TrainBlog by Marcel Marchon

There are several video clips available on the Internet already - here’s an english language example on YouTube:

More of that here.

You can also still watch the French TV live coverage here (probably only available for the next couple of days - you have to navigate to the “Edition du mardi 3 avril 2007″)

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has published a promotional video on their website that touts the benefits of a High Speed Rail system - I hope this will help to get this into people’s minds - there is a limit to how many freeway lanes one can practically build and at some point, one has to look for other possible solutions for the transportation problems. I don’t know about you guys, but Downtown Los Angeles to Downtown San Francisco in just a bit over 2 1/2 hours sounds pretty damned good to me …

This video describes the HST project and includes state-of-the-art 3-D computer simulations illustrating how high-speed trains will fit into California’s landscape and how the system will be integrated with existing transportation systems.

More information and also a higher resolution version of the video is available on their website.

While we’re waiting for the official new record to take place, here’s a video (YouTube) that shows the old record achieved in 1990. Quite impressive … Now if we had HSR here in California, that stretch down the Central Valley should make for some nice flat straight running … Should be perfect for another record attempt … (Yeah right, maybe in the year 2030 or so … ).

Video recorded on July 29, 2006 - Roaring Camp Railroads Shay #7 “Sonora” starts the climb up the hill. [ YouTube ] (recorded at Day Out with Thomas)

Video recorded on September 1, 2006 - We’re riding along in the Cab car of a Caltrain local from Santa Clara northbound towards Sunnyvale. [ YouTube ]

Video recorded on September 19, 2006, at the Castro Street grade crossing next to the Mountain View station. [ YouTube ]