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<p>[quote user="dakotafred"]</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <b>schlimm:</b></div> <div> <p> </p> <p>Come on guys, the "sanity" bit of Don's was just a figure of speech.  In any case, speaking as one of the several psychologists on these forums,  it's actually a legal term, not a clinical one.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>Right, and keep our monitor in mind, who lately has begun to weary of our passenger conversations between midnight and 1 a.m.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>[(-D][(-D][(-D]</p> <p>As long as a discussion stays "cool" and each contribution actually adds to the issue, there is no reason for a moderator to step in. </p> <p>Now on topic:</p> <p>Even in Europe, HSR in excess of 200 mph is not implemented, when there is no need for it. When DB revamped the line from Hamburg to Berlin, they decided to lower the standards down to 125 mph, as the difference in traveling time were negligible (< 10 minutes). The savings were considerable. </p> <p>When the line was opened in 1846, traveling time between those two cities was about 9 hrs. By 1914, the time was down to 2 hrs. 15 minutes. The introduction of "high speed" diesel cars in the 1930´s resulted in a cut down by 30 minutes. Today´s ICE trains do the 180 mile jump in about 100 minutes.</p> <p>On a side note, some of the discussions about passenger service and HSR remind me of arguments exchanged during the childhood days of railroads. When the king of Prussia was asked to grant state financing a line from Berlin to Potsdam (his summer residency), he turned the request down with the words, " Don´t see a necessity to be in Potsdam an hour earlier".</p> <p> </p>
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