Big Lake, Minn. / Northstar line could stimulate other rail pro...

Ranger47 wrote:

It'll be fun to watch the liberal math that'll be used to describe how low the cost per rider is...and how green it is - powered by wind mills and solar panels..

I am amazed to see that some Liberal judged your post with Funny/Spam/Clueless. Problem is, your post is entirely accurate. This is a nice train, I give you that. However, it currently is costing a whole lot of money/rider. That is the history of the stupid train in So. Mpls. These are very nice things o have, but very costly.. I wish you liberal spend other peoples money types would just man-up and admit this. It would be refreshing.

Another Observer wrote:

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Do you think that's all it will take for some genius to ignore the crossing barriers, and try to beat the train ("My F-250 ain't afraid of no train!")?

That is why I use the word "Within". Good thing they did not ask about human life. That is a different answer completely. Guess which way. Just hope it is a Liberal.

Mr Right wrote:

This is NOT the first commuter rail. There used to be a train running from Winona to Minneapolis on existing track. You can see one of the stations still standing in Wayzata and it ran up until the early '70s!

It is pretty out of the way to go from Winona to Minneapolis through ZataWay. But it is possible. Probably another liberal plan too spend other people's money foolishly. RoFl

Wheelchair Charley wrote:

Someone wrote that the commuter train will eventually go from the Chicago to Mpls bullet train depot to an area around the St Cloud Minnesota Correctional Facility.

That is so the relatives can come to visit on visiting day.

PLZ THINK B4 U POST

Sad wrote:

Can't wait to see the North Minneaplis trash coming home from Buffalo with some else's TV. Nice job of empowering the worthless and making sure that all of us get to enjoy these fine upstanding people.

Are their any plans to expand the Train service from around ST. PAUL going North up Hwy 35e towards Hugo , Forest Lake, North Branch, ect?

Rome not built in 1 day wrote:

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The motor propelling the train are electric, powered by bio-diesel generators. Wind and solar could potentially be used as an electric power source for an extra couple bucks. Despite huge upfront costs, I am in favor of the train. I hope it will bring more ridership to offset operating costs.

You obviously need to understand power generation and how these Diesel/Electric things work. Biggest problem with this power plant is the tons of electricity WASTED (up in smoke) because they have no storage capability

JASON wrote:

Are their any plans to expand the Train service from around ST. PAUL going North up Hwy 35e towards Hugo , Forest Lake, North Branch, ect?

Yes!

Only pussays are scared to ride the trains.

Conservative Conviction wrote:

Nothing like bringing the city to the suburbs.

Yeah buy a house in a far out safe exurb only to have the light rail bring urban disorders to town. Can't have those family-oriented, middle class homeowners living in crime free areas, you know.

Slim wrote:

Only pussays are scared to ride the trains.

So does that mean that I have a chance at "Love" if I ride the train?

Well, I feel the same way about the 394, which I never use. But, I think its a slippery slope to only pay for things that I will use.
Bridge over St Croix? Nah. Repave 494? Nah. Reconstructing 35 W ? Nah. If it's so painful to you, I'm sorry. What DO you want the government to do with OUR money?

the commuter rail will not bring crime it isn't 24 hours a day it only from 5am to 7 or 8 in the morning and 5 to 7 in the evening... so unless the crooks want to sit around big lake all day and wait for the next train. and to point out a fact that only one train in the am is from Minneapolis to big lake and the same is true for the pm its a commuter rail not light rail

In a classic example of "give them bread and circus", we've all been exposed to
panoply of gimmicks and trinkets like free train rides, oompah bands at the stations,
and slick multi-colored newspaper ads touting "Minnesota's newest star."

Big deal. At $317 million, the cost is way too much and the benefits too few. Moreover,
I will continue to point out that all these rail projects have no plan
whatsoever to cover the heavy operating subsidies they require. In fact, look for
the Minnesota Department of Transportation's state-wide rail plan to point out this
fact when the study is released late this year.

Many have no doubt noticed the incredible improvement in traffic flow on Highway
10 between Egret Boulevard and Hanson Boulevard since a $12 million lane expansion
was completed a few days ago. Even at the height of rush hour, traffic flows smoothly
and the ramp meters aren't required to be turned on.

Think of what might have been had Northstar's $317 million been dedicated to improving
Highway 10 instead of blown on 19th Century transportation technology.

BLmn wrote:

the commuter rail will not bring crime it isn't 24 hours a day it only from 5am to 7 or 8 in the morning and 5 to 7 in the evening... so unless the crooks want to sit around big lake all day and wait for the next train. and to point out a fact that only one train in the am is from Minneapolis to big lake and the same is true for the pm its a commuter rail not light rail

most gangbanger hoodrats are not out of bed that early.

Exactly and that the same reason they don't have jobs.... It will be funny to see all these crooks that the train will bring out riding it back in the evening with a T.V. sitting on there lap come on get real the train will bring no more crime to big lake then it already has. the only thing it might bring is a drunk guy getting hit by the train thats it

anti hoodrat wrote:

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most gangbanger hoodrats are not out of bed that early.

300 ton choo choo moved 144 people this morning.

Thats as much weight as an average small car.

While I normally support mass transit I can't support this. This just encourages urban sprawl. The cost effectiveness is absolutely terrible. Fun fact. The engines were shown on an episode of Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe on the Discovery channel. I have no idea what the show was about but Mike Rowe was driving the engines around. Is it engines or locomotives?

Big Mike wrote:

<quoted text> That is why I use the word "Within". Good thing they did not ask about human life. That is a different answer completely. Guess which way. Just hope it is a Liberal.

Up in that neck of the woods, it's more likely to be a Michelle Bachmann supporter bringing the rattlesnakes to church.

Leonardo wrote:

While I normally support mass transit I can't support this. This just encourages urban sprawl. The cost effectiveness is absolutely terrible. Fun fact. The engines were shown on an episode of Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe on the Discovery channel. I have no idea what the show was about but Mike Rowe was driving the engines around. Is it engines or locomotives?

Refreshing to read someone who is true to their liberal philosophies...more mass transit but less urban sprawl.