FreshPrince
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I would like to see Atlanta, San Fran, NY, CHI, Miami, and Seattle all linked by high speed rail, that would be nice.
Originally posted by: FreshPrince
I would like to see Atlanta, San Fran, NY, CHI, Miami, and Seattle all linked by high speed rail, that would be nice.
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I hear it only goes in reverse.
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I hear it only goes in reverse.
just be where you want to go after you were where you were when you wanted to go where you are now and you should be fine:beer:
Originally posted by: K1052
For Huston that makes sense, you don't have to move the volume of people we do daily.
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Holy sh!t....almost mach 1 ...on the ground..outside...it a tube...andn while maintaing a smooth ride...
:shocked:
*stops badmouth le francasie immediately*
Originally posted by: sm8000
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Holy sh!t....almost mach 1 ...on the ground..outside...it a tube...andn while maintaing a smooth ride...
:shocked:
*stops badmouth le francasie immediately*
Almost Mach 1? Isn't that like 400mph more?
Originally posted by: sm8000
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Holy sh!t....almost mach 1 ...on the ground..outside...it a tube...andn while maintaing a smooth ride...
:shocked:
*stops badmouth le francasie immediately*
Almost Mach 1? Isn't that like 400mph more?
Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: sm8000
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Holy sh!t....almost mach 1 ...on the ground..outside...it a tube...andn while maintaing a smooth ride...
:shocked:
*stops badmouth le francasie immediately*
Almost Mach 1? Isn't that like 400mph more?
Last I checked. Its like 677 MPH or so off the top of my head.
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Holy sh!t....almost mach 1 ...on the ground..outside...it a tube...andn while maintaing a smooth ride...
:shocked:
*stops badmouth le francasie immediately*
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Holy sh!t....almost mach 1 ...on the ground..outside...it a tube...andn while maintaing a smooth ride...
:shocked:
*stops badmouth le francasie immediately*
Huh? Mach 1, where?
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: K1052
For Huston that makes sense, you don't have to move the volume of people we do daily.
all i know is that houston proper gains ~403,000 in population during the work day due to commuters, while chicago only gainst ~142,000 in population during the work day due to commuters.
anyway, acela is still slow due to antiquated rail lines because the US (and the brits, for the most part) never had to replace the rail lines due to destruction like the french and germans did.
Originally posted by: sm8000
Du Paul? You mean DePaul, or DuPage?
Originally posted by: sm8000
Originally posted by: K1052
I'm still waiting for the US to get off it's ass and construct dedicated high speed rail lines where they are warranted. The NY-DC-Boston corridor is of course the perfect place to start. All we have is the half-assed Acela service that can't run anywhere near top speeds for large parts of its run.
Amtrak could make a killing against the airlines in this area. It would probably end or at least significantly reduce the need for federal subsides.
I sometimes wonder if it would be better for Amtrak to be privatized.
Originally posted by: Ipno
25000 hp @ 31,000 volts, yes but how many watts does it consume?
Originally posted by: paulxcook
Originally posted by: loic2003
Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: loic2003
This is true. They arrive *to the minute* that it shows you on the ticket.Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Trains are something that the French really do right
As a side note, but not wanting this to turn political, I heared that to fund a maglev train that operated in a vacuum tunnel that stretched from the east to west coast of the US and could traverse it in less than 30 mins would have cost roughly the same as the iraq war has cost thus far. Makes you think.
3000 miles in 30 minutes is 6000 mph.
Yeah, check out railgun projectile speeds, then imagine subtracting air resistance from the equation. Of course, accelleration would have to be limited...
It's all pie in the sky and likely would cost a crap-load more than the initial speculation; it was simply a method of showing what the funds could have been spent on.
They probably calculated how much it would cost to build a mile of the track, then multiplied it by 1000.
Which is extremely flawed, since getting such a tube over or through the Rockies alone would be impractical at best, and more likely impossible. It's a neat idea, but on the surface it doesn't seem at all feasible.
Originally posted by: loic2003
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Skotty
Good job Frenchies! We (Americans) like to dislike them over military issues, but sometimes it seems like they have us beat in technological cajones. High speed trains. About 90% nuclear powered. Major developer of the Concorde supersonic airliner. Home of Airbus. Major contributer and host to the ITER fusion power reactor. Co-developer of the Chunnel (longest undersea tunnel in the world). Meanwhile, the US has a history of cancelling advanced projects half way through.
you're right, they've got us beat in every boondoggle except the military. good going france.
These fellers have insight. :beer: to both of you!
Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
the best tyres in the sport michelin,