Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in...
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:11PM
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> Their owners worry that the plans will demand expensive train-control technology that freight traffic could do without.
Oh no, a control system to install on a locomotives and tracks that already costs millions of dollars, how could they afford that?
> Most of all they fret that the spending of federal money on upgrading their tracks will lead the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the industry watchdog, to impose tough conditions on them
Are you kidding me?
These excuses are pathetic.
> Add the fact that freight trains do not stick to a regular timetable, but run variable services at short notice to meet demand, and the scope for congestion grows.
You were just bragging about having 2.5x the productivity, I would happily trade competent consumer rail for you "only" having 2x productivity.
Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in...
by pansinghkoder on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:38PM
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Exactly so coming back to my original question: my cannot US invest in high speed train from 4th and King to Napa valley?
What is holding it back?
Re:Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in...
by throwaway1777 on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @06:54PM
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NIMBYs. No one in napa or Marin counties want a train.
Your article notes that rail freight costs are much lower in the US (for shippers), while profitability is high. That suggests that the US rail network is... good for freight?
I don't know about Portland, but SF has almost no freight traffic. The caltrain tracks don't go anywhere (what are you going to do with a thousand containers at 4th and King?)