Red State HSR : 10 Improbable High Speed Rail Projects

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Lucid Stew

Lucid Stew

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@-Katastrophe
@-Katastrophe 2 ай бұрын
Bass pro shop Sphinx HSR station, let's go!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
I wish I'd thought of that for the video. XD
@elicarlson7682
@elicarlson7682 2 ай бұрын
More like the Memphis Pyramid Bass Pro Shops
@MetroChamp
@MetroChamp 2 ай бұрын
Can we do this instead of WW3?
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
bro we are closer to WW3 than we’ve been since the 80’s Trump is going to de-escalate.
@thedapperdolphin1590
@thedapperdolphin1590 2 ай бұрын
@@gumbyshrimp2606”Deescalate” aka capitulate to Putin
@tonyburzio4107
@tonyburzio4107 2 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, the United States doesn't get any input.
@PuNicAdbo
@PuNicAdbo 2 ай бұрын
Approved by Germany
@UncleSamFreedom
@UncleSamFreedom 2 ай бұрын
​@@gumbyshrimp2606only thing he is going to do is make America Russian puppet. He himself is Putin's puppet already
@gompye1834
@gompye1834 2 ай бұрын
As a resident Lexington KY teenager, I would gladly pay 3k dollars for hsr. Thats what a year and a half of car insurance would cost me. Also there was a Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati hsr feasibility study in 1999 which is rather interesting.
@alhollywood6486
@alhollywood6486 2 ай бұрын
Renders keep getting better, great job Stew!👍
@Db_traveler
@Db_traveler 2 ай бұрын
This episode added a lot to your future HSR network. Curious to see an overall map of the videos you’ve made to see what gaps remain.
@wintermath3173
@wintermath3173 2 ай бұрын
He should do an annual recap video with a map!
@Crowsalesman
@Crowsalesman 2 ай бұрын
Another red state high speed rail line is a Louisiana line between New Orleans and Shreveport via Baton Rouge.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
I was briefly looking at running Dallas-Little Rock through Shreveport. Kind of tough routing through there. At least between is mostly bottomland.
@natehill8069
@natehill8069 2 ай бұрын
The key to rail achieving high speed is minimizing the number of stops. The key to getting political approval is maximizing the number of stops.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
A sobering point and true just about everywhere in the U.S.
@Arjava.
@Arjava. 2 ай бұрын
In PRC, city moved to station
@shere-khansmoot644
@shere-khansmoot644 2 ай бұрын
Being from WV, I greatly appreciate hearing you take a crack at pronouncing Kanawha and Hurricane 😂 Thanks for trying your hand at getting HSR in the metro valley!
@shere-khansmoot644
@shere-khansmoot644 2 ай бұрын
For the curious, or uninitiated, Kanawha (Kuh-na-wuh) is the textbook pronunciation, but is pronounced “Kuh-nah”. Hurricane is actually “Hurr-i-kuhn”. Most other pronunciations make it obvious your not local 😅
@seantroy3172
@seantroy3172 2 ай бұрын
@@shere-khansmoot644 so the second "a" is silent? lol
@fischerfys0958
@fischerfys0958 2 ай бұрын
We just have to appease the ego, call it the "trump train" and may actually get some momentum!
@tonyburzio4107
@tonyburzio4107 2 ай бұрын
What a load of bushit. Trump bought 75 of the new Charger locomotives. So you don't know crap to be talking crap.
@de-fault_de-fault
@de-fault_de-fault 2 ай бұрын
Did you include the cost of adding truck nuts to each American Pioneer 220 set?
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
seems like a minimal expense, although we'd want them pretty big on our red state trains
@timnewman1172
@timnewman1172 2 ай бұрын
The Lincoln to Omaha route would be great as conventional service, but terminate at Union Station downtown... Omaha-Council Bluffs IA is currently developing a streetcar line that would connect downtown.
@mattisbadateverything
@mattisbadateverything 2 ай бұрын
Additionally thy could build a street car route from the millwork commons south on tenth street to the zoo and have a connection at Durham or Burlington station.
@PhillipPlus
@PhillipPlus 2 ай бұрын
I like the Idaho one. Seems like it would be very useful
@TheMevGuyTV
@TheMevGuyTV 2 ай бұрын
New Lucid Stew video dropped on my birthday, sweet!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Happy Birthday!
