“British Columbia in a PetUncle Aleck: Don’t frown so, my dear, you’ll have your railway, by

and bye. Miss B. Columbia: I want it now! You promised I should have it, and

if I don’t, I’ll complain to Ma.”

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British Columbia in a Pet! “I want High Speed Rail that goes through a tunnel, under the Strait of Georgia, and is connected by man made islands, with towers and undersea markets and schools, that connects Vancouver Island to the City of Vancouver.”

I want High Speed Rail that goes through a tunnel and

connects Vancouver Island to Vancouver.

European Union Directive 96/48/EC, Annex 1 defines high-speed rail as a set of three elements with precise

criteria:

1.Infrastructure: track built specially for high-speed travel or specially upgraded for high-speed travel.

2.Maximum Speed Limit: Minimum speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) on lines specially built for high speed and 200

km/h (124 mph) on existing lines which have been specially upgraded.

This must apply to at least one section of the line. Rolling stock must have a maximum speed of at least 200 km/h

to be considered high speed.

3.Operating conditions: Rolling stock must be designed alongside its

infrastructure for complete compatibility, safety and quality of

service… Wikipedia

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Southern Rail Vancouver Island BC Canada

Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV for Waterloo.

The provincial study on the future of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (now owned by the Island Corridor Foundation) on Vancouver Island was released recently. The summary of the study basically concludes that it is not worth investing any money in the railway corridor.The full study can be found on the BC Ministry of Transportation site.The E&N railway is now owned by the Island Corridor Foundation. Rail service is contracted to the Southern Railway of Vancouver Island. Freight service only exists along part of the line between Courtney and Duncan. There is one round trip passenger train every day from Victoria north to Courtney and a return trip to Victoria in the afternoon. The segment of the line from Parksville to Port Alberni is out of service, although a tourist train operates on a portion of the railway near Port Alberni.One of the main problems with the rail corridor is that right of way is overgrown, tracks are worn out and years of deferred maintenance have taken their toll. Train speeds must be reduced due to the poor quality of the roadbed. This further diminishes the competitiveness of the rail service. The Island Corridor Foundation was hoping to get an investment from senior level governments to upgrade the line so it could support better VIA Rail service, commuter rail in the Victoria area, re-open the Port Alberni line and attract more freight service.It is disappointing to public transport advocates that the province of BC has no problem dropping $24 million on new interchanges (eg. McTavish Rd in North Saanich). The province, with help from the federal government will spend $1.184 billion on the South Fraser Perimeter Road (expressway). These road projects seem to get announced every week with no year-long half million dollar studies, but for non-highway projects the province isn’t interested in supporting them.Links:Announcement in the Times Colonist: “Not enough people use E&N train to warrant a commuter rail investment, province concludes”

A voice lends his support to upgrading the railway. Rail service worth needed subsidiesSomeone who agrees with the study conclusions. Obsolete Railway Should be Scrapped.Island Corridor Foundation

2010, August 25 Vancouver Island Railway Study Released Filed under: Announcement, Inter-city rail — Tags: E&N, island corridor, VIA — Matthew @ 1:03 am

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Our Board...

2012-13 Executive President:Matthew Buchanan

Vice-President:Patrick Rault

Secretary:Rick Jelfs

Annual General Meeting [2013 Apr 26]The Transport Action BC 2013 AGM -has been rescheduled for the fall- [2013 Jul 1] http://bc.transport-action.ca/ ________________________________________Transport Action BC is very actively looking into transportation issues, creating and expanding awareness and putting forward practical solutions.Among the results that we, but more importantly our members, helped achieve:• VIA Rail's new $700 million five-year capital improvement plan, which will include rebuilding of locomotives and cars used on the Toronto-Vancouver Canadian and the Jasper-Prince George-Prince Rupert Skeena• A second daily train between Vancouver, BC and Seattle, Washington, which enables same day through service to Portland, Oregon• The saving of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N), which is owned by the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF).• Revitalizing Vancouver's trolleybus network.

