New Rail Line

[harryadkins]

https://railfan.com/builders-selected-f ... 7774X7j-Ro

[AmericanSteam]

Hmmmmm, I wonder if it is wise to invest in anything that has to do with oil?

[buzz456]

Your children's children will not live to see the end of the petroleum age. Don't believe the propaganda. Petrochemicals will be used as far as the eye can see forgetting about the loons who wish oil to go away with no discernible plan about how to get there.

[harryadkins]

I agree. It's going to take a long time to allow electric vehicles to be competitive. Add up the cost of adding a home charging station plus the electricity used charges (if your neighborhood electric grid will handle the extra load.) On a recent visit to Georgia, my wife and I laughed to see a Tesla on the side of the interstate being charged by a portable diesel generator. On top of all this is the initial cost of an all-electric vehicle. I'm not excited...

Harry

[AmericanSteam]

I agree. It's going to take a long time to allow electric vehicles to be competitive. Add up the cost of adding a home charging station plus the electricity used charges (if your neighborhood electric grid will handle the extra load.) On a recent visit to Georgia, my wife and I laughed to see a Tesla on the side of the interstate being charged by a portable diesel generator. On top of all this is the initial cost of an all-electric vehicle. I'm not excited...

Harry

I agree the infrastructure costs will be high. All who have all electric fleets will need enough to service most of their fleet vehicles, most fleets are not 100% in use at all times so they will be rotated on and off the charger,. Will these facilities need to upgrade the power service to accommodate? Some places such as shopping malls are already having issues with not enough chargers. Another issue is that there is no standard in place for charging cables and plugs. There are several in the US alone. North America: Type 1 and CCS
Tesla Model S and Model X owners in North America: Tesla connector and/or a CCS or ChaDeMo adaptor
Japanese manufactured vehicle owners: ChaDeMo

[GSkid]

This is gonna connect at Kyune, Utah on UP's Provo Subdivision (BNSF and Amtrak have trackage rights) that goes over Soldier summit. Kyune is 12.5 miles northwest of where the westbound trains start their climb out of Helper, Utah. It will be challenging, mountainous territory to build this new line through.

Kyune is just an unincorporated spot where Kyune Pass Road starts at. I actually filmed this location twice in 2018. For an eastbound train and a westbound train. I cued the links to the exact timestamp location....

Eastbound going down hill at Kyune with the video switching to the other side of the bridge to also catch the rear DPU.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-DnUqe2bIo&t=485s

A westbound climbing at Kyune...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmZqU3_2254&t=523s

[buzz456]

Very trick. Thanks for sharing.

[ex-railwayman]

I got excited all of a sudden, I thought it was a new route in TrainSim Classic!!!!!

Cheerz. Steve.