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Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Mon Feb 16 19:07:10 2015, in response to Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Feb 15 14:49:02 2015. Not only would electrification allow a lot of wind power to be transmitted, but a national electrified rail superhighway system would be fantastic for our country. I think we should build a rail superhighway that is 2-4 tracks, has 25kV/60 overhead wires, is good for 90mph operation, is fully grade separated, has full CTC/PTC, and has domestic stack clearances. The government should partner with the railroads to make it a reality, and run from Albany and Harrisburg to Chicago, the Northern and Southern BNSF transcons, as well as the UP main connecting to points west, and a couple of lines across the south as well. Then, lines that aren't full superhighways either because of clearances or grade crossings or speed would feed traffic onto those lines. This would include Albany to the Bronx, Harrisburg to North Jersey and into Brooklyn and Queens via the cross-harbor tunnel, and Boston, Davisville, and Cedar Hill all via 25kV/60 wire in the Northeast.By electrifying 10% of the US rail system, we could move more than 50% of the mile-tons of freight over to electric. I imagine a future where 15+ passenger cars, a handful of autoracks for people's autos, and then 30-50+ flatcars for trucks and RVs would create an open intermodal system that would span most of the US, and run from point to point at 90mph, with 48 hour runs coast to coast. The system would use mostly dual-mode electrics, along with some straight electrics, and would host high-volume mixed 60mph heavy freight, 90mph fast freight like Z trains, 90mph mid-distance passenger, and 90mph commuter rail operations. We should then build a separate 225mph high-speed passenger system to serve major cities. Then, the final step would be to compete with container ships, and build a triple-track, stack-cleared, electrified railway from Beijing to Seattle via the Bering Strait, which would transload to Russian broad-gauge railroads via a large container and bulk handling facility, connect to the Alaska RR's diesel operations at Fairbanks, and then connect to CN, CP, BNSF, and UP in BC and the PNW. |
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