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the proposal is to use electric trains on caltrain tracks. they allegedly will run at 110mph which i bet is loud, roughly 40mph more than caltrain today. the h
by foolfoolz 4y ago
the proposal is to use electric trains on caltrain tracks. they allegedly will run at 110mph which i bet is loud, roughly 40mph more than caltrain today.
the horns are getting better with grade separation and stations that don’t have crossings. they are very loud. you can hear them all the time. HSR will add 4 more trains per hour, which means a lot more train horns.
hopefully more grade separation is done by then. i can’t imagine any city surviving without it. there was a study done by caltrain about this and some crossings are blocked 20% of the time during peak hours today - and they want to increase train count by like 30%
- kccqzy 4y agoSunnyvale recently told residents that without grade separation, they expect in the future that during a peak hour, up to 24 minutes of that would be crossing gate down time. https://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/3570/637920840156570000 https://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/3570...
- foolfoolz 4y agopage 21 here has all the crossings and how many minutes they are down per hour https://caltrain2040.org/wp-content/uploads/CBP_April_LPMG_Presentation.pdf https://caltrain2040.org/wp-content/uploads/CBP_April_LPMG_P...
- 7952 4y agoI live near a track that was converted a few years ago and runs at 125mph. It is very very quiet and barely noticeable even when you are close. There is no engine noise like you get on diesels.