California HSR CP 1 Construction Update October 2020! (Part 4 of 4)
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- This is the fourth of a 4 part series documenting the current construction of the Initial Operating Segment (IOS) of the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) project in California’s Central Valley. Traveling from South to North, construction package (CP) 1 begins at East American Avenue in Fresno County. CP 1 extends for 31 miles to Avenue 19 in northwest Madera, CA.
The California high speed rail project was initially funded by a 2008 bond issue that dedicated $9.95 billion in funding to building a high speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles. For various reasons, rising project costs and delays in construction have caused this project’s timeline and goals to shift. In February 2019, governor Gavin Newsom announced that future construction outside of the initial 3 construction packages that were already under contract would be postponed indefinitely.
In this video you will see three large and mostly completed structures including the Cedar Viaduct, the San Joaquin River Viaduct and Pergola, and the completed Fresno River Viaduct. In addition to these incredible structures, several grade separation projects have been completed, and several more are under construction!
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Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:38 American Avenue
3:13 Cedar Viaduct
6:47 Church Avenue
8:12 Ventura Street
9:30 Fresno Station
11:02 Fresno Trench
12:43 Olive Avenue
13:42 SR 99 Realignment
15:46 Golden State Blvd Realignment
18:01 Veterans Avenue
20:04 San Joaquin River Viaduct
21:31 Avenue 7
22:42 Avenue 8
23:36 Avenue 9
24:59 Avenue 10
26:20 Avenue 11
27:13 Avenue 12
29:37 Cottonwood Creek Viaduct
30:28 Avenue 15
31:25 Avenue 15 1/2
31:54 Fresno River Viaduct
33:43 Road 27
35:20 Road 26
35:40 Madera Amtrak Station
36:08 Avenue 19
36:35 Outro
As a Californian living in the central valley it's interesting to finally see some tangible progress here. Good video, lots of info
Thanks a lot! I’m sure it is!
Hope you're ready to pay even higher taxes due to cost overruns and higher-than-project operating losses (if it ever opens at all).
@@howardcitizen2471 Yep, I honestly have my doubts about this thing being completed fully, even partially
Give work to China,it will be completed ahead of schedule.
@@howardcitizen2471 I am
Its one thing to see the project on paper, but to be on sight and see the construction challenges is something completely different. This was an amazing video and good music choices.
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it!
Outstanding follow up videos of the CAHSR. This project though about 30 years late is so dearly needed and better late than never. It will surely be utilized and appreciated when it is completed. Thank you so much a video job well done.
Absolutely! I’m glad you liked it!
Like the old saying goes, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is right now.
Your drone footage is superb. Your narration is great. The sequencing and following the route with the story, is easy to follow and makes sense. Top notch. So cool to see that a private individual (you) are doing a better job of transportation infrastructure reporting than any agency I've seen. Thanks,
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it!
The project literally passes right by my nieces house. Strange to think they were living on the right side of the tracks.
Nice lol
HSR has mega noise. In China that is why the HSR stations are always built far away from city's urban area, some due to the reason local government want it to be built remotely to promote new area's development and rise the real estate price to bring more investment.
It need noise-proof fence. In China and Japan, they do this.
The train pass some small station at speed of 300-320kph(200mph), it sounds like thunder.
@@baotutubenbenxiong Yes in France too ... but the small station is far from the cities ... except Lille Europe,,Massy,, disneyland Paris, and CDG airport, but they are under a concrete slab or a building.
@@baotutubenbenxiong I have a friend who lives in Harbin so he has shown me tons of Videos of highspeed trains on QQ. Also seen some of the trains in CZcams, they are loud.
@@baotutubenbenxiong agree . Train just lower speed to below 200 in high population area. Also some stations are underground like Futian station in Shenzhen and Hong Kong station.
Developed areas in Fresno that have been/will be demolished for CP 1 is a BLESSING. The often grim, depressing, outdated, and run down areas of West Fresno will be replaced with 21st Century progress. Remote work and availability of high speed rail nearby will bring a better educated workforce to that area of California.