@AmericanRailClub
@AmericanRailClub 2 ай бұрын
Loving this stuff, man! Presentation, renders, calculations, you got it down pat!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm trying to continue to push on quality and tech, so hopefully it will continue to improve further
@robertwalsh1724
@robertwalsh1724 2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Thank you! The first mission to Vegas is next week and UE5 crashed on me a dozen times making the last video due to lack of video memory, so I'm very much looking forward to a more capable, dedicated rendering computer.
@ericepperly9517
@ericepperly9517 2 ай бұрын
I like Stews news. The cost is always more than projected because every little detail isn't accounted for. Lessons learned from CHSR be fully financed and be able to purchase all the properties, don't let contractors price gouge. Like brightline west supposed to cost $13 billion but I imagine it will be closer to $50 billion.
@WilliamCarterII
@WilliamCarterII 2 ай бұрын
I mean there are all good. We could do some kind of new deal thing again where we do massive infrastructure projects
@adambubble73
@adambubble73 2 ай бұрын
Red states are the antithesis of this though
@WilliamCarterII
@WilliamCarterII 2 ай бұрын
@@adambubble73 We cannot act like blue States are good at this kind of thing. Lol. In La they canceled brt lines because Democrats didn't want buses passing through in dedicated lanes
@MinecraftWarrior22
@MinecraftWarrior22 2 ай бұрын
Louisville Lexington HSR could work reasonably well as Lexington hosts University of Kentucky and Louisville has a large population. It could facilitate the transportation of students for holidays or weekends between the two cities. There are also a fair few sport venues in both destinations that could see an increase in ridership if last mile transit solutions are implemented.
@ezekielcarsella
@ezekielcarsella 2 ай бұрын
Charleston, SC to Savannah would be such an upgrade on the current Silver Meteor/Palmetto 2 hour service currently! Combined with the currently being built Bus Rapid Transit alignment, Charleston could have a bright future!
@TheWarrior1256
@TheWarrior1256 2 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, Stew!
@RailMan102_Productions
@RailMan102_Productions 2 ай бұрын
I feel like for the routes that have an average speed of around 125mph or below, such as Lincoln to Omaha and Louisville to Lexington. You could still use the Amtrak Siemen trains since there top speed is 125mph.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Ultimately 200mph over 30-40 miles doesn't get you much, although some of these it doesn't save you much to kneecap it, either. 125mph electric would be cheaper to operate vs. 200... and the vast majority of these are more like regional rail anyway. However, there is an argument to be made for a 125mph secondary network linked to a high speed trunk network. HSR is sexier than Class 7 diesel-electric. A ton of money on dedicated class 7 lines for Amtrak seems like a tough sell. As it is, the train of the future is a compromise Class 6 that's going to average 75mph. Perhaps perspectives will change when CAHSR or Brightline West are running.
@Daveomabegin
@Daveomabegin 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing Omaha some love! 😍
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
A certain viewer, who shall remain nameless, has been encouraging it for about 2 years now. I finally caved.
@mukundhashok8486
@mukundhashok8486 2 ай бұрын
Honestly even if NC is a red state, I could see HSR or rail projects being built in the state, We have Dems on state offices but republicans in the legislature, and they've approved of the S-Line project between Richmond VA and Raleigh, NC so there's a bonus to that!
@kosboot
@kosboot 2 ай бұрын
Of all of them the Nebraska one seems the most economically sensible. I have a friend from Memphis. He considered Nashville too far to visit. So why doesn't your route start at Little Rock and go through Memphis to Nashville?
@vincentgrinn2665
@vincentgrinn2665 2 ай бұрын
great video as always its probably abit silly but id be really interested to see a video of a single route and see how much the geometry and cost change as you push it for a higher average speed so many of your routes slow down a lot to make tight turns, because thats the practical thing to do. but just how much does it take to increase the average speed higher, just how much bigger is the turning radius of trains at higher speeds
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
minimum curve radius at 110mph is about 3.5 times less than 220mph. It depends on the space, but sometimes more than a mile may as well be a straight line.
@LibertyTroopers
@LibertyTroopers 2 ай бұрын
Been waiting so long for the Lincoln to Omaha line as a Lincolnite, hope it's in my lifetime
@PuNicAdbo
@PuNicAdbo 2 ай бұрын
Does any of these cities have public transport on site?
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
Not many besides the south
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Bus and Amtrak is about it. Some might not have that much.
