How about a tunnel to Hawaii?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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Once its paid for I bet it could be a lot cheaper to operate than ships. I have heard the price of goods in Hawaii is a lot higher than in the lower 48.

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In the year 2765 or so?

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How about a derailment in that LONG tunnel to Hawaii?! The flight to Honolulu was about 5 hours last time I took it…

5 x 450mph (avg jet speed) = 2,250 miles (give or take)

LONG TUNNEL!!!

No thanks.

LC

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…Deep, deep water and extreme length…Not in anyone’s lifetime that’s here now.

5

I think the Discovery Channel is working on a segment.

6

Somebody fell into the squeezin’s[}:)]

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You would never be able to sell me on the scenery in order to take such a trip. But, then again, I have taken the train through Gary . . .

8

If they could figure out a way to make portions of it clear, and add lighting, it could be interesting.

Wait, I feel my claustrophobia kicking in…

9

“We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, and yellow submarine…we all…”

oh, wait, wrong decade…but I guess the 60s were pretty good for him, huh![8D]

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I hope you didn’t place money on that bet. Current ocean shipping costs are $0.008 per ton/mile, rail $0.025 per ton/mile.

RWM

11

It would probably be significantly cheaper to run a tube on the bottom of the ocean as opposed to boring beneath it, especially since the “islands” of Hawai’i are volcanoes and I doubt you want to add extra holes.

I imagine these to be special pressurized trainsets possibly running on maglev shoes and not wheels. But, hey, at least there will be no grade crossings to worry about.

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Tunnel ??? How about a bridge [:D]

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How about a massive turntable?:)

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How about white boxcars with shackles?

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[(-D]

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Think about it: which should come first, a tunnel from one island to another, or one to California?

And how many crew changes would such a trip require?

Obviously more than one track would be needed; separate tubes for each track, with ample crossovers to keep traffic flowing in the event of one of the aforementioned derailment.

Think of the possible names for stations: El Nino Bend, Tsunami Bend, Aloha Bend, Long Beach Bend…Other names are possible, but you might as well put the Bends down there, as you’ll come up with them anyway!

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If the Stevens pass tunnel takes 1 hour to clear out the exhaust then imagine how long it would take to clear a tunnel across the Pacific. [;)]

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If you will get the capital, I’ll help you find somebody to handle the procurements…

John

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I kinda doubt there’ll be any diesel locomotives left when this is built.[:D]