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CA HSR looking at more route adjustments

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[quote user="oltmannd"] The plot so far...for those who missed Malfunction Junction, seasons one and two (available on Comcast On Demand...) CA voters APPROVE a ballot initiative to build a HSR line from LA to SF. Has to go all the way.  12 trains an hour (12!!! really!!!). Has to be electrified. If that's not bad enough, they have to build NEW track in urban areas.  Can "mix" you know... Then the price tag doubles.  (of course....) and people poke holes in the ridership estimates.  (you can't just multiply the number of seats x load factor x number of trains - but that's what they did!) Then a dose of sanity sets in.  Gotta "mix" in urban areas.  (even the French do this - doesn't make sense NOT to.  Costs too much and then there are the NIMBYs...  Build the HSR line where land is cheap.  Use what you got elsewhere.) Still, nobody has thought through the "mixing" idea.  Mixing means FRA compliant trains, like Acela.  150 mph with a good tailwind.  Sucks down lots of juice moving it's beefy body down the track. Or 110 mph diesel hauled trains.  This is supposed to be a 220 mph thing.  And the FRA sez the first part goes on the flat in the Central Valley, not connected to anything.  So the equipment choices are looking like a Venn diagram with no overlap...but that doesn't seem to worry anybody, yet. This is a comic opera and the fat lady is warming up! There is a better chance the FEC will be running 110 mph trains north from Miami before they even stick a shovel in the ground in California. [/quote] This is one of the best responses that I have read since becoming a Trains forum participant.
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