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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #40 on: July 18, 2007, 12:01:47 pm »
Quote from: ktm525 on July 16, 2007, 03:29:28 pm
Don't the high speed networks in Europe operate at a loss? (ICE). If they can't generate a profit how do we expect it to here in Canada?

Good point. I don't know. I road the ICE from Nurnberg to Hamberg and it was pretty pricy per person. That was in Deutschmarks in 2000, 120.DM one way, a little less then 100 Euro now.
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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2007, 12:13:46 pm »
I think that the feds should subsidize the rail system in Canada just as they do in Europe. The money should be subtracted from equalization payments.  The same IMHO should be done for a 4 lane   6 lane Trans Canada
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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #42 on: July 18, 2007, 04:51:23 pm »
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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #43 on: July 19, 2007, 12:11:51 am »
The BC Rail electric:



And its required infrastructure:



Imagine stringing that all over the country for high speed rail   :o


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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #44 on: July 19, 2007, 06:33:32 am »
The french tgv system overheads look a bit different but I am sure they are functionally identical.  Also TGVs have differently constructed  tracks and no level crossings. The tracks are fenced off to prevent people and animals from getting in the way of the trains... I can see these things being problems for implementation... every farmer in the country insisting on getting his cattle or tractor to the other side of the tracks at government expense

They also dont share track with other ( slower) trains.   This I can see might be a problem in some places having to add double tracks across the mountains for instance.
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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #45 on: July 19, 2007, 09:56:39 pm »
You would also need to get rid of the level crossings and build overpasses for the trains. 

It could be done if there's the political will to do it.  Amtrak electricified the New York to Boston corridor in the 90s.   It was wonderful to see Acela and AEM7 electric locomotives entering South Station from my old apartment window on a recent trip.  I used to only see F40PHs diesel-electrics which were noisy and smelly.

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Re: Maclean's Magazine. Where's Canada's High Speed Rail Network?
« Reply #46 on: July 20, 2007, 03:38:41 pm »
Did you see any of the HHP-8's, affectionately nicknamed "hippos?"



Like the Acela locomotives, they are co-built with Bombardier.

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