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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
I have not been to Phoenix or driven into the desert east of San Bernardino, but 250 miles of HSR through that wasteland will likely be very cheap to build as compared to the Calfornia HSR in the central valley since there will be much less meddling with parallel corridors and few local stations out there in the true middle-of-nowhere.
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Just throwing this out there, but I wonder if the extreme desert temps will require ballastless track (slab track) to negate rail deformation? This could drive up the per mile cost and would also probably apply to Xpresswest/Brightline/whateverthehellitmightbe...
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