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Fozzie_DeBear · 04-23-2011, 09:48 PM

I don't understand why it has to be high speed?

I would think you could run into the problem that the BC ferries had...they were high speed but you could barely get them into a place to open up to full throttle.

Why couldn't you use the existing freight rail system and run them at medium speed?

Over the DT Calgary to DT Edmonton corridor I doubt it would make that big a difference in time..but in price it would be huge

04-23-2011, 09:48 PM	#12
Fozzie_DeBear Wucka Wocka Wacka Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest Exp:	I don't understand why it has to be high speed? I would think you could run into the problem that the BC ferries had...they were high speed but you could barely get them into a place to open up to full throttle. Why couldn't you use the existing freight rail system and run them at medium speed? Over the DT Calgary to DT Edmonton corridor I doubt it would make that big a difference in time..but in price it would be huge __________________ "WHAT HAVE WE EVER DONE TO DESERVE THIS??? WHAT IS WRONG WITH US????" -Oiler Fan "It was a debacle of monumental proportions." -MacT