Transport Action British Columbia 2012-13 Email: bc@transport-action.ca

Transport Action BCTowards a rational, province-wide sustainable transport systemTransport Action —a voice for balanced and ecologically sound Canadian transport alternatives welcomes new members. Help develop new ideas on national transportation policy.

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2013 Bombardier to run Vancouver Bombardier LU to re-let awarded £354m contract in June 2011 to install its Cityflo 650 CBTC technology: UK, Europe, Infrastructure TfL to re-tender Sub-Surface resignalling Tuesday, 31/12/2013 UK

British Columbia Transport authority

TransLink has awarded

Bombardier a five-year

contract to operate West Coast Express commuter rail services from Vancouver to Mission City,

British Columbia.

PAZ-Paddon Development Email: paz4Tunnel@hotmail.ca Urban, UK, Europe, Infrastructure TfL to re-tender Sub-Surface resignalling Tuesday, 31/12/2013 UK: Transport for London announced on December 31 that it plans to re-invite tenders in mid-2014 for the resignalling of London Underground’s Sub-Surface Lines, which had been awarded to Bombardier in mid-2011. Covering London Underground’s Metropolitan, District, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, the programme is due to see the installation by 2018 of communications-based train control on 310 km of track serving 113 stations, which accounts for approximately 40% of the capital’s metro network, together with the remodeling of 36 congested junctions. In conjunction with the introduction of new rolling stock, the work is expected to increase capacity on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines by 65%, the District Line by 24% and the Metropolitan Line by 27%. Following a competitive tender process, Bombardier was awarded a £354m contract in June 2011 to install its Cityflo 650 CBTC technology. The company has already undertaken a great deal of preparatory work, reportedly valued at around £80m. A new unified control centre has been built in west London, and trial running with a CBTC-equipped trainset has been underway on a 5 km section of the Old Dalby test track since December 2012. Citing the 'complex nature of the network and the nature of the work to be carried out over the next five years', LU and Bombardier have now agreed that LU should re-let the contract and 'continue the works with another contractor'. TfL expects to issue an OJEU notice inviting expressions of interest ‘this week’, and insists that ‘at this stage there is no change to the original delivery timetable’…. ttp://mobile.railwaygazette.com/index.php/news/news/profile/20353

Constitution Tunnel High Speed Rail & Highway: Man Made Islands, Project Management.

• Project Specificity: temporary group activity designed to produce a unique product, service & result.• Project Management Knowledge draws on ten areas:

• Project Duration: defined beginning and end in time, and defined scope and resources.• Project Management Processes fall into five groups:1. Initiating 2. Planning 3. Executing 4. Monitoring and Controlling 5. Closing• Project Uniqueness: not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish the complex singular goal, Constitution Tunnel & Man Made Islands, Business, Industry,

and Corporations. The project team will often include people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies.• Project Software Development: for improved construction co-ordination, design development, business & industry process, the construction of a buildings, towers, bridges, risks assessments,

risk management plans, the relief effort after a natural disaster, the expansion of sales into a new geographic markets— all are projects to be managed and constructed to full operation and completion.

• All must be expertly organized and managed to deliver on-time, on-budget results, learning and integration that this transportation project needs.• Project management, then, is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. It’s a strategic competency for organizations, enabling them to

tie project results to business goals — and thus, better compete in their markets.• It will be practiced informally and through formal management, but began to emerge as a distinct profession in the mid-20th century. PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of

Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) identifies its recurring elements:• All management is concerned with these, courses of action. Project management brings a unique focus shaped by the goals, resources and schedule of each project. The value of that

focus is proved by the rapid, worldwide growth of project management:

Integration Scope TimeCost Quality ProcurementHuman resources Communications Risk managementStakeholder management

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“… Combine environmental safety with our fair share of fiscal and economic benefits.”