@wintermath3173
@wintermath3173 2 ай бұрын
Not all deep red, but I'd love to see your take on HSR from Martinsburg, West Virginia to Washington DC. There's rail there today, but peak direction only and quite slow. It could be extended southward to Winchester, VA or westward to connect more places in West Virginia with the opportunities to the east.
@jonathanwoods3136
@jonathanwoods3136 2 ай бұрын
Give me the Louisville Lexington Cincinnati triangle and all should be very happy. With possible connections via Cincinnati to Dayton, Columbus, etc… or Indy via a Louisville Cincinnati triangle as well. Please please please let this happen.
@thomasblyth7539
@thomasblyth7539 2 ай бұрын
surprised you didn’t go with the old Charleston Union Station site. CSX has a yard in the area so it’s very easy access with existing track. Interesting alternative could be the Charleston Visitor Center/Childrens Museum/Best Friend of Charleston Museum to take advantage of existing platforms and mostly uninterrupted right of way
@Lombwolf
@Lombwolf 2 ай бұрын
I love that this is basically making fun of red states for having horrible HSR corridors
@peterbaldo9895
@peterbaldo9895 2 ай бұрын
The part of California served by California High Speed Rail - the San Joaquin Valley - is red. Two famous former Congress persons - Devin Nunes and Kevin McCarthy - are from there.
@counterfit5
@counterfit5 2 ай бұрын
Careful, Devin might sue you for that.
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
Key word ... FORMER.
@bjturon
@bjturon 2 ай бұрын
I like the moving freight train :D
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
I had to leave out a lot of extras to get the 10 parts done, but I managed to squeeze a few in that I shouldn't have. :)
@coltonallen6295
@coltonallen6295 2 ай бұрын
Louisville -> Nashville -> Atlanta would pick up a lot of red. I also think it would be a great video! Also Memphis -> Nashville -> Knoxville to completely traverse Tennessee.
@forrestihler504
@forrestihler504 2 ай бұрын
For a more cross state HSR in Idaho, I would love to see Boise connected to both Coeur d'Alene in the North, and then East through the “Idaho Smile” to Twin Falls, Pocatello, then Idaho Falls up to Rexburg.
@rsd3719
@rsd3719 2 ай бұрын
So you're saying there can be a huskers express? Will it serve Bush light and Runzas?
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Yes, and corn.
@rsd3719
@rsd3719 2 ай бұрын
@LucidStew we don't actually eat the corn, that for the cattle to eat. 🤣
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
@@rsd3719 Why wouldn't you eat corn? Corn is delicious.
@rsd3719
@rsd3719 Ай бұрын
@@LucidStew there is a big difference between sweet corn and those acres, upon acres of Field corn.
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
3:07 I love you ❤️
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
A route like that you just needed patience. :D
@realquadmoo
@realquadmoo 2 ай бұрын
How do you calculate cost estimates?
@ETNLWM
@ETNLWM 2 ай бұрын
Would love to see the time on a Nashville to Atlanta route and the animated cost.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Atlanta-Memphis via Nashville will happen eventually.
@WisdomRanger
@WisdomRanger Ай бұрын
Nashville to Atlanta via Chattanooga would be huge
@RVail623
@RVail623 2 ай бұрын
Birmingham to Montgomery might as well be extended further south to Mobile's new Amtrak station. Grand Forks - Fargo seems to have a history of floods from several decades ago, where the downtown water level was something like 5 feet above street level. Cheyenne to Casper could be extended further north to Billings, where it would intersect with a future revived Amtrak North Coast Hiawatha. Amtrak has also mentioned being interested in building a new north/south corridor train connecting Billings, Montana with El Paso, Texas (via Denver). I'm also interested in a Denver - Kansas City HSR, potentially re-using an old Chicago, Burlington & Quincy right-of-way located just north inside of Nebraska's southern border.
@QuintonjChambers
@QuintonjChambers 2 ай бұрын
With all the talk of mass deportations a fast and efficient way to move equipment & personnel, as well as immigrants down to the southern border would be high speed rail! Me the ever optimist AZ resident hoping for anything good to come of the next 4 years
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Texas IS trying to get going with a train from Austin to Monterrey...
@judejohnson6336
@judejohnson6336 2 ай бұрын
MEMPHIS AND EAST ARKANSAS MENTIONED!!!
