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Re: CALTRAIN Prepares for Electrification |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Tue Mar 30 09:00:51 2010, in response to Re: CALTRAIN Prepares for Electrification, posted by WillD on Mon Mar 29 14:03:32 2010. The CAHSR project hinges upon their ability to prove the ERTMS system will provide sufficient train control to obviate the FRA's Tier II rules.Great, ERTMS, another boondoggle. Why do I get the feeling that North American rail projects are designed to relieve foreign equipment providers of their defective crap. Once again the whole point of the crash standards is to mitigate the effects of all crashes, the vast majority are not train to train. With strong rolling stock you don't have to grade separate the right of way for one, which provides a large cost savings. You also don't have to inspect the track or equipment as much because if an accident happens it's not a big deal. Now maybe current FRA regulations are too strict as they were basically lobbied for by Bombardier so that they could win the ACELA contract , but given the crash performance of European rolling stock in accidents vs American stock I'd pick American stock any day. I'd be happy to roll things back to what they were in the 1990's. |
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