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Post by singaporesam on Nov 5, 2008 23:44:09 GMT
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Post by ducatisti on Nov 6, 2008 13:54:55 GMT
Our approach will be grounded by public-private financing and guided by scrupulous fiscal discipline and accountability. We accept the charge to build this train and we recognize our enormous responsibility to the current and future residents of this great State. We will live up to their expectations and aspirations." hmmm, so that should stop anything happenning for the next few years anyway... what is the American definition of High Speed lines? also, isn't California something like the world's 4th biggest economy on its own? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2008 20:25:47 GMT
Their definition of high speed is "A reliable 220-mile-per-hour electric high-speed train system"
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Post by ducatisti on Nov 6, 2008 21:21:50 GMT
Ah yes, I'm glad you spotted the deliberate mistake there... well done that man  Interesting, I assume they will have to write the *entire* book of rules and standards from scratch. (IIRC from a slightly-remembered article on class 66s somewhere, the US system puts a lot more responsibility on loco manufacturers for type-approval and safety-case stuff). Will be interesting to see how they go. |
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Post by cetacean on Nov 7, 2008 1:43:18 GMT
They count the the Acela Express (Somewhere, VA-Washington DC-Philadelphia-New York-Boston) as high speed. It reaches 150mph in a few places, and tilts.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2008 17:36:38 GMT
We accept the charge to build this train and we recognize our enormous responsibility to the current and future residents of this great State. We will live up to their expectations and aspirations." I suppose simply buying an AGV from Alstom would be un-American or something? |
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