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Originally Posted by sammyg
What would happen if instead of going to San Bernardino, Virgin turned north and connected with CAHSR south of Fresno? It would give NorCal passengers an easy ride to Vegas, and a logical non-LA terminus for the Central Valley line.
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You should look at a map of California and Nevada in google maps with terrain turned on. The only $$$ feasible place for this is across Tehachapi Pass south of Bakersfield, where CAHSR was planning to go anyways, (though they really should just follow I-5 via the Tejon Pass into the valley, IMO). A straight line from anywhere near Fresno to Las Vegas takes you across some of the tallest mountains in the lower 48...