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1867 2014

Transportation Use

Transportation Public Transportation Industry

Allocation Strategy Surface buoy based Ocean Technology Testbed (OTTB)

designed and built to support engineering and technology development.

Balance risk versus Reward by adjusting the percentage of each asset in an investment portfolio according to the investor's and marine risk tolerance, goals and investment time frame.

“… Combine environmental safety with our fair share of fiscal and economic benefits.”

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• Strait of Georgia• A network with three sites on

seafloor at Central, East and Fraser Delta locations of the southern Strait of Georgia, and surface-based systems on BC Ferries, Iona Causeway, and Coal Port terminal. Installations in the Strait of Georgia include:

• Seafloor networks linking 3 nodes at 300 m (Central), 175 m (East), and 170 m (Fraser Delta)

• Shore-based High Frequency radar (CODAR with 2 antennas)

• Instrumentation on BC Ferries vessels ("Seekeeper")

• Ocean glider (Webb "Slocum")• OceanNetwork: http://

www.oceannetworks.ca/installations/observatories/venus-salish-sea

Long-term oceanographic data on physical, chemical, biological, and sediment conditions in the Saanich inlet and in the Strait of Georgia near Vancouver, British Columbia will benefit Vancouver Islands transportation project, Constitution Tunnel.

Transportation Improvements

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Tunnel

• Wave Movement• Seafloor Movement• Sub-Seabed Movement

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Canadian Transportation Promise: 1871 & Canadian Government

Distributing corporation: Corporation, Prospectus A corporation incorporated under the CBCA that is a “reporting issuer” under provincial securities laws, has filed a prospectus or similar document to permit its shares to be publicly traded in Canada or any foreign jurisdiction, or the shares of which are listed on a stock exchange inside or outside of Canada. Distributing corporations are subject to a higher level of obligation under the Act. See CBCA, s. 2(1), and CBCA Regulation, s. 2(1). http://www.irwinlaw.com/cold/distributing_corporation

Distributing Corporations, commonly called public corporations. It also does not deal with organizations such as banking, insurance, loan and trust companies, or with non-profit corporations since, in Canada, all of these are incorporated under distributing corporations', commonly called public corporations. It also does not deal with organizations such as banking, insurance, loan and trust companies, or with non-profit corporations since, in Canada, all of these are incorporated under statutes other than the CBCA. distributing corporations, public corporation statutes other than the CBCA.

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The Coast To Coast Connection Trans Canada Highway 1 Constitution Tunnel Highway

Major Junctions From: Victoria, British Columbia

Major Junctions To: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Smart Oceans BC Presentation Consul General of Canada Cassie Doyle and Ocean Networks Canada President & CEO, Kate Moran , "Smart Oceans BC", Unique Ocean Area Management System. Constitution Tunnel

Nov 13, 2012 Animated Surface Currents Data Product - See more at: http://www.oceannetworks.ca/animated-surface-currents-data-product#sthash.tn7UssCd.dpuf http://www.oceannetworks.ca/animated-surface-currents-data-product. .

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Sir John A. Macdonald (No. 13) arrives at Port Moody, then the western terminus of

the Canadian Pacific Railway. The prime minister's visit in 1886 included a trek to

Vancouver Island, where he used a silver sledgehammer to drive home a golden Last

Spike in the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. City of Vancouver Archives photograph.

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Sir John A. Macdonald

Logs being transported by the Comox &

Campbell Lake Tramway Co., Vancouver Island,

BC, about 1925

Economy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island

Technology : Within the island's largest city, Victoria, there is a significant IT and technology industry. According to the Victoria Advanced Technology Council website, over 800 technology companies operate in the Victoria area, with combined annual revenues of $1.95 billion.[19]

High Speed Internet is delivered to the island by Shaw Communications, Telus, and various local providers with their own networks. Wireless Internet connections can be found all over the Island, many free for public use.

While the Island does generate much of its own power at several hydroelectric stations, increased demand required the construction of several high voltage power cables, both HVDC and AC, connecting to the Canadian Mainland. See Powerlines connecting Vancouver Island with Canadian Mainland.