@thatoneotherotherguy
@thatoneotherotherguy Ай бұрын
"Colorado went blue this year". Not sure if that's a joke, but the last time Colorado voted red for president was 2004.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew Ай бұрын
Why would it be a joke?
@thatoneotherotherguy
@thatoneotherotherguy Ай бұрын
@@LucidStew I didn't know if "Colorado went blue" could be a joke, since they're 100% a reliable blue state now. They'll go blue next election, and the one after that, along with the one after that.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew Ай бұрын
@@thatoneotherotherguy ok. Did you find it to be a funny statement of fact then?
@thatoneotherotherguy
@thatoneotherotherguy Ай бұрын
@@LucidStew I found it to be unnecessary. It's like saying California voted blue this year, it's a given. I'll stop dwelling on it. Love the videos, and looking forward to BLW's real construction starting soon!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew Ай бұрын
@@thatoneotherotherguy People on the other side of the country don't know how Colorado voted in every Presidential election. If I do something like NOT making the obvious connection of Cheyenne-Fort Collins, I have to explain why I'm doing that. Otherwise, people will just ask why in the comments.
@jplus1054
@jplus1054 2 ай бұрын
For the Kentucky Route, if Louisville follows the CNU plan to turn the section of I-64 between the Clark Memorial Bridge and 22nd Street into a parkway and waterfront park, you might be able to eke out a station next to the Muhammad Ali Center or the industrial area right across 9th Street by worming through the Spaghetti Junction. It might even be possible to put it right next to the Louisville Slugger Stadium if the parkway is planned well enough.
@jplus1054
@jplus1054 2 ай бұрын
I've also heard of people complaining about how terrible the inside of the I-64 tunnels through Cherokee Park look, so you *might* be able to convince people to upgrade them and throw in a high speed rail tunnel (keyword being might, here - the likelihood of this happening at all is slim-to-none).
@MegaChallanger
@MegaChallanger 2 ай бұрын
Its foolish to think that we would ever get high speed rail in a red state
@nanashi1879
@nanashi1879 2 ай бұрын
Still think you should look into doing a video on Las Vegas to Salt Lake City, with stops in St. George & Mesquite. Look at it as if Brightline decided to build the route
@kayseek1248
@kayseek1248 2 ай бұрын
7:08 warning headphone users.
@esspeetwentytwo
@esspeetwentytwo 2 ай бұрын
17:07 how about a Pioneer HSR video that goes from Seattle to SLC via Yakima, Tri Cities, and Twin Falls?
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Sounds pretty involved. There might be Seattle-Spokane in an equivalent Blue State video as a consolation prize.
@alexisdespland4939
@alexisdespland4939 2 ай бұрын
why no huntington- lexington line.
@alexisdespland4939
@alexisdespland4939 2 ай бұрын
the louisville - frankfort- lexinington lone beiing thur the horse racing capital of the world should be called the thurobred line in shouls serbe both cchurchill downs and the course in lexington whose namei can't remeber. also must serve loiusvulle airport.
@elicarlson7682
@elicarlson7682 2 ай бұрын
7:45 Go Louisville FC!
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
Kickball is Unamerican.
@OchNe926
@OchNe926 2 ай бұрын
"Stuttgart 21", a massive new rail hub in southwestern metropolitan Germany becoming operational in Dec 2026 (enjoy with English subtitles enabled!): kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5S2mGZuh9V_l9k --> 56 km / 35 miles of tunnels, 42 bridges, a new siding yard, a new S-Bahn / metropolitan train station, a new station at Stuttgart Airport, and 100 km / 62 miles of new tracks, and a new underground train station right in the heart of Stuttgart City Center - for some €11 / $12 bn combined! Why are such projects in the USA so much more expensive? Greed, corruption?
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
USA demands better than Euro crap.
@OchNe926
@OchNe926 2 ай бұрын
​@@davidjackson7281 Personally, I've ridden high speed trains in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Japan. There (and possibly in China) the quality of service is at least an order of magnitude better than in the USA - both in terms of rail and highways! So "crap" is what comes to mind about the USA!
@alexisdespland4939
@alexisdespland4939 2 ай бұрын
the cheyyenne hsr should start at the large airforcebase just west of cheyenne and maybego akl the way to laramie o for the university of wyoming.
@stephenkeever6029
@stephenkeever6029 2 ай бұрын
I like your work here. Too bad none of this is going to happen once public transportation money gets redirected back to roads and highways.
