http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/middle-east/single-view/view/israel-railways-electrification-plan-approved.html
just saying
What are you saying?
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Mac:
Not exactly sure what the OP was trying to say. BUt here is a quote out of the originally linked article from Railway Gazette
FTL: "...ISRAEL: A US$3·2bn programme to electrify 420 km of existing and planned railway was approved by the Committee for National Infrastructure on August 12.
The first lines to be electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz would be the future 23 km 'Akko - Karmi'el route and Tel Aviv - Jerusalem fast line, including the branch to Modi'in. Tenders are to be called in the first quarter of 2014..."
Seems like what one could draw out of this article; would be that electrification in the U.S.A. would be devilishly expensive, to what ever route application it was made.
[To kind of add some perspective; The CM&StP RR (Pacific Coast Extension) was built in three years for approx $60 Million, and took three years 1906/1909 to complete from Chicago,Il. to Seattle,Wa.
Electrification from Harlowton, Mt to Avery,Id. took three years from 1914 to 1917. The second phase was from Othello,Id to Seattle,Wa. This second phase was completed in1927.
The "Un-Electrified Gap" Avery,Id. to Othello,Wa. was approx 222 miles.. The Electrified Extention was approx 656 miles in length. The Cost of Construction of the line was $257 Million; was over four time the original cost estimates, and bankrupted the C,M&StP RR which then became the C,MStP&P RR ( The Milwaukee Road) .]
[ BY Contrast: The Virginian Railway electrified part of its mainline from Mullins W.Va. to Roanoke,Va. between 1922 and 1925 a distance of 134 miles and at a cost of $15 million.]
According to the C.I.A. Fact Book; The country of Israel is slightly smaller than the State Of New Jersey. -For a size comparison.
Yep thats what I am saying that...what the Holy Land is doing is a preveiw of what it will cost in the USA.
We cannot even compare these costs until we know if these are route miles(km) or track miles.
Then we can compare NEC with these figures.
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