Logging: Outside of Victoria, Vancouver Island's economy is largely dominated by the forestry industry. Many of the logging operations are for paper pulp, in "2nd growth" tree farms that are harvested approximately every 80 years. Logging operations involving old-growth forests such as those found on Clayoquot Sound are controversial and have gained international attention through the efforts of activists and environmental organizations.

Tourism: In recent years the government of British Columbia has engaged in an advertising program to draw more tourists to beach resorts in places such as Tofino and Ucluelet. Sport fishing, whale-watching, hiking, SCUBA diving, and skiing are just a few things for which tourists visit Vancouver Island. Visitors also come to see Victoria's nineteenth-century architecture, and the many villages which line the coast such as Cowichan Bay, Chemainus, and Qualicum Beach.

Logging train on Vancouver Island, about 1925Logs being transported by the Comox &

Campbell Lake Tramway Co., Vancouver Island, BC, about 1925 Anonymous About 1925, 20th

century "http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/keys/collections/"

Notman photographic Archives - McCord Museumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island

Vancouver Island Economy Technology

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‘THE PROMISE ‘ Canada’s Confederation Promises: fulfilling a promise extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871

The railway was originally built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a promise extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871. It was Canada's first transcontinental railway, but currently does not reach the Atlantic coast. Primarily a freight railway, the CPR was for decades the only practical means of long-distance passenger transport in most regions of Canada, and was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie at Bonfield, Ontario (previously called Callander Station) where the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the ceremonial final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith, marking the end of a saga of natural disasters, financial crises, and even rebellion that plagued Canada's first transcontinental railroad from its beginning….

Canadian Pacific system map (does not include DM&E trackage)

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‘THE PROMISE ‘The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway Confederation Promises Canadian Pacific Railway Bonfield, Ontario (previously called Callander Station) where the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie

The first obstacle to its construction is political. A logical route through to the city of Vancouver, BC, Canada. The difficulty of building a railroad through the Canadian Rockies submerged under the Strait of Georgia, is feasible. An entirely Canadian rail and highway route would require crossing 30 km (17 mi) of rugged undersea terrain. This is not barren ocean and the seabed's and life, sponges, must be protected and all risks assessed and preventive measures planned and acted upon, to ensure this routing is protected and risks nullified. , The government offered huge incentives including vast grants of land in Western Canada in 1881.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway

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Constitution Tunnel needs backing and promotions from a financier like famed Jay Cooke. In the summer of 1885 Cooke, brought the first real momentum to the company.Jay Cooke takes controlFor the next six years, backers of the road struggled to find financing. Though John Gregory Smith succeeded Perham as president on January 5, 1885, groundbreaking did not take place until February 15, 1885, at Thompson Junction, Minnesota, 25 miles (40 km) west of Duluth, Minnesota. The backing and promotions of famed financier Jay Cooke in the summer of 1885 brought the first real momentum to the company.Over the course of 1885, the Northern Pacific pushed westward from Minnesota into present-day North Dakota. Surveyors and construction crews had to maneuver through swamps, bogs, and tamarack forests. The difficult terrain and insufficient funding delayed by six months the construction phase in Minnesota.[1] The NP also began building its line north from Kalama, Washington Territory, on the Columbia River outside of Portland, Oregon, towards Puget Sound. Four small construction engines were purchased, the Minnetonka, Itaska, Ottertail and St. Cloud, the first of which was shipped to Kalama by ship around Cape Horn. In Minnesota, the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad completed construction of its 155-mile (249 km) line stretching from Saint Paul to Lake Superior at Duluth in 1885. It was leased to the Northern Pacific the following year, and was eventually absorbed by the Northern Pacific.