@Billblom
@Billblom 2 ай бұрын
The problem with Charlotte to Atlanta... South Carolina will not provide $$$$. There was a thought ot Charlotte to Columbia over existing track, which SC said "No thanks. We're good" No interest in $$$$$ for required track upgrades (signals, siding extensions and so on.) The trip to Atlanta? Same NOPE heard loud and clear. "You want it, you pay for it"... NS has standard sized ROW there, so the entire distance would need land purchases and be a fun thing to build with the NIMBY opposition. Even the higher speed (like 90 mph) between Raleigh and Richmond is iffy at this point. I suspect money for that is about to evaporate.
@NoirMorter
@NoirMorter 2 ай бұрын
I was surprised to see the Nebraska one but as someone that lives their I can tell you this is much needed. Especially during game day. Fixing the last mile problem at both ends of your proposed line would be great! Extending the city's Light rail (being built now) to the station plus a dedicated line to Epley would wrap things up nicely. For the AK to TN one, there needs to be a dedicated freight line out of Little rock the traffic leaving is nothing but 18 wheelers! An HSR would make normal people visiting the city much better! Funny, most of the places in the video I've been to in the past decade. For the ND route there is a possibility of stopping at a reservation area that the residents there would be appreciative of.
@ryanspies6170
@ryanspies6170 Ай бұрын
I don't think there's a reservation between Fargo & Grand Forks.
@NoirMorter
@NoirMorter Ай бұрын
@ not between no, but where ever there were tons of protests about the pipline back in ‘15.
@MateusChristopher
@MateusChristopher 2 ай бұрын
I really do want texas to get its "bullet" train 😏
@bilcal
@bilcal 2 ай бұрын
Since you were looking at Red State HSR, what about a dynamic duo of Missouri and Oklahoma for a St. Louis to Springfield to Tulsa HSR via I-44? That would connect to the Tulsa-OKC HSR you have already discussed. 🚅 I enjoy your discussions, especially including the cost per person in the affected regions. Keep up the good work! All the best! 👍
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
I would think if Missouri were to build HSR, it would connect STL and KC.
@lisanstan1
@lisanstan1 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStewI agree. That stretch of 70 between STL-KC is miserable with trucks and rolling hills.
@knapptimezzz
@knapptimezzz Ай бұрын
Just refurbish some old Amtrak Turboliners and give them to these states for now until their populations catch up with the NEC
@jpack85
@jpack85 2 ай бұрын
HSR within Wyoming? Seriously? It's not just improbable; it's a terrible idea.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
What made you come to that conclusion?
@andyerwin3535
@andyerwin3535 2 ай бұрын
We don’t want it, That’s for sure
@andyerwin3535
@andyerwin3535 2 ай бұрын
We don’t want it, that’s for sure
@jpack85
@jpack85 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew the money to build a HSR for a state with just several hundred thousand people is better spent where there's more need/demand. What problem would HSR be trying to solve here?
@ryanspies6170
@ryanspies6170 Ай бұрын
@@jpack85 He knows, for like 2/3 of the "routes" in this video that's exactly the point he is making.
@skurinski
@skurinski 2 ай бұрын
no South Dakota? Pretty sure its redder than Georgia or Nebraska
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
One Dakota was enough of a stretch.
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew time to reunite the dakotas
@lukecarroll19
@lukecarroll19 2 ай бұрын
Red state HSR? Vro, there aren't even any blue states that have a single HSR.
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
@@lukecarroll19 Brightline West will be 50% red state
@lukecarroll19
@lukecarroll19 2 ай бұрын
@@gumbyshrimp2606 True, but as of rn, the total number of HSR lines in this country is zero.
@thatoneotherotherguy
@thatoneotherotherguy 2 ай бұрын
@@gumbyshrimp2606 it’s not like Nevada is reliably red. Complete teeter totter swing state
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Blue State HSR coming next month. Current projects will similarly be in the honorable mention, so I'll try to sum up CAHSR, BLW, and NEC status in 2-3 minutes.
@alhollywood6486
@alhollywood6486 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew Don't forget the Northeast Maglev😂😂
@mdnvn
@mdnvn 2 ай бұрын
The pronunciation of kanawa and hurricane hurts my brain….. I think they’re boo boos for sure
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
Like you have a decent sounding accent? Not!
@Chupabrah
@Chupabrah 2 ай бұрын
Does Maglev not work?
