From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-16 07:01:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-dallas!news-in-dallas.newsfeeds.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3B460DA9.C2965042@ix.netcom.com> <9ff447f2.0107061757.34ca0723@posting.google.com> <3B475678.C582735D@worldnet.att.net> <3b478165_3@news3.prserv.net> <3b48d207_1@news3.prserv.net> <3B490751.38523577@worldnet.att.net> <9icg1p$kpi$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <6k5nktkkuh6m90rrjgp4okmdsd0d6pfvi2@4ax.com> <3B507901.F16252AA@ebox.tninet.se> <3B50D2EC.9B294D87@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Trains in the US (was: Why is ada dead?) Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:00:56 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:00:56 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9993 Date: 2001-07-16T14:00:56+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B50D2EC.9B294D87@worldnet.att.net>, James Rogers says... >Oh, you mean the trip did not take three days, with frequent stops >to allow freight the right of way, and to allow maintenance crews >to repair 100 year old rails? Ohhh. Don't forget a 5 hour stop 2 miles from the destination while the railroad sends out 2 more engineers because the current set has just exceeded their union-set maximum work time. :-) >I will be surprised if the US ever develops a train that can >compete with the French TGV. In the West the population is too >sparse to support the cost. In the East the cost of acquiring the >right of way would be too expensive. Current rail lines could not >be converted because they contain too many sharp turns to support >high speed rail travel. Amtrak does have a relatively new high-speed service running between Boston and Washington. In this case, "high-speed" means 150mph tops, and the older ones already were doing 125. I think the TGV goes about 250. But it is a start. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com