tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post7349444151192213475..comments2024-03-28T11:51:19.078-07:00Comments on Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog: Trains or the TreeClemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374282217135682245noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-62821015033430579552010-02-19T22:15:18.103-08:002010-02-19T22:15:18.103-08:00nuclear trains are just another Betchel surprise
...<em>nuclear trains are just another Betchel surprise</em><br /><br />They investigated it in the 50s. The shielding is too heavy. . . besides there are nuclear powered trains running in the US since Shippingport opened in 1957, it's just that they leave the heavy reactor, shielding, steam turbines etc at a power station and get electricity from the third rail or catenary.Adirondacker12800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-16290936804351390172010-02-19T19:43:21.919-08:002010-02-19T19:43:21.919-08:00if a hundred years of coal smoke and another fifty...if a hundred years of coal smoke and another fifty of diesel exhaust didn't kill it, and two previous bridge constructions during an age when no one really cared about saving old trees didn't kill it, then i doubt HSR will.jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-35054574754285029392010-02-19T18:29:25.359-08:002010-02-19T18:29:25.359-08:00Uh, nuclear trains are just another Betchel surpri...Uh, nuclear trains are just another Betchel surprise...Spokkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244298044953214810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-85074846555548639792010-02-18T10:20:34.276-08:002010-02-18T10:20:34.276-08:00Spokker, this is presuming that its an atomic-powe...Spokker, this is presuming that its an atomic-powered HST, yes? In all the movies I ever saw where something started killing innocent wimmins and chilluns, it was that there atomic radiation.<br /><br />Noise radiating from something, not so much.BruceMcFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502035881761277885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-85593002917737205412010-02-17T19:09:19.867-08:002010-02-17T19:09:19.867-08:00Actually it's entirely probable that radiation...Actually it's entirely probable that radiation from the high speed trains will cause the tree to become sentient and self-aware and attack the town or something.Spokkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244298044953214810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-91200966422483781282010-02-17T19:08:19.265-08:002010-02-17T19:08:19.265-08:00They'll probably cut it down anyway. An HST mi...They'll probably cut it down anyway. An HST might derail and crash into it and kill hundreds of children or something.Spokkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244298044953214810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-57178638809662784312010-02-17T12:22:16.718-08:002010-02-17T12:22:16.718-08:00No, although its trunk is within a few feet of the...No, although its trunk is within a few feet of the boundary.Clemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374282217135682245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419444332771213285.post-42718843626128925342010-02-17T01:28:10.198-08:002010-02-17T01:28:10.198-08:00Is El Palo Alto within the right-of-way?Is El Palo Alto within the right-of-way?Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406340564037825796noreply@blogger.com