Absolutely. I came across that article again while making this video about that building that burned down like a week before it was going to demolished, and it had been rebadged by several news agencies, and it's like, seriously, who cares lol
@@TheFourFoot That burned down building was likely in a sketchy area which describes the West side of Fresno.
I agree the transit corridor through Fresno, from the original SR99 (now Golden State) to current SR99 and now HSR, was/is a dump. The repositioning of SR99 due to HSR eliminated the worst of it. However, I disagree with any assertion that HSR will change remote workers location. Co-vid 19 has shown that key for remote workers is high quality internet, 21st century infrastructure. I was expecting HSR would bring Bay Area real estate prices to the hinterlands, but again, Co-Vid 19 has changed my view. I also take exception to better educated workforce being provided by HSR. Perhaps a workforce with greater student loans, and degrees, but better educated?
I agree that HSR isn’t critical for maintaining a pool of workers to service the Bay Area and live 100 miles away because that’s the only property they can afford. Certainly this was on the minds of people when they voted for it in 2008, but even 12 years ago, access to high speed Internet was pretty different than it is today. I think the last thing anybody wants is the San Francisco unified school district subsidizing high speed rail ridership because their teachers have to live in Hanford. I will say, however, that I think towns like Fresno will continue to grow and modernize and that high speed rail will play a role in that. If it is possible to take a train and be in San Francisco in 1.5 hours, that opens a lot of possibilities to traveling to San Francisco that people may not have considered without it. When a utility like HSR is available, people will figure out how to use it more creatively. When that utility doesn’t exist, people don’t even know what they’re missing, because they don’t consider what that utility could even do for them.
@@TheFourFoot HSR was originally positioned to the public as an opportunity for tech workers to live in the Central Valley (cheaper rents/mortgages) but commute much more quickly to the SF Bay Area/LA Basin for work (higher wages/better career opportunities). Now that the pandemic has accelerated the use of video conferencing (Zoom, etc.), the HSR extensions to those areas from the Central Valley may be unnecessary. Current work from home technology may be the reason Gov. Newsom put those extensions on hold in 2019. Regardless, new massive infrastructure always stimulates local economies and that will attract well educated workers. HSR only extending from Bakersfield to Sacramento, or perhaps Redding, would still stimulate California's economy because the public could more quickly travel the length of the Central Valley. Rents are collapsing in the SF Bay Area due to the pandemic which has resulted in work from (a cheaper) home opportunities and job loss. On the contrary, rents are stable or increasing in the Central Valley. Tech workers DEFINITELY need a more affordable place to live...$1 million or more for an average house compared to less than $300,000 for a similar house in the Central Valley. The Central Valley desperately needs well-paid, well-educated tech workers living there but working remotely/commuting to high tech firms in the SF Bay Area. The Central Valley is relatively cheap to live in for a reason...too many low-paying service/agricultural jobs.
You are an absolute beast when it comes to the quantity and quality of content regarding this project.
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it!
Even though the high speed train won't pass through my city it still is exciting to see progress.
Same here lol
I agree its exciting to see progress
Last stand of SOUTHWORSE airlines in this corridor. They have lobbied against it for years! Short distance air travel is obsolete. The only thing now keeping them in the air is never ending bailouts like the TWO they got this year. And the next benefit check to people coming in Jan 2021 has AN OTHER BAILOUT FOR THE AIRLINES WITH IT. BS
I know. The double standards between air/car travel and train travel in this country is beyond ridiculous.
YT reminded me in my love for HSR and helped discover this video/channel. Stunned and amazed at the in-depth aerial and ground footage of the CAHSR CP 1-4 progress. Liked/Subscribed!
Thanks a lot man! I’m glad you liked it!
Great videos, so much more in depth than the official CAHSR videos! I’m looking forward to how they do the Tehachapi mountain tunnels.
Glad you liked em!
Congratulation my friend
This was a movie. But it is such a great piece of work that I watched it so carefully that I thought it lasted only 10 minutes.
Fantastic. Well done
hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks a lot
I’m glad you liked it! I honestly tried to keep it short, but I figured the more detail the better!
Wow!!! Nicely done. I can tell you put a lot of work into this video.
Thanks a lot!
Is it just me or can I just watch this video for hours.
