Meme Thread... no politics

In reply to RevRico :

Happened to Kinky Haley in Nevada.

Some folks like walking on the edge...

In reply to Purple Frog (Forum Supporter) :

tester (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :

They literally can't build a new train line in California for billions...

 

 

It depends on who "they" is. Brightline says theirs will be done by 2027, and they already have another one running in Florida.

CJ said:

E_NinjA said:

Did this for a family trip once. All just for the kid to win his week long baseball tourney in San Diego. With children, this is 16 hours minimum. Never left the state. California is like its own country, mostly full of idiots.

Nice that you are here

Not entirely sure what that means. I moved to SoCal a while back. Not up in the rainy part of the state any more.

Obligatory meme.

tester (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :

They literally can't build a new train line in California for billions...

 

 

I was discussing overhead catenary with one of the civil guys at the RR I work at. He said they'd just gotten quotes to electrify one section of track at a yard to move electric locos in and out on. The cost?  $2300 per foot (yes, per FOOT) of wire.  Note that this is just the cost of stringing catenary- it does not include actually powering it with 12kV, nor the cost of, you know, the actual tracks the choo choo needs to roll on. 

I love me some trains, but damn, they are not cheap. 

Wait what? 12,144,000 a mile???? Yikes...

Noddaz said:

In reply to RevRico :

I have joked for years about legally changing my name to None of the Above and running for office.

You'd have won a recent primary in Nevada!

Jay_W said:

Wait what? 12,144,000 a mile???? Yikes...

Yup. The stretch of track in question was a total of about 2 miles of catenary, and the quote was 26M.

Oh yeah, and then, for E36 M3s and giggles, go ahead and call your friendly local utility company and tell them you need 12kV service. 

tester (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :

They literally can't build a new train line in California for billions...

In one google search I find multiple groups and individuals that are still attempting to stop it, several attempting to defund it entirely, legal fights stretching back decades (some whos entire purpose was just to tie up courts), and even alternate projects who's purpose (supposedly) was to sap billions in funding from completing it.

Eventually, it's not just the state that's the problem. But I don't know why a train- adjacent joke set someone off.

I wonder if people in the 50s had the same attitude towards the Interstate highway system as  we do high speed rail?

RealMiniNoMore (Forum Supporter) said:

914Driver said:

Imagine watching a Taylor Swift concert, and they break in every five minutes to show a football game. 

Enough of these chubby Taylor Swift edits

Mostly because I'd still hit it

In reply to GCrites :

In reply to Old_Town :

Boss!