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> Dreamstar trains would be running on the track that make up the Coast Line railroad line between Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay area, which trav
by throwup238 3y ago
> Dreamstar trains would be running on the track that make up the Coast Line railroad line between Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay area, which travels primarily along the California coast. That line is already in use by Amtrak‘s Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight, among others.
This isn’t the high speed train which is what I thought at first reading the headline. That’d require new tracks.
This is just an overnight Amtrack that’ll inevitably get delayed like Amtrack always is and you’ll wake up not in San Francisco but in the middle of the Gilroy garlic festival.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> an overnight Amtrack that’ll inevitably get delayed like Amtrack always is If they strike an agreement with the track owner, I don’t see why that would be. Amtrak failed because nobody enforces the part of the law that gives passenger trains primacy.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoAmtrak only has primacy when on schedule. That actually makes some sense. The railroad plans a scheduled hole in the flow of freight trains that they can put a passenger train in. (Passenger trains are faster than many freight trains, so it takes some juggling to make it work.) If the passenger train is late, the planned spot to put it in isn't there. Now they have to create a spot for it on the fly. That isn't always possible (or possible at an acceptable cost) to the freight railroad.
- nradov 3y agoThe coastal Amtrak rail line was recently closed by a landslide. https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/california-storms-sever-amtrak-commuter-rail-line-once-again/706502/ https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/california-storms-sever...
- ravenstine 3y ago> you’ll wake up not in San Francisco but in the middle of the Gilroy garlic festival. I know this was meant as a humorous example of where one might end up because of a delay, but I can think of a million worse places to be stuck at than Gilroy. Better that than somewhere like Hanford, King City, Barstow, or even Bakersfield.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoIs there anyone who wouldn't rather be at a Garlic Festival than San Fran?
- newfriend 3y agoI can think of a few people...
- SkyMarshal 3y agoVampires?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Garlic Festival Oh no, the festival is permanently cancelled [1]. [1] https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-not-returning-17142022.php https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-n...
- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoSadness! Wow, this comment thread has been a real emotional roller coaster today.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoYeah, I had to scrub plans for riding the Coastal Starlight next month…
- ravenstine 3y agoThat's a serious bummer. I'm not trying to make a pun, but it's times like this I feel the world is losing its flavor. So many neat things that were around when I was a kid have been cancelled because I guess no one wants to bother or because one bad thing happened.