Comments on: SCALE 6x: Getting There

By: Zak Greant

Zak Greant — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:20:35 +0000

We were around Coalinga at the time. It smelled much like were driving in a giant, badly-cleaned litter box.

By: Paul Kim

Paul Kim — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:36:36 +0000

you almost certainly smelled the harris feedlot in coalinga, california. 120,000 head of cattle, as seen from space: http://www.sprol.com/?p=52

By: fredrik

fredrik — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:53:54 +0000

It's incredible that there aren't high-speed trains running along the west-coast of the US stretching into Canada. A TGV-style setup going at 300+ km/h would even make the trip from Vancouver to San Francisco without taking too long (I'd guess 5-6 hours with stops). If it's built to do 400km/h it's probably more like 4 hours. Of course, building 1500-2000km of track is hugely expensive, but I think it's worth it. (And it's still cheap compared to something like MagLev.)