Author Topic: 250 mph trains (Read 1338 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 12, 2006, 09:55:05 AM »

swoop... how bad would it have been if the train rider strarted his time from when he left his home and they added the hour it took to strip search him before he got on?

lazs

Rolex · « **Reply #31 on:** March 12, 2006, 09:55:36 AM »

Okay then. It's Monday morning and you're grumpy and need to mention 'blue states' and 'city dwellers' the required number of times to meet your daily quota. I understand. Now, go to work and support those people on welfare and illegal immigrants! Your socialist nation is depending on you!

Video, Swoop? I'm too afraid to open the file. Has it been cleared by Homeland Security? It's a 58 byte .ram file.

Nilsen · « **Reply #32 on:** March 12, 2006, 09:57:44 AM »

You don't need to be strip searched to take a trainride.

Rolex · « **Reply #33 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:08:34 AM »

I always strip search myself before getting on the train. You don't?

(I'm bored since I can't play AH on the new server. Well, I can, but I have to go through the searches and even take off my shoes before I can leave the tower now. It's a new Homeland Security thing - even for virtual flying.)

LePaul · « **Reply #34 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:25:18 AM »

A few things...

1) The rail lines would have to be upgraded, as well as crossings, etc

2) The first time "bubba" doesnt feel like waiting at the crossing gate and tries to drive thru, his little "pickup" will kill hundreds. And our press, who would undoubtedly be all for this, would be waiting to say this was a disaster waiting to happen, yada yada

It sure sounds like a great idea. But, well...

Nilsen · « **Reply #35 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:29:28 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
A few things...

1) The rail lines would have to be upgraded, as well as crossings, etc

2) The first time "bubba" doesnt feel like waiting at the crossing gate and tries to drive thru, his little "pickup" will kill hundreds. And our press, who would undoubtedly be all for this, would be waiting to say this was a disaster waiting to happen, yada yada

It sure sounds like a great idea. But, well...

1) true

2) it works in other places. bubba either knows better or the crossing is properly secured to prevent bubba from crossing when there is a train otw

LePaul · « **Reply #36 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:39:07 AM »

Nilsen

What's your address? I'll have to send you a pile of Jeff Foxworthy and other redneck comedy. Clearly you have no idea how numb "bubba" is.

Hell he'd cause a pile up stacking coins on the tracks so he could sell the squished results on eBay

Nilsen · « **Reply #37 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:44:58 AM »

ROFL!

We do have the same folks here but they are called "harry". They usually live in the middle of the country but you have minor infestations in almost every part.

Rolex · « **Reply #38 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:55:00 AM »

Tracks are specifically designed and constructed for these class of trains.

There is no rule that crossings have to even exist. There are no crossings on shinkansen tracks.

So far, I think there is just more resistance to anything different, than any technical or financial reason to say, "It won't work here in the US."

Redwing · « **Reply #39 on:** March 12, 2006, 10:59:56 AM »

As mentioned, we do have highspeed trains in germany.
Visiting my parents is a 280 miles trip. Last time it took me 3 hours and five minutes by car. Guess it's pretty safe to say that roads over here aren't any different to those in the US... only difference being there's no speed limit

Anyway, the highspeed train needs 1 hour 56 minutes. If you bought the tickets online there's no need to be at the station more than 5 minutes before the train leaves as there's no check in or strip searching. You're asked for your tickets aboard the train.

The only real downside is the loss of mobility whereever you're going.

fartwinkle · « **Reply #40 on:** March 12, 2006, 11:43:55 AM »

I think its a good idea too bad we are spending all that monet "building" a democracy in a country that cant get a cup of coffee without killing each other.

And even if we did some peeckerhead in the whitehouse would just try and sell control of it to his buds in Saudi Arabia:confused:

My point to this rant is that we only have so many tax dollars and untill the government starts thinking of ways to use here in America we are always gonna come up short for such minor things as less polluting forms of transpotation.

straffo · « **Reply #41 on:** March 12, 2006, 11:50:15 AM »

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Originally posted by Swoop
Sheesh you two, just watch the video, it settles everything.

The Top Gear team have also raced a Ferrari against a 737 from London to Switzerland.....the Ferrari won.

And did they try to make a London/Paris race ?

I bet no

Rolex · « **Reply #42 on:** March 12, 2006, 06:06:00 PM »

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Originally posted by fartwinkle
My point to this rant is that we only have so many tax dollars and untill the government starts thinking of ways to use here in America we are always gonna come up short for such minor things as less polluting forms of transpotation.

I believe private enterprise is still allowed in the US.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #43 on:** March 12, 2006, 08:27:35 PM »

AROUND THE NATION;
Alaskan Train Kills 24 Moose in One Night

AP
Published: March 2, 1985
An Alaska Railroad freight train killed 24 moose in a single night this week.

''It was a terrible night,'' said the railroad's general manager, Frank Turpin.

Arnold Polanchek, assistant general manager of the state-owned line, which runs 525 miles between Seward and Fairbanks, added: ''Normally, you hit one or two a trip. I've been here 14 years and I can't remember anything like it.''

The moose, killed Wednesday between Anchorage and Fairbanks, died one by one as they walked along the ploughed track rather than in snow up to 18 inches deep, said Capt. Wayne Fleek, a state Fish and Wildlife officer. Fourteen died on the northbound trip and 10 on the way back, Mr. Polanchek said. The train, equipped with a steel cowcatcher, was not damaged, he said.

''There's a natural trough that moose will get into and just don't want to get out of,'' said Mr. Polanchek. The train, normally traveling at 40 miles an hour, cannot stop in time to avoid hitting the animals, he said.

@ 300mph +

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Wolfala · « **Reply #44 on:** March 12, 2006, 11:55:31 PM »

I can think of a bad point. I still put pennies on the tracks. What happens if kids do that at 250 mph?