gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Keep Right)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2009-05-21 07:28 pm
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Attention Kevin!

I've managed to sneak some footage of test track for the California high-speed rail system!


[identity profile] kevin-standlee.livejournal.com 2009-05-22 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
*laughter* Hoo, boy. A handheld overhead electric pickup for the electrified train. Incredible. Thanks!

[identity profile] taschoene.livejournal.com 2009-05-22 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, you have to wonder how many people they lose from just accidentally running into the "overhead" wire. It's hot, bare, and just above eye level -- a recipe for disaster.

[identity profile] redc1c4.livejournal.com 2009-05-22 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
all those sparks underground, with the dust and a possibility of methane and other gases...... more excitement than i would want in a w*rkplace.


and i doubt we'll get even that for the billions we're voted to piss away on the proposed system here in the PRC. i predict most of it will go to consultants, lawyers, and advertising telling us what a great thing it will be if we'd just pass another bond measure and give them just a bet more money.