I love it too! Lol
Interesting video!! I am in the southern area of CA and rarely see what is going on with the High speed rail. this is great to see!!!!!
Great educational videos about the CHR. Being someone who came out of Nebraska to do this in our backyard is astounding. Those of us who have lived here for all our lives haven't even driven in places you went to in this documentary. Thank you!
Yeah it was the most relaxing vacation, but I’m glad I got to see the project and document it!
This is good but, American high speed rail is still 20 years behind the rest of the world.
Yeah, or like 40 lol
Well you got the new avelia liberty. The main issue here is that the govt isn’t putting any sort of funding into our rail networks so companies like Amtrak, BNSF, and Union Pacific are unable to upgrade their infrastructure so trains can run at faster and more consistent speeds
@@CrazyDash9
That's true, hopefully with Buttegege and Biden being a rail advocate upgrades will now start on all infrastructure projects.
@@derrickgoodman8434 let’s hope. I’d love to see our current trains operate at the very least their current top speed more consistently like you would see on CalTrain
The California High Speed Rail line has a design speed of 220 mph (354 km/h) which would make it the fastest train service on wheels if it opened today. China will probably have something faster by the time it opens, but in any case, the CHSR is absolutely on par with high speed lines in the rest of the world.
EDITED to clarify: fastest out of trains with wheels
Thanks for these videos, much more informative than the official website.... as others have said, there is a lot still to do, even on CP`
Yeah there sure is. I’m glad you liked em!
37:05 I knew that clip looked familiar! lol Yes, let’s pretend nothing bad happened.
I hoped someone would like that lol
Well done! I worked on this project early on and it’s cool to see it filling-out.
Thanks! I’m glad it’s coming along too!
That was a great and informative series, and you invested a lot of energy to it. Id love to see you go back and do an update later on.
Thanks a lot! Stay tuned! I plan to go back this year!
I am very happy to see its progress in high speed train!
Enjoyed this video, thanks
Nice job on the videos. Good information. My friend and I have been following construction by driving down from Turlock. We always comment that you don't see much activity at the different sites.
I can imagine. This project is unfortunately taking longer than an equivalently large highway construction project would.
I lived in Modesto one summer and I had a great time out there. I do hope the HSR gets done and can at least go all the way north to Sacramento, it seems like a great project that will be useful to many people and will connect a lot of communities.
It definitely will!
really cool to see all this. Honestly, as someone who lives on the east coast, I had no idea this much progress was still being made on High Speed Rail in California
For sure! The authority’s footage of the project on CZcams didn’t do the best job of showcasing the whole project, so I had to see it for myself lol
California is pretty loaded. Hwy 58 between Bakerfield and Barstow has mostly been upgraded to freeway status and it's possible I-40 could get extended there.
Republicans hate it and have defunded it anyway possible. The leader in killing it was SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. They derailed California, Texas and Florida! Of course oil companies and GM were involved too. Just follow the money.
The amount of Traffic on Highway 99 is incredible and linking Bakersfield and Fresno is going cut travel time a lot. Sure the section is small but these urban areas have a massive population. So with the project starting there, it will gain tourist attraction and funding to ride. As the first highspeed rail segment in the United States, it's time the US catches up with the rest of the world. We are losing global influence.
build baby build!!! GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU!!!
Thank you!!
Wow, thank you doing all that drone footage no mean feat. Thank you for your efforts.
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it!
My neighbor in the village where I grew up was an engineer for the Reading Railroad hauling 100 car trains of coal from the anthracite coal regions to the electric generating station where my dad worked . I rode the Reading suburban electric mu's to center city Philadelphia to school. Seems like ancient history now.
That’s awesome! Although I can tell you delivering 100+ car coal trains is not ancient history. I have personally hauled millions of tons of coal, not that I’m super proud of it lol.
John T. Belt: The passenger electric segment is now SEPTA Regional Rail joined with the former Pennsylvania electric lines also SEPTA REGIONAL RAIL.
All diesel passenger services in the Philadelphia area have been discontinued for some time now. Only freight is diesel and so are the work trains.
@@albertcarello7133 I think the diesel service was discontinued around 1985 when Market East station was opened (underground) and connected to Suburban station via the center city commuter tunnel.