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Not sure you caught the gist of the video, but wheel-on-rail HSR is already overkill here in nearly every case.
@tonyburzio4107
@tonyburzio4107 2 ай бұрын
Maglev works but humans riding on the train get a dialysis treatment. Not bad if you only ride once a year or so.
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew what about teleportation?
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
@@gumbyshrimp2606 that's game over for the channel. we don't talk about that. 😄
@nyc6035a
@nyc6035a 2 ай бұрын
I've gotta say...this is hilarious. As someone below said - let's call it the Trump Train...and have Biden be the rail czar for the new administration. That unfortunately has about as much chance of happening as any of these routes - sadly.
@timnewman1172
@timnewman1172 2 ай бұрын
The North Dakota route works if you extend it to Winnipeg Manitoba...
@CasualScrub
@CasualScrub 2 ай бұрын
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@onetwothreeabc
@onetwothreeabc 2 ай бұрын
So much cheaper than Cal HSR. Build them all!
@andyerwin3535
@andyerwin3535 2 ай бұрын
If it’s in a red state, it will get done on time and within budget, no bad leadership and corruption. California HSR is full of corruption, kickbacks and every other illegal things possible, it will never get done and the fares will be insanely expensive
@CasualScrub
@CasualScrub 2 ай бұрын
Yes! Imagine how stupid California would look if a red state built high speed rail before them! It would be awesome! 😂😂
@bobsteve4812
@bobsteve4812 2 ай бұрын
Than why hasn’t it happened? Only blue states have even entertained the idea of building and supporting rail.
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
@@CasualScrub Nevada will.
@twentysixbit
@twentysixbit 2 ай бұрын
I'd say avoid hashtags in full video titles. Almost thought this was a short
@RailMan102_Productions
@RailMan102_Productions 2 ай бұрын
If Amtrak was running on it's own line I feel like it would make it much easier for excursion trains like NKP 765 and N&W 611 to be able to run on the Mainline. Then that policy that Amtrak put in I think in 2018 wouldn't be necessary anymore. Like this would be another reason why I want High-Speed Rail to be built.
@zacharywoolsey5107
@zacharywoolsey5107 2 ай бұрын
Can you do a video connecting Little Rock, AR to Nashville, TN. Currently, there are no direct flights (which is insane) I drive this route frequently since I live in Nashville and am from North Central Arkansas. Driving from Nashville to Memphis takes 3-4 hours. From Memphis to Little Rock takes 2-2.5 hours. I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis is highly congested due to the high freight traffic. Even though the speed limit is 75 mph in Arkansas, traffic is so heavy you frequently get stuck going 50-60mph during peak travel times. Having a HSR route connecting Little Rock, Memphis, and Nashville, would be amazing and cut travel times down significantly!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew Ай бұрын
Eventually I'm going to cover Memphis to Atlanta via Nashville.
@tonyburzio4107
@tonyburzio4107 2 ай бұрын
Blue spends all the money and they don't care if it works. Red spends a little bit of money and sees if it works, then gives a bit more if it does.
@TheTimmynatoRex
@TheTimmynatoRex 2 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that South Dakota isn't listed on here, then again I couldn't think of any viable HSR connections between any two cities. (The most reasonable one I can think of is between Sioux Falls and Rapid City via Pierre.)
@ryanspies6170
@ryanspies6170 Ай бұрын
Pierre isn't even on the way between Rapid & Sioux Falls. (He'd route it via I-90 most of the way.)
@seantroy3172
@seantroy3172 2 ай бұрын
While some of these are indeed very improbable and not the best choices if we were serious about building out a true HSR network, just for some perspective about the costs, the combined total of all of these projects PLUS Texas Central and Charlotte to Atlanta is only $110B. For reference that is 13% of the *annual* budget we spend on the US military. We far and away have the resources to make these projects happen, especially considering you don't need to pay that $110B up front. If we assume the construction period of each of these projects is 5 years that's $22B annually. As some others have said, if it takes calling it the Trump Train to make it happen... all aboard!
@JoyClinton-i8g
@JoyClinton-i8g 2 ай бұрын
Your video: Atlanta-Charlotte is 270 miles with a cost of $15 billion and isn't getting done. The Gateway tunnel is 2 miles at a cost of $16 billion and is getting done. Your use of the term "red state" summarizes it nicely -- improving transportation where people are moving to is zero priority in Washington DC (Amtrak's HQ) versus where they are leaving from.