Southern Railway of Vancouver Island The railway running through Chemainus Reporting mark SVI Locale Vancouver Island, British Columbia Dates of operation Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway 1883-2006, Southern Railway of Vancouver Island 2006–

Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) Headquarters Nanaimo, British Columbia The Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (reporting mark SVI) is 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length, and is one of two remaining railways on Vancouver Island, the other being the Englewood Railway. The railroad runs from Victoria to Courtenay, with a branch line from Parksville to Port Alberni. In 2006, the Island Corridor Foundation acquired the railway's ownership from the Canadian Pacific Railway and RailAmerica. Freight service continues; however, the crown corporation Via Rail passenger service has been suspended indefinitely due to deferred maintenance on the railroad.(Wikipedia)

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Comparison: Vancouver Island 2013 Canada & BC’s list of conditions for Vancouver Island Transportation Gateway to the North and a Rail Gateway Coast to Coast.

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Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada’s Agreement With BC and Vancouver Island, Victoria: 4. Has the power of social engineering, such as Transportation.5. Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.1871-2013 Vancouver Island joining BC Canada Being Accepted As A Country: Canadian Confederation 1867- 2013 Vancouver Island joining BC. The history of an island railroad and a functioning island railway in perpetuity … Canadian Confederation of 1867, and the incorporation of British Columbia into Canada in 1871. The terms of union required that within two years, the federal government was to start the construction of a railway from the "seaboard of British Columbia" joining the new province and Victoria with the railway system of Canada. On its part, British Columbia was to grant a band of public land of up to 32 kilometres (20 mi) in width along either side of the railway line to the federal government for it to use in furtherance of the construction of the railway. The Pacific terminus of the railway was not specific would see the railway cross the Rockies by the Yellowhead Pass and reach the BC coast at Bute Inlet. It would cross Sonora Island and Quadra Island and reach Vancouver Island by a bridge across Seymour Narrows.

DETERMINE WHETHER AN ENTITY IS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY• There are eight accepted criteria used

to determine whether an entity is an independent country (also known as a State with a capital "s") or not. A country need only fail on one of the eight criteria to not meet the definition of independent country status. Scotland does not meet all eight criteria; it fails on six of the eight criteria...BC itself has a transportation system but

the system is not fully under BC control. The BC Legislature controls some aspects of transportation, including the BC road network, bus policy and aspects of ports and harbors while the Canadian Parliament controls the federal, Independent Country Requirements, railways, transport safety and regulation. Again, BC power for Transportation has two aspects, Provincial/Municipal and Federal/Provincial, was granted by the Canadian Parliament.

Country, State, and Nation Definining an Independent Country By Matt Rosenberg. http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/statenation.html . Updated October 05, 2011While the terms country, state, and nation are often used interchangeably, there is a difference. Independent Countries: Let's start with what defines a State or an independent country. An independent State:1. Has space or territory which has internationally

recognized boundaries (boundary disputes are OK). 2. Has people who live there on an ongoing basis. 3. Has economic activity and an organized economy. A

country regulates foreign and domestic trade and issues money.

4. Has the power of social engineering, such as education.

5. Has a transportation system for moving goods and people.

6. Has a government which provides public services and police power.

7. Has sovereignty. No o State should have power over the country's territory.

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The last spike was gold and the hammer was silver. On 13 August 1886, the last spike was driven at Cliffside, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Victoria. Construction of the island railway took three and a half years. Prime Minister Macdonald drove the last spike, during his only visit to British Columbia. The railway was extended to Dunsmuir's mine at Wellington in 1887, and into Victoria in 1888. It was extended west to Port Alberni in 1911, west to Lake Cowichan in 1912, and north to Courtenay in 1914. The E&N Railway was originally to have been built all the way to Campbell River, but that plan fell through due to the outbreak of World War I.

