Freight Rail Roads Start Cutting Services Today

[iceberg]

To go from one coast to say KC would be in the trillions.

the system alone would top a trillion - add in the support and need to build rail systems to USE it, yes. we're way into the stratosphere.

but hey - just print more money. what could go wrong?

 

[westwall]

god damn - do you even look into the stupid shit you say? maybe if you did, you'd say a lot less stupid shit - but i have serious doubts.

costs about $500mil A MILE. we're well over a trillion dollars for 1 system at that point.

Amtrak estimates that it would cost $500 million per mile to turn its Northeast Corridor route into a true high-speed system. At these prices, it would cost at least $1 trillion to build a national HSR system, and likely much more. High-speed rail is the “fetch” of transportation ideas.

On High-Speed Rail, Look at the Costs and Results Before You Leap - Reason Foundation

President-elect Joe Biden has talked about a “rail revolution” that would include large increases in funding for Amtrak and potentially coast-to-coast high-speed rail service.

reason.org

That is for a PASSENGER SYSTEM! To be able to handle freight at those speeds you multiply the cost by ten.

 

[candycorn]

How about the cost. Trillions of dollars, that don't exist, would be needed to build a high speed freight rail system.

Easy money. Perhaps we should build another nuke sub that will never fire a missile or another squadron of planes that will never drop a bomb. That makes much more sense

 

[candycorn]

god damn - do you even look into the stupid shit you say? maybe if you did, you'd say a lot less stupid shit - but i have serious doubts.

costs about $500mil A MILE. we're well over a trillion dollars for 1 system at that point.

Amtrak estimates that it would cost $500 million per mile to turn its Northeast Corridor route into a true high-speed system. At these prices, it would cost at least $1 trillion to build a national HSR system, and likely much more. High-speed rail is the “fetch” of transportation ideas.

On High-Speed Rail, Look at the Costs and Results Before You Leap - Reason Foundation

President-elect Joe Biden has talked about a “rail revolution” that would include large increases in funding for Amtrak and potentially coast-to-coast high-speed rail service.

reason.org

Land might be cheaper in the Mojave desert than the industrial northeast.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

We need a high speed freight rail instead of tens of thousands of trucks taking one container at a time from the coasts to the middle of the nation; 300-400 containers at a time.

Let California install it.

 

[iceberg]

Land might be cheaper in the Mojave desert than the industrial northeast.

Prove it and justify the cost or shut the fuck up.

 

[iceberg]

That is for a PASSENGER SYSTEM! To be able to handle freight at those speeds you multiply the cost by ten.

Not researched the cost on passenger vs freight but that would be interesting.

 

[iceberg]

Let California install it.

They have failed how many times now and spent what do far?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Unlikely. How much do you think it will cost?

Not sure but I guarantee it will be 20 times what the politicians tell us.

 

[Ralph Norton]

Easy money. Perhaps we should build another nuke sub that will never fire a missile or another squadron of planes that will never drop a bomb. That makes much more sense

You might want to Google "deterrence".

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Easy money. Perhaps we should build another nuke sub that will never fire a missile or another squadron of planes that will never drop a bomb. That makes much more sense

You’re right. It does make more sense.

 

[candycorn]

You might want to Google "deterrence".

So having 11 carriers makes us vulnerable but 12 doesn’t?

 

[westwall]

Easy money. Perhaps we should build another nuke sub that will never fire a missile or another squadron of planes that will never drop a bomb. That makes much more sense

Were your head not so far up your ass you would know I am not in favor of those expenditures, but that is just a diversion from the fact that you have no clue how much it costs to build things.

 

[westwall]

Not researched the cost on passenger vs freight but that would be interesting.

The increased mass of the cargo, plus the length of the train to make the system cost effective vastly increase the cost.

 

[M14 Shooter]

We need a high speed freight rail instead of tens of thousands of trucks taking one container at a time from the coasts to the middle of the nation; 300-400 containers at a time.

We already have trains hauling hundreds of containers at a times, coast to coast. Dozens per day. Takes about 7 days.
The only time a truck hauls a "container" coast to coast is when the customer wants/needs it there in less than 7 days.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Unlikely. How much do you think it will cost?

Billions and billions and billion of dollars.
And take decades to build it.

 

[Thunk]

FML. I take a passenger train to work and this will directly affect me. I hope this ends fast.,

Amtrack cut 4 passenger routes today.

 

[Thunk]

Did you know that chlorine and other chemical for our water treatment plants are shipped by rail?

Got water?

 

[Matt National]

Amtrack cut 4 passenger routes today.

Yeah, I know. I'm watching this closely.

 

[Thunk]

Coal is shipped by rail...got electricity?

ALOT of oil is shipped by rail (because of democrats problem with pipelines)...got gas?