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pinto

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2. Good points about shared freight / passenger rails. It's part of the history, I think.

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 07:32 PM

Dec 2011

Rail was developed to transport freight not as a passenger transport, per se. And it remains an efficient means to move freight, even in the light of speedier truck transport.

No clue how this will play out. Seems some of the opposition to AMTRAK "relocating" to new rail lines if a bullet train becomes unfeasible after new rail construction comes from local cities that would be bypassed.

The discussions in Sacramento are pretty convoluted. They are in the article here, too.

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Plan to use Amtrak as fallback for high-speed rail criticized [View all] pinto Dec 2011 OP

I Think Amtrak WOULD Use The New Route Vogon_Glory Dec 2011 #1

Good points about shared freight / passenger rails. It's part of the history, I think. pinto Dec 2011 #2

I suspect that there's a LOT of NIMBY opposition in addition to r/wing anti-rail propaganda n/t Vogon_Glory Dec 2011 #3

Not sure. I hear both POV's. One from towns that may get bypassed and one pinto Dec 2011 #4

I'm excited by the prospects, but the resistance to high speed rail is going to be MASSIVE... NYC_SKP Dec 2011 #5

Californians for High Speed Rail - pinto Dec 2011 #6