Last Spike Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway @ Cliffside, Shawnigan Lake in British Columbia Heritage Markers Posted by:    Rosewall N 48° 37.227 W 123° 37.579 10U E 453842 N 5385453Quick Description: Sir John A. Macdonald drove the last Spike, Cliffside, Shawnigan Lake August 13, 1886. Location: British Columbia, Canada Date Posted: 10/19/2010 10:13:47 AM Waymark Code: WM9Z0K Published By:    bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer

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Last Spike Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway : Sir John A. Macdonald drove the last Spike, Cliffside, Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, August 13, 1886.

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Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Craigellachie, British Columbia, 9:22 am, November 7, 1885, by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith.

Last Spike (Canadian Pacific Railway)The Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was the ceremonial final spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Craigellachie, British Columbia at 9:22 am on November 7, 1885. It was driven in by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith, marking the end of a saga of natural disasters, financial crises, and even rebellion that plagued Canada's first transcontinental railroad from its beginning. Donald Alexander Smith drives in the Last Spike

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Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Craigellachie, British Columbia, 9:22 am, November 7, 1885, by CPR railroad financier Donald Smith.

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Last Spike of the CPR - Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada. Donald Alexander Smith driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Also in the photo are (generally left to right) Albert Bowman Rogers (Surveyor), Michael Haney (Contractor), William Cornelius Van Horne (CPR Manager), Sir Sandford Fleming, Edward Mallandaine (teenager), Henry Cambie (engineer), John Egan (General Superintendent), Sam Steele (NorthWest Mounted Police), James Ross (engineer). The man at the rear of the photo, just right of centre, with a white cowboy hat and moustache, is reputed to be Tom Wilson, guide & outfitter & the first white man to see Lake Louise.

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I am very interested in developing a high-speed rail and highway tunnel crossing from Vancouver to Vancouver Island. The government of Canada agreed to a crossing in 1867 and hasn't fulfilled the 1871 promise of a connection to Canada for it's people and business. This will be like the Rogfast Tunnel, Norway. With Aboriginal input and on the corporation board we can develop world class man made islands that will support Aboriginal Tourism and Business.

Canadian Pacific system map (does not include DM&E trackage)Reporting mark CPLocale: Canada with branches to United States cities: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York CityDates of operation 1881–presentTrack gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)Headquarters Calgary, Alberta, CanadaWebsite: www.cpr.ca Wikipedia

CP Rail Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)

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Alstom and Adif to develop dual-gauge signaling

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and Alstom have signed an agreement to develop a new dual-gauge signalling system for 1668mm-gauge and 1435mm-gauge trains operating on the same tracks. According to Adif, Alstom will design an ERTMS system for the mixed-gauge lines at its technology centre in Malaga. Alstom will also conduct track testing, develop new products to enhance the systems functionality raised, and obtain safety certification.Adif has to date upgraded 170km of track to accommodate dual gauge, predominantly between Barcelona and the French border, as well as some individual sections including the Tardienta - Huesca line, with 99% of the work carried out by Alstom. The Mediterranean Freight Corridor, which is reliant on the institution of dual-gauge to allow services to operate seamlessly between eastern Spain and Northern Europe, is expected to be operational by 2015. The project is part of a five-year agreement between Adif and Alstom signed in November 2012 to carry out research and development projects in Malaga. Written by Kevin Smith

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Alstom and Adif to develop dual-gauge signalling

Written by Kevin Smith http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/signalling/alstom-and-adif-to-develop-dual-gauge-signalling.html

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High Speed Rail CorridorNC-To-DC High Speed Rail Compact To Meet In Va. January 7, 2014 6:00 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia and North Carolina representatives are scheduled to meet on the development of high-speed rail service from Charlotte, N.C., to Washington, D.C.

Members of the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High Speed Rail Compact are to meet Tuesday in Richmond. The panel is made up of members from each state’s legislature.

The compact was created by both states to develop the high-speed rail corridor. A primary goal is obtaining federal funding.

In 2012, Virginia received nearly $75 million for the project. (© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Industry: “ bolstering the domestic manufacture of advanced rail and transit vehicles systems and component parts”

Global Competitiveness in the Rail and Transit Industry. Michael Renner and Gary Gardner.