@@rutheliz75 : You're right! And the former READING and PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAINS were joined together and formed SEPTA REGIONAL RAIL to this day.
Thank you for driving the dusty roads of the Central Valley, and for filming all of this.
You bet! I might even have to do it again lol
@@TheFourFoot Yes hopefully we will see some tracks on that right of way some day.
Anyway, to your comment about the haze in one of the videos of this series: The skies in the Valley are practically always hazy. The air pollution brings asthma levels higher than to those of LA. But on those rare winter days following a heavy rain storm you'll see the Sierras high above the valley floor, and it would simply take your breath away.
Better than any update video I ever saw from the people building it. But as you can see they have been busy.
For sure, thanks!
My compliments to you on your music selection. That's what progress should sound like! Nice video.
Great public information buddy thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks again for this series. What struck me most was the amount of work yet to be done within Fresno city limits. I heard the city-HSR liaison state that some 94 grade separations were constructed within city limits. About time Fresno infrastructure was brought into 20th century. The second striking feature of your excellent video is the amount of destruction on homes, businesses and agriculture HSR brought to the valley. No wonder my friends and neighbors are upset. It appears that the valley is simply going from being fly over territory to glide through territory.
For sure the amount of work still to be done in Fresno is staggering. And yes there has been a lot of agricultural and residential land sacrificed for the project, but I will say though, think about the high speed rail alignment in the context of SR 99. I’m sure that road was laid out as a 2 lane highway. Today it’s a sprawling 6 lane expressway, with each bridge and interchange taking up as much and more land than HSR grade separations. And yet, the Central Valley would not be able to get people and crops in and out of the valley without it. In the future, I’m sure the HSR line will be regarded the same way. (I know they’re not going to ship freight on the HSR line, but I am certain that California will continue to invest in projects that make freight rail shipment more feasible for customers, whether the railroad’s want them to or not lol)
@@TheFourFoot don't underestimate America, they'll find a way to transport freight on high speed lines lmao (although it has been done before, like the TGV la poste)
I actually heard an engineer give a talk on how high speed freight in America (110 mph) could provide a lot of business for the freight railroads, but they’re happy the way things are right now, until of course one day when all the power plants have switched to natural gas, they might be left wondering what happened lol
@@TheFourFoot it'd be pretty cool if they made all their routes into 160/200 km/h capable lines. the future proofness for inter state rail could be great. Night trains would finally be viable
Absolutely, it would be a total game changer. Trust me, I live in a town on Interstate 80, and seriously a large percentage of the interstate system needs to be widened to 6 lanes, which is incredibly expensive and not the greatest investment. Maximizing the capacity of the private railroads would take a lot of strain off the network.
Nice to see a flyover of the whole thing, good job.
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Test trains are rolling all around on the Crenshaw/LAX Line now. Can't wait for those uploads!
Good to know! That’s the next video I’m gonna put out!
@37:05 such a funny way to end the video. Great 4 part Series!
Not many people got that far, but I'm glad some people got the joke! Thanks!
Great work as always! The next two years on this segment will be very interesting to keep an eye on.
Absolutely, I'll do the best I can!
Damn, 2 days to get all that filmed , good work!
Beautiful !. !beautiful !..video !!.. Thank you very much!. Saludos from New York City...!. Go , Caly!...Go..California !!..
Thanks I’m glad you liked it!
I honestly thought we'd be past the point of bridge/viaduct construction by now and to the point of laying tracks and stringing catenary.
It’s unfortunate that the project is taking so long. I’m a big advocate for CAHSR but some of the delays in simple projects like grade separations are really inexcusable. That’s not to say the project as a whole is without merit.
I feel bad for the businesses that got demolished. If this was "Hey Arnold: The Movie," the CHSRA would be the villain.
But I am excited to see a high-speed railroad finally being built here. I just hope they finish it sometime before I die.
Don't forget the people who had their homes demolished, and the farmers who lost their land. This project should have never been approved
@@dsflyerds but it’s time to stop looking at the past and starting looking at the Future.