@bobsteve4812
@bobsteve4812 2 ай бұрын
The issue is these states and their ppl, including their new comers, and viciously against this kind of stuff. The region tends to disproportionately attracts Republican northerners so they also don’t want public transit generally.
@Unmannedperson
@Unmannedperson 2 ай бұрын
Anchorage-Juneau HSR when?
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
I actually looked at it for about 5 seconds. When I was taking suggestions for the video, someone thought Anchorage to Fairbanks was a good idea.
@Unmannedperson
@Unmannedperson 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew Couldn't be any worse than Cheyenne-Casper...
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
@@Unmannedperson You sure about that? 😁
@Unmannedperson
@Unmannedperson 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew No!
@DoleStudios
@DoleStudios 2 ай бұрын
Sup
@thebrownguy79
@thebrownguy79 2 ай бұрын
None of these projects will never happen if it gets the green light. Most of the experienced workers have been sent back from which they came from. Vital building materials and parts to construct the trains would cost astronomically high from tariffs. lol @ “cross across” 😂
@MrPriebster
@MrPriebster 2 ай бұрын
Sioux Falls to Omaha?
@bernadmanny
@bernadmanny 2 ай бұрын
These routes are more preposterous than someone like say ... Donald Trump getting elected, oh wait.
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Me in 2016: "he's not a serious candidate" Me in 2020: "he's not a... ah man, he's been President." Me in 2024:
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
@@LucidStew MAGA
@eannamcnamara9338
@eannamcnamara9338 21 күн бұрын
These are good links, but a all of the station are terminus stations, which won't allow the continuation of lines, and thus the construction of a proper US wide network
@gemini-007
@gemini-007 2 ай бұрын
Yes, Cheyenne WY to Casper WY. We should do it. 100%
@davidaldinger113
@davidaldinger113 2 ай бұрын
I’m sorry to say this but the sad truth is that all passenger projects are unlikely with one party rule starting on January 20.
@GDIcon27
@GDIcon27 2 ай бұрын
Current projects (Like Brightline West and California High Speed Rail) are not going away, but don’t expect any new projects to be put out by the federal government.
@tonyburzio4107
@tonyburzio4107 2 ай бұрын
Trump bought 75 Charger locomotives and enough passenger cars to refit the entire single level fleet. The idea that this won't continue is unlikely. Of course, it will continue without Amtrak.
@daleviker5884
@daleviker5884 2 ай бұрын
Nonsense. Worthy passenger projects will be funded, but indulgent wasteful vanity projects might need to pay their own way.
@bobsteve4812
@bobsteve4812 2 ай бұрын
@@daleviker5884What makes u think he would support passenger rail when he cancelled construction for the Gateway Project during his admin? Like every Republican president and politician, they are against public transit. Dems are horrible but they aren’t anywhere near as bad.
@davidjackson7281
@davidjackson7281 2 ай бұрын
Oh really?
@jyw0000
@jyw0000 2 ай бұрын
Can we do this instead of mass deportations? This would actually help.
@gumbyshrimp2606
@gumbyshrimp2606 2 ай бұрын
@@jyw0000 both. Both is good!
@jacobwalker6092
@jacobwalker6092 2 ай бұрын
Both would help significantly
@counterfit5
@counterfit5 2 ай бұрын
Weirdos in here thinking deporting millions of people is going to be a net positive for the country in any way
@thetechnocrat4979
@thetechnocrat4979 2 ай бұрын
Both is necessary.
@maxalaintwo3578
@maxalaintwo3578 Ай бұрын
@@counterfit5both are based
@lassepeterson2740
@lassepeterson2740 2 ай бұрын
Probable has no point .
@nolantherailfan5048
@nolantherailfan5048 2 ай бұрын
Seriously a Trump high speed train would be awesome.
@plaguebomb2712
@plaguebomb2712 2 ай бұрын
Sure thing have fun with your project 2025 lol
@bjturon
@bjturon 2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@LucidStew
@LucidStew 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Heading to Vegas on 12/2 to grab BLW and HDC footage. Wish I had the new computer for the renders, but some interesting things might be in store for similar trips next year. With the drone, I might be able to do an orbit of an area, recreate it in 3D with photogrammetry, then overlay Google Maps data for the background to create a super high-res foreground without all the gross artifacts in Google Maps data.
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