The Apollo Transportation Manufacturing InitiativeWith support from the Rockefeller and Surdna Foundations, the Apollo Alliance partnered with North - eastern University, the Worldwatch Institute, and the Duke University Center on Globalization, Gov - ernance & Competitiveness to conduct research, engage stakeholders, and develop policy recommendations to inform the emergence of a comprehensive strategy to create good American jobs by bolstering the domestic manufacture of advanced rail and transit vehicles systems and component parts. Over the course of 2010, the initiative culminated in the release of four separate reports:

U.S. Manufacture of Rail Vehicles for Intercity Passenger Rail and Urban Transit , Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness

Modeled on its previous analyses of the hybrid truck and public transit bus supply chains, the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness mapped the supply chain for the U.S. passenger railcar in - dustry.The study details nearly 250 existing manufacturing locations in 35 states that are currently producing rail vehicles or component parts. While domestic manufacturers exist in many of the industry subsectors, the U.S. supply chain has several gaps , and many higher-value added activities are still performed abroad. The U.S. passenger and transit rail supply chain currently supports between 10,000 and 14,000 employees, numbers that could grow with scaled-up U.S. investments in public transit and intercity rail. p5

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US Rail 1864–1970 Northern Pacific Railway : 1867 Confederation Coast To Coast Transportation FinancingThe Northern Pacific Railway (NP, Northern Pacific Railway Wikipedia) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States from Minnesota to the Pacific Coast. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres (160,000 km2) of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction. Construction began in 1870 and the main line opened all the way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific when former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in western Montana on Sept. 8, 1883. The railroad had about 6800 miles of track and served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. In addition the company had international branches to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The main activities were shipping wheat and other farm products, cattle, timber and minerals; bringing in consumer goods, transporting passengers; and selling land. The company was headquartered first in Brainerd, Minnesota, then in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It had a tumultuous financial history, and in 1970 it merged with other lines to form the Burlington Northern Railroad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway

Congress chartered the Northern Pacific Railway Company on July 2, 1885 with the goals of 1) connecting the Great Lakes with Puget Sound on the Pacific, 2) opening vast new lands for farming, ranching, lumbering and mining, and 3) linking Washington and Oregon to the rest of the country. Congress granted the railroad a potential 60 million acres (243,000 km2) of land in exchange for building rail transportation to an undeveloped territory. Josiah Perham was elected its first president on December 7, 1885. It could not use all the land and in the end took just under 40 million acres.

Jay Cooke takes control: February 15, 1885, at Thompson Junction, Minnesota, 25 miles (40 km) west of Duluth, Minnesota. The backing and promotions of famed financier Jay Cooke in the summer of 1885 brought the first real momentum to the company.For the next six years, backers of the road struggled to find financing. Though John Gregory Smith succeeded Perham as president on January 5, 1885, groundbreaking did not take place until (..).

Over the course of 1885, the Northern Pacific pushed westward from Minnesota into present-day North Dakota. Surveyors and construction crews had to maneuver through swamps, bogs, and tamarack forests. The difficult terrain and insufficient funding delayed by six months the construction phase in Minnesota.[1] The NP also began building its line north from Kalama, Washington Territory, on the Columbia River outside of Portland, Oregon, towards Puget Sound. Four small construction engines were purchased, the Minnetonka, Itaska, Ottertail and St. Cloud, the first of which was shipped to Kalama by ship around Cape Horn. In Minnesota, the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad completed construction of its 155-mile (249 km) line stretching from Saint Paul to Lake Superior at Duluth in 1885. It was leased to the Northern Pacific the following year, and was eventually absorbed by the Northern Pacific

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Canadian Pacific system map (does not include DM&E trackage)Reporting mark CPLocale: Canada with branches to United States cities: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York CityDates of operation 1881–presentTrack gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)Headquarters Calgary, Alberta, CanadaWebsite: www.cpr.ca Wikipedia

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