Forgive me if I'm off topic. But I thought I read somewhere that PGE's (then BC Ry's) line to Dease Lake had trees growing thru the ballast and tracks.
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The PGE Dease Lake line says no.
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It will never be built. It would cost too much and have too little return. Even if there was huge potential for traffic, anybody would probably still have trouble getting the financing.
Then there are also the BANANA people. (BANANA = Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
creepycrank Sawtooth500: http://alaskacanadarail.com/index.html Do you think it will ever happen? Why or why not? Somebody looks at a flat map and says - why not. That's some of the most rugged territory on the face of the earth. For the amount of traffic there is an adequate barge line from Seattle. There was a recent discussion in these forums about a tunnel across upper NY bay between New Jersey and Brooklyn. Long Island has a population of about 7,500,000 and manufactures nothing and grows no food except wine on the east end. Virtually all the consumables arrive by truck either through the tunnels or over the the bridges. The conclusion was that it still wouldn't generate enough rail traffic to be worthwhile
Sawtooth500: http://alaskacanadarail.com/index.html Do you think it will ever happen? Why or why not?
http://alaskacanadarail.com/index.html
Do you think it will ever happen? Why or why not?
Somebody looks at a flat map and says - why not. That's some of the most rugged territory on the face of the earth. For the amount of traffic there is an adequate barge line from Seattle.
There was a recent discussion in these forums about a tunnel across upper NY bay between New Jersey and Brooklyn. Long Island has a population of about 7,500,000 and manufactures nothing and grows no food except wine on the east end. Virtually all the consumables arrive by truck either through the tunnels or over the the bridges. The conclusion was that it still wouldn't generate enough rail traffic to be worthwhile
As you can tell this is a re-occuring topic around here. The ARR website codains the various PDF files within its site to give irregular progress reports on this extention of the Arr through to a point of connection with the railroad system in Canada and its connection to the lower 48. There is pretty extensive reading as it is (to me0 an interesting supposition as to what, when and how it may eventually be connected.
The mineral wealth of the Canadian NWT and those areas of NWCanada are being exploited and some day may require a route to flow out to a seaport for transportation. On one of the THREADS on this topic RWYMan made his thoughts and feelings crystal clear.
So to the others here is a short reading list to get you started. ENJOY!
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/166728/1832247.aspx#1832247
RR To Alaska
09/2010
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/178468/1958679.aspx#1958679
riprap Posted: 08-24-2006
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/73683/889888.aspx#889888
There was a rather lengthy discussion on this topic last year. Considering the distance and terrain involved, the projected cost would run into the billions of dollars for a very minimal return on investment. Much of the distance is either mountainous or muskeg.
Sawtooth500 http://alaskacanadarail.com/index.html Do you think it will ever happen? Why or why not?
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