This Is Awesome, Even Though Im From Canada, I Just Love Trains
Thanks a lot, same here! I still need to get up there and ride some VIA rail lol
@@TheFourFoot Hahaha
Canada has too much oil out west, to be interested in Trains. Those companies I can assure you are against it.
@@intercityrailpal Yes that may be why there is no passenger rail between Calgary and Edmonton, but there has been huge expansion in regional rail in southern Ontario over the past decade, and service will continue improving dramatically. VIA may get funding to build its own intercity line between Toronto and Ottawa, which would make service much more frequent and reliable than today.
Okay, even though I'm 4 months late, I'd still like to compliment you on that awesome footage and detailed information on that project. It's really interesting to see how things are done in the US and what the landscape in the region is actually like. For example I had imagined the "central valley" to look like a valley, you know with mountains to both sides and somewhat less flat. 😅
Much different from my favourite high speed line here in Germany. Between Erfurt and Nürnberg it crosses a mountain range and it's basicly bridge-tunnel-bridge-tunnel for like 50 miles or so.
Greetings from Finland!
I love to follow the construction of CHSR and this has been an amazing series to follow so thank you for that and hopefully you can make this again yearly or at least some time in the future again.
P.S. thanks for including the units in metric as well 👍
I plan to make this a regular fixture on my channel, but I’m not going to lie, making these videos hasn’t been easy, but I’m glad you liked them! More than anything I wanted to see the whole right of way, which is why I made them, and I wish america would just adopt the metric system already lol. Not gonna lie I’m not great with conversions on the fly, but I’m definitely willing to switch!
Great video. I want to be one of the first people to ride the HSR when it opens. I live in L.A.but I'm more than willing to drive to whatever HSR station is closest for this first section. I've never been to Fresno and was always curious about that city. I have a couple of friends who are from Fresno so maybe they'll come with me on the trip.
BTW, reading about this project for years doesn't really impart how much work is required to build this dedicated HSR line. All the grade separations, road realignments, viaducts, etc. It's crazy complicated and I don't think the general public completely understands and appreciates the technical and logistical endeavor of this amazing project. Thanks for visually documenting the complexity of it all.
New subscriber, and looking forward to new content.
I’m glad you liked it! For sure, seeing the scope of the project on the ground was crazy. I live in Nebraska, and I’m gonna be making the trip with to you be one of the first riders! Lol
Growing up in Oakland, it reminds me of how they set the Bart train lime so through town
Finally some progress on this project
Thank you so much. It's a great job with various types visual effects. It is appr. 20 years late project for the USA. Let the people live with HSR like a paradise life as Europe and China...
I am your 700th subscriber. I enjoyed watching this video
Thank you very much for 700! I’m glad you liked it!
It surely takes a lot of work to accomplish this. Now you know how hard they had to work in that country that some people don't like . They finished 35,000 klm in only 12 years. Thanks for the update.
Thank you for the quality of your information, accompanied by image. It would be interesting to continue receiving information, regularly to be able to see the progress of the works. Every 6 months, or once a year?
Wow! I'm really impressed with the footage you've captured and edited! Great seeing the right of way as it is developed. Appreciated your commentary as well. Very informative.
Glad you liked it!
Enjoyed all of your videos on the progress on this massive project.Perhaps you would consider coming to the UK and filming work on HS2 when work begins here.Looking forward to watching your other videos.
I would love to do that, it’s not a bad idea!
i always pass by the ventura street pass and i always think to myself why the progress is so slowwwww but this video made me realize of how much work it actually takes, Planning, destroying, building, relocating, omg i cant imagine being an architect. what a headache 🤕 but hopefully this is done before i reach 26 im not trying to pay for my kids tickets when im over 26 🤣🤣 im 16 btw so thats 10 years hopefully !!💪
Hopefully! Lol
That is quite a project. I have longed for high speed rail on the Northeast Corridor. Maryland is trying to build a Maglev train between Baltimore and Washington.
Go California. I hope they finish it soon.
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These videos make me realize how massive - and expensive - this project is. It's also very disruptive to the farms and orchards it passes through, and I presume that the owners were compensated, some appropriately and perhaps some not. I hope that the entire project will be funded and completed promptly, and that it will set an example for more high speed rail in this country.
