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Connecting Northern to Southern California

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The California Express Should Only Run Down the Middle of I-5

The Advantage of Using BART Model (Bay Area Rapid Transit)

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Trains should run every hour on the hour 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Webcams should be mounted on the front and backs of trains for continuous visual monitoring of the condition on the railway Click to edit Master subtitle style as well as the status of the CaliforniaExpress. The CalExpress will only have three stops serving the central valley. Access to the train from extreme Northern California will 4/17/12

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This plan uses land that may already be available At sustained speeds of 250 miles per hour, the train should reach LA in less than 2 hours. Click to edit Master subtitle style This includes slowing for curves and climbing up hills. There is one grade of 2% as the CalExpress climbs the Tehachapi Mountains 4/17/12

Two lanes of rail should run in the wide median of I-5 One side heading Northbound and the other going Southbound

This plan uses land that may already be available At sustained speeds of 250 miles per hour, the train should reach LA in less than 2 hours. Click to edit Master subtitle style This includes slowing for curves and climbing up hills. There is one grade of 2% as the CalExpress climbs the Tehachapi Mountains 4/17/12

Two lanes of rail should run in the wide median of I-5 One side heading Northbound and the other going Southbound

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Earthquakes are a major concern in California!

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The train will be running when the big one hits California. Would you like to be on a train at 250+ mph when it hits? 4/17/12

Proposed Safety Solutions:

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I propose digging a trench for both tracks Northbound and Southbound. This would allow the train to bump against the sides of the trench and come to a halt. How deep would this trench be? If modified BART passenger cars are used the trench would only be about five to eight feet deep. The top of the trench would extend to just below the window level. Located below the window lever on each car would be three sets of train rails parallel and above and below the third one. These rails would be slightly either bent back or sawn at angles so they would make Click to edit Master subtitle style adequate contact with the sides of the ditch during derailment until it stops. The clearance from side rails to trench wall will be roughly two feet to allow for the natural sway of the train at high speeds. The windows would be above ground level. The sides of the trench would be sprayed with a concrete mixture to coat the earth wall and to make sure that no erosion takes place. However, this material will be soft enough 4/17/12

the train passes under an Click to edit Masteroverpass subtitle style it first enters a domed half-pipe shell which has been secured over the trench. This is needed so that no one will throw anything off the over passes onto the speeding trains. These tubes would 4/17/12

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