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Or so a discussion elsewhere suggests. Probably about the same time frame and likelihood as building a bridge over the Bering Sea and pigs sprouting wings.
-------------------- Geoff M. Posts: 2426 | From: Apple Valley, CA | Registered: Sep 2000
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But I wouldn't expect to see Russian locomotives in Seattle or BNSF SD-70's in Moscow anytime soon.
Posts: 9976 | From: Clarendon Hills, IL USA (BNSF Chicago Sub MP 18.71) | Registered: Apr 2002
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Actually, I would support a project to connect Alaska to the rail network of Canada and the "lower 48". Especially if it coincided with the development of "tank trains" which could carry 5-10 thousand tons of North Slope crude at a whack with a single load/unload point.
But the Bering Strait bridge? [Would the break of gauge be on the Russian or American side?] Truthfully, I think we'll have a transatlantic tunnel before there is sufficient traffic demand to justify connecting Alaska and Siberia.
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