High-speed rail in California was a disaster, but there’s a better way

Re:High-speed rail in California was a disaster, but there’s... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @11:49PM (#19159697)

I live on the cascade corridor, amtrak is always delayed between Portland and Seattle because of priority freight traffic.

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Re:High-speed rail in California was a disaster, but there’s... by Aloha on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:23AM (#19160013)

There is a distinct lack of capacity between Seattle and Portland particularly anytime there are capacity issues over the cascades on Stampede/Stevens Pass due to accident, track work, or weather - then things get routed down to Portland and east thru the Columbia River Gorge.

Ironically, their used to be a third rail line over the cascades, with was flatter and honestly, better engineered - but it was ripped up in 1978-1982 era - that is the former Milwaukee Road route thru Snoqualamie pass

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