WW&F Railway Museum Discussion > Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery
When we reach Wiscasset...
Bill Reidy:
...I understand we will be adopting the new technology described in this article so Amtrak's Downeaster can depart the Rockland branch at Wiscasset and terminate at Sheepscot Station.
Bill Baskerville:
With the new technology the Downeaster can proceed all the way to TBS.
Graham Buxton:
--- Quote from: Bill Baskerville on December 12, 2022, 04:58:06 PM ---With the new technology the Downeaster can proceed all the way to TBS.
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Weeeell, the Downeaster might just have a problem at the Trout Brook Bridge! :o
Bob Holmes:
Still...pretty amazing technology!!
Bill Reidy:
--- Quote from: Graham Buxton on December 12, 2022, 05:22:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bill Baskerville on December 12, 2022, 04:58:06 PM ---With the new technology the Downeaster can proceed all the way to TBS.
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Weeeell, the Downeaster might just have a problem at the Trout Brook Bridge! :o
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Trout Brook bridge is a good point, which I didn't think of. I said Sheepscot because some of the curves at Cockeye Curve and on the Mountain Extension would pose an equal challenge, I suspect.
--- Quote from: Bob Holmes on December 12, 2022, 05:57:14 PM ---Still...pretty amazing technology!!
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It is amazing technology. At first blush, my immediate thought was I would trust this about as far as I do(n't) for self-driving cars. But in the context of Swiss railway engineering and application, this does look brilliant.
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