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America, as it turns out, was Made for HSR | 95 comments (95 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
And now a question, on freight. (none / 1)
It looks to me that mixing rail services of different speeds is more problematic than mixing passenger and freight rail running at the same speed.

If it is proposed that the infrastucture be usable by courier, package and other express freight, I am presuming that this is best done with a separate dedicated freight service, so that a simple central line flyover to connect to the local freight network of the metro area would be all that is required if a project wishes to offer freight carriage slots.

The same flyover could of course support access from the HSR corridor to Express rail corridors that may already be developed or may be developed at a later date.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Mar 24th, 2007 at 07:42:22 PM EST
Re: And now a question, on freight. (none / 1)
Yes, yes, yes. Though elsewhere, only the French high-speed network runs high-speed postal trains. I don't really know why no one tried HSL-based packet service.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sat Mar 24th, 2007 at 08:56:28 PM EST
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Re: And now a question, on freight. (none / 0)
Definitely UPS and FedEx do not care how their freight travels, so if high speed rail freight was an attractive option, they'd use it. For example, a HSR line through Columbus could have an Express branch head out to connect to the big cargo airport, and then 9pm outbound / 6am inbound overnight freight from central facilities around Chicago would have a three hour crossover window at Columbus.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Mar 24th, 2007 at 09:43:30 PM EST
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America, as it turns out, was Made for HSR | 95 comments (95 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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