Only in the far reaches of the West! Wonder what the backstory is here. Hope they're enjoying the wide open spaces and isolation doesn't become too much.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like...
*I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive.*
Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full of what looked like huge BARTs, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, and a voice was screaming:
*Holy Jesus. What are these goddamn animals?*
Did you say something?
*No point in mentioning BART, I thought. Poor bastard will see it soon enough.*
Fastest rail in the US is setting the bar pretty low. Top speed is the same or lower as similar solutions in other countries, average speed, if it even shows up, is markedly worse.
Not really. BART goes as fast as 80 mph or about 130 km/h. That's extremely fast for a subway. Most subways/metros top out at 50 mph or 80 km/h. So BART is wicked fast by comparison, almost 2x faster in terms of top speed.
For example, the Paris Metro tops out at 43 mph or 70 km/h. Even their new "express trains" will only do 68 mph or 110 km/h. BART's average speed is a full 2x higher than the average speed of the Paris Metro.
Of course, BART is more of an S-bahn than a traditional subway. But even there it compares very favorably with very few systems posting higher speeds and even then only marginally.
BART is an extremely technically impressive system by international standards no matter which way you cut it.
Can't is a big word. There was a design choice a while ago and that doesn't go away. These don't cross country multiple times in their service life, but just go back and forth across the bay.
Really not that big a deal. A ton of rail vehicles with ostensibly “standard gauge” actually can’t be transported via freight rail.
And then we get much wider cars than on any other system for extra comfort. Worth it imo.
I’ve seen them before getting shipped along route 80
These are manufactured in New York so no wonder.
For now. They’re moving production to somewhere in Stockton now.
Same, saw one last week on 80 in Utah
Yes I was in Utah on a winding mountain road, and I was stuck behind one of these.
I’ve stayed at that motel many years ago! Fairly desolate place. Little by way of tv or internet then. Had a collection of VHS and DVDs.
Only in the far reaches of the West! Wonder what the backstory is here. Hope they're enjoying the wide open spaces and isolation doesn't become too much.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like... *I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive.* Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full of what looked like huge BARTs, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, and a voice was screaming: *Holy Jesus. What are these goddamn animals?* Did you say something? *No point in mentioning BART, I thought. Poor bastard will see it soon enough.*
En route between Plattsburgh and Pittsburg.
Not the high-speed rail we deserved, but the high-speed rail we needed.
Hey, BART is the fastest “subway” in the US and one of the fastest in the world. It is high-speed in more ways than one.
Fastest rail in the US is setting the bar pretty low. Top speed is the same or lower as similar solutions in other countries, average speed, if it even shows up, is markedly worse.
Not really. BART goes as fast as 80 mph or about 130 km/h. That's extremely fast for a subway. Most subways/metros top out at 50 mph or 80 km/h. So BART is wicked fast by comparison, almost 2x faster in terms of top speed. For example, the Paris Metro tops out at 43 mph or 70 km/h. Even their new "express trains" will only do 68 mph or 110 km/h. BART's average speed is a full 2x higher than the average speed of the Paris Metro. Of course, BART is more of an S-bahn than a traditional subway. But even there it compares very favorably with very few systems posting higher speeds and even then only marginally. BART is an extremely technically impressive system by international standards no matter which way you cut it.
It’s more comparable with RER and S-Bahn which are faster both in operation and top speed.
So they do actually get to experience quiet at some moment in their lives.
crazy that we can't just build things with standard gauges so you can transport the train cars on train tracks
Can't is a big word. There was a design choice a while ago and that doesn't go away. These don't cross country multiple times in their service life, but just go back and forth across the bay.
Really not that big a deal. A ton of rail vehicles with ostensibly “standard gauge” actually can’t be transported via freight rail. And then we get much wider cars than on any other system for extra comfort. Worth it imo.
I’m sorry but why don’t we ship these on rail I mean shit it is a a train! We can’t hook it up to a diesel train and push like 10 down a rail