainy and cool. Got chest cold from all this crazy weather and lady at Town Hall. Came to work sick as a dog and I sent her home. Spreading germs all over the place. Well, grits will help get rid of it [along with some meds]. Trainroom work later today.
MORNING ALL,
Fifedog- great story, loved it.
Nick12- yes that tool to tighten the nuts would have been a biggg help. I had the wife hold down on top while I hand tighten them. hope the silicone holds.
33 & windy of course overcast. reg gas still $3.09. no plans for today, just going to go with what comes along.
Checked with the train store yesterday and no big new items at the moment. Later, Sir James
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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edw - You now have successfully succeeded in explaining a host of things to many of us.
fifedog - Photos?????
I was unsuccessful in procuring a Lionel Extension Bridge (6-2122) from EBay. Since the first two I have previously purchased were both less than $25.oo, I knew my limit. The darn thing sold on EBay for $40.oo. It's Chrismas Season!!!
Nice clear blue skies in Buckeyeland today.
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the low 40s. (For the newcomers to the forum, the preceding acronym stands for "It is another beautiful sunny day in south eastern Indiana". It rained so seldom this summer that I got tired of typing it out every day.) I mowed leaves up for the last time last night. There were only two bags worth, but I wanted to get them up before the weather turned really bad. My dad and I also worked on the layout for the historical society. I did not go to the YMCA for once due to the leave work and other errands I was doing. There were bran muffins on the dining car this morning from "Points East", and I saw a CSX train rolling by the parking lot this morning. Chuck, I am glad to hear your wife is doing better. Tmcc man, take care of yourself and hope the rest of ills in your family go away soon. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Overcast and 43 here int the Mid-Atlantic region.
jefelectric/sir james - Thank you both, very much.
Brutus - ANNE or SOPHIA...?
FELLOW FATHERS IN ARMS - (read on)
DATELINE - FIFEDOG'S HOUSE, somewhere in the MD Burbs.
Father of 4 had previously warned his princesses that taking the clothes that were in the washer/dryer out, without folding them and putting them away, would lead to their wardrobe adorning the grounds of our humble estate. Yesterday, the father finds an obscene pile of towels and wash clothes (still a little damp), that were taken out of the dryer and placed in a heaping pile on the basment floor. In the dryer were jeans, Aeropostle shirts, socks, and numerous frilly unmentionables. The father, while humming JOHNNY MATHIS' It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, proceeded to decorate the grounds with said items from dryer. The undies were hung from the picket-gate with care, designer jeans and a polka-dot bra could be seen on the old scarecrow right there. The trees, without leaves, now had color again, and the pirate ship, yes the pirate ship, had sails in the wind.
Quite pleased with his efforts, the father went off to work, wishing he could be there to see the princesses' faces as their scholl bus pulled up.
You know this did not end well...read on.
At 2315 hours, the father arrived home to see that Fifey-s titey-whities were now adorning the same pirate ship, trees, garage, and scarecrow. And someone went for the jugular, when they placed the father's sacred Hawaiian shirt (you know, the one with the dancing hula-girls all over it) on the scarecrow outside (I sensed Fifey's-wifey's influence somewhere there).
So, what did we learn? I, for one, learned how to unite my family in a common cause.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 46 degrees. Going up to a partly sunny 55.
Today is a less busy day. I have an errand to run and then I will spend some time running trains and working on the layout. I need to get busy with the scenery.
Wife is improving each day. Foot hurts less. She is sleeping all night. One more follow up at the doctor, on Monday.
Dining car is waiting. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
fifedog wrote:mitchie - Any good train displays this month up in G'burg?
mitchie - Any good train displays this month up in G'burg?
Morning to All
Fife - no good displays in G'burg that I know of. My Dad wanted me to go over to Marley Station Mall to see a layout there, but I didn't get there last week. Maybe some weeknd soon. train displays in Fire House are not as popular here as in Maryland. Not sure if they are having the display at Manchester FD this year. If I see the sign I'll let you know.
LAZ- hope you put one in your freezer this year. This Saturday may be a good day.
Must get to work. Lots to do. Busy all day yesterday. Got home exhausted. No time for trains. I still have not figured out the horn issue with my BEEP whether it is the sound kit or the transformer. Maybe this weekend or next. The Mrs. has plans both weekends, leaving me free to do what I want. (ie play in the train room) Hooray. Have a great day.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good morning everyone off to work in about 20 min. After 6 days off yesterday I returned to work to find that my favorite camera has died and boxes of documents in the storage area where falling over all over the place and we are running short on billable work.
Still losing pounds but at a slower rate.
Found an old book on basic programing call creating adventure games for your computer By Tim Hartenell, intend to convert the sample program in to C to see if I can do it
Hmm no what you mean about the new faucets or Taps as they are known over here. The new kitchen mixer taps have the fixing you discribe. Yes there is a special long reach socket tool to do up the nut. I saw the tool in plumbers merchant (trade store) the other week.
FIL was originally a plumber by trade. He and I run our own business but we specialise in industrial steam and stainless steel work. He does still keep his hand in on the domestic side for friends/family. Oh and he's very fussy when it comes to mixer taps! As he knows how tricky some are to fit.
Gamesroom update..Got the lights /fan in the shower last night.
Nick
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
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