looks like an agreement has been reached with the greenies…
http://blog.pe.com/2013/07/10/perris-rctc-announces-perris-valley-line-settlement/
and
Next they need to plan to extend the inland line down to Escondido or at least Temecula, the traffic going that way can be downright horrific.
It really need to be like the coast side where the Metrolink and Coaster terminus link up.
Heated-up the links:
http://blog.pe.com/2013/07/10/perris-rctc-announces-perris-valley-line-settlement/
Can’t wait until the first flash flood in Temecula Canyon after they waste a pile of money (that they don’t have) on that project…ATSF got out of there with its original CA main track for good reason.
To MudChicken:
MC said:"…Can’t wait until the first flash flood in Temecula Canyon after they waste a pile of money (that they don’t have) on that project…ATSF got out of there with its original CA main track for good reason…".
I am curious about your menton of the historical aspect of this line…I went back through K.P. Harrier’s Thread on the line.
If the history with both the Southern Pacific and the ATSF in that are is that they were beaten back by flash flooding during their periods of occupancy. Surely, the local people are aware of those events and are planning for them in the future? Or are they planning an operation that will ignore the history and figure if they through enough money at the problem it will go away? Is this line needed to eventually, push for another section of the Metrolink Operations to be completed?
Building in a place where other railroads bailed because of flash floods? Hmmm, I don’t know which old saying is more germaine here:
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it, or,
Man proposes, God disposes.