@GG1 4877 posted:More importantly, where is Caltrans electrifying? That is very interesting news. Great to see new life for old AEM7s.
Caltrain is electrifying the line between San Francisco and San Jose - a distance of about 60 miles. Construction has been in progress for a year or two. This is a heavily travelled commuter corridor through the heart of Silicon Valley.
This electrification will eventually be used for CA's high speed rail line that will connect SF to LA. CA's high speed rail is under construction in the central valley. The project is billions of dollars over budget.
The route between SF and LA has not been determined. There are several options. All of them require extensive tunnels through mountain ranges. This will be super expensive.
The new infrastructure bill is supposed to put billions into the high speed rail project. We'll see how it works out and how many more decades the high speed rail project takes to complete. The only thing that is certain is that it will be much more expensive than promised when CA tax payers voted for the bonds to fund the system. I think that the project will eventually be a plus for the state.
NH Joe
