By Tim O’Reiley LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Posted: Feb. 26, 2012 | 2:02 a.m. For much of the past decade, the debate surrounding the proposed DesertXpress bullet train has focused on one name: Victorville. The fault line that separates proponents and critics is whether it would make sense to have a 188-mile high-speed train terminate in …
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Super Speed Train Faces Rising Cost
Posted Feb 27th, 2012 By admin in California High Speed Rail Authority, Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post With | No Comments
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ROUTE ALIGNMENT CALIFORNIA NEVADA SUPER SPEED TRAIN
Posted Sep 19th, 2011 By admin in California High Speed Rail Authority, Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post With | No Comments
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA SUPER-SPEED TRAIN. Route Alignment: Las Vegas to Anaheim with intermediate stops in Primm, NV, Barstow,. Victorville and Ontario. … Route Alignment: Las Vegas to Anaheim with intermediate stops in Primm, NV, Barstow, Victorville and Ontario. The alignment generally follows the I‐15 and SR 91. Technology: Maglev. Speed: Top speed 185 mph. Status: A Programmatic …
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Juno – Voyage to Nowhere Trumps Super Speed Trains?
Posted Sep 14th, 2011 By admin in Related Technology, Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post, Transportation With | 6 Comments
Opinion by Brian Carrillo – Editor-but-not-Chief of Super Speed Train, Los Angeles CA I have always loved space travel and to this day, next to the study of super high speed trains and rail, I spend as much time considering the idea of life in outerspace and the possibity that we will someday prove this. When …
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High Speed Rail In the Running for More Funding
Posted Sep 14th, 2011 By admin in Transportation With | No Comments
High Speed Rail In the Running for More Funding in President’s $447 Billion Jobs Bill September 13, 2011 by Alan LaGreen Senior Writer and Editor Super Speed Train While President Obama’s September 8, “Jobs Bill” address to a joint session of Congress was lacking in specific references to High Speed Rail, the full bill released …
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What will be left for HSR after Obama’s jobs address?
Posted Sep 7th, 2011 By admin in Transportation With | No Comments
Speech before joint session of Congress now set for Sept. 8. Will High Speed Rail be Part of this Speech? by Alan Lagreen, Senior Editor Super Speed Train News As part of an effort to spur additional job creation, the Obama administration will push Congress to keep surface transportation spending at current levels rather than …
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Super Speed Winged Roller Coaster to Debut
Posted Sep 2nd, 2011 By admin in Related Technology With | 1 Comment
Riders will sit in pairs suspended on either side of the track with their feet dangling. The coaster will include a 12-story plunge, 3,000 feet of drops and reach speeds of 55 mph. Six Flags announced the new coaster Thursday. Six Flags Great America president Hank Salemi says “the coaster’s train actually looks like a …
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Rx for What Ails HIGH SPEED RAIL
Posted Aug 25th, 2011 By admin in Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post, Transportation With | No Comments
It’s a construction project, not a political platform by Alan LaGreen – Senior Editor Super Speed Train High Speed Rail is mired in the politics of stimulus, debt reduction, earmarks, pork barrels — you name it. That said, the only way to get HIGH SPEED RAIL off the ground (well actually moving 200 mph on …
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High Speed Rail Score card – Where things stand
Posted Aug 18th, 2011 By admin in California High Speed Rail Authority, Related Technology, Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post, Transportation With | 2 Comments
August 17, 2011 High Speed Rail Scorecard by Alan LaGreen – Senior Contributing Editor Super Speed Train News With the recent shocks to the nation’s economy from the debt-and-budget battle in Congress to Standard & Poor’s downgrading of the nation’s bonds, where does this leave the ambitious national push for High Speed Rail? As recently as …
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High Speed Pieces of Junk – Really?
Posted Aug 12th, 2011 By admin in Related Technology, Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post, Transportation With | 1 Comment
Contact Lost? Marbles Maybe! I am no Rocket-Scientist Commentary by Brian Carrillo – Armchair Space Expert and High Speed Train Observer. Editor but not Chief of SST I am no rocket scientist but am I the only one who is confused as to why we keep spending billions of taxpayer dollars on these experimental planes, rockets …
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Chinese high speed rail an economic necessity
Posted Aug 11th, 2011 By admin in Super Speed Trains - High Speed Post, Transportation With | No Comments
Safety concerns may slow Chinese high speed rail, but expansion plan an economic necessity By Shyam Raman, Research Analyst, Automotive & Transportation Email: shyamr@frost.com On 23rd July 2011, a collision between two high speed trains in China’s Zhejiang province resulted in the death of 35 people and left 192 injured. Initial reports suggest that the …