Me too lol
Doesn't Amtrak already run several trains a day through the San Joaquin Valley between Bakersfield and Oakland?
great video!! do you know when will be finished??
8:31 indeed! Also great video series.
Thanks a lot!
Very in-depth and informative info about Hi-Speed rail here in CA. From LA Times reports over the past few years on the subject of HS rail, I was beginning to think CHSR was/is never going to happen, a dying dream. Hope it still happens. Thanks for your interest in this topic, updates, and videos!
Thanks a lot! All the negative coverage of this project is indeed disheartening, which I why I had to see it for myself! Now they just need to finish it!
@@TheFourFoot Thanks for your prompt reply. Just one more question...Based on your study, observations, do you think CHSR will happen? I think a Biden WH won't hurt matters.
If you want to hear more of my thoughts on the matter, watch the second half of this video. czcams.com/video/n7ss5AHQp3g/video.html short answer however, no, not really. I really want him to succeed and I’m sure he won’t hurt CAHSR, but I’m highly skeptical that the reforms needed to get this project done will come about in the next 2 years, because let’s face it, the dems will probably lose one of the houses in 2022.
You must have used plenty of fuel just driving around! Well done!
Is it really worth it way way over budget also not connecting to any major cities?
Will this high speed rail replace Amtrak's San Joaquin trains which currently run from Bakersfield to Oakland? It would have been cheaper to upgrade the tracks along the current San Joaquin Amtrak route so that higher speeds could be reached. Frankly, I would be satisfied with a 125 per hour train that current trackage could support with a little upgrading. If I am going to speed along at 200 miles per hour than I might as well fly if speed is the priority.
Ahhh the high speed bike path to Madera.
So badly needed! This will be great and maybe the answer to California's worsening traffic problems I hope.
As long as it connects from San Francisco to Los Angeles and San Diego.
Can't wait for it to open, in about 20 years.
@Bhawani1961 Indians are overly optimistic when they literally have every reason not to be, and Americans are overly pessimistic when they literally have every reason not to be 😂
@@KrishnaAdettiwar wdym dude every developed country has high speed rail and we don’t.
@@KrishnaAdettiwar also India is accelerating at a very fast pace. India 5 years ago was much worse. Until corona hit India was improving
it doesn't seem there are 50 km of tracks, more like 500 m
I love the idea of having a rapid transit in California. I do feel concerns seeing the trains running through the valley crossing over roads as a potential for collisions to occur. Especially a vehicle traveling at high speed! I like seeing rails above ground that would alleviate that concern in other areas. How is the plan going work at ground level intersections?
Rapid transit are systems like BART, New York Subway or Paris Metro and not high-speed rail, though the Shinkansen can be considered a form of HSR rapid transit. The system also is planned to not have any grade crossings like any proper high-speed line hence the existence of various bridges.
Would you happen to the know the exact name of the song at 18:50 in the video? I know it is a stock music piece, but I can't seem to find the name anywhere
The song is called "Stalling" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena.
The deadline to complete the Initial Operating Segment is Dec 31, 2022 to keep the circa 3 Billion in federal funds. Just 2 years from now, and they have been building since 2015? From what I have seen in your video, it does not look good. Hopefully, Biden will offer an extension.
Hopefully indeed. I would imagine as construction has ramped up that they may be able to make it, but who knows! Lol
One of the more interesting stats from the project lately is that the number of daily construction workers on the project has quadrupled in the last 18 months. It went from 1,200 average daily construction workers this November. They also announced last month that they were over 50% complete with this 119 mile segment. CAHSR is claiming that they can make the deadline, but work will have to proceed at 2.5x the pace of the last 5 years for that to happen. Can they pull of 2.5x the pace with 4x as many workers (and climbing)? We'll see, but it's cutting things very close because not everything can be sped up with more manpower.
@@TheFourFoot they really need to extend it so it connects to cities like LA and San Francisco
I have watched all 4 parts of the video when you first released them couple months backs. I am impressed and appreciated by your effort by recording the construction progress by drone, and driving to the sites. I am huge supporter of the of the California High Speed rail. Do you have any plans to do future construction update on this project?
Absolutely! And thanks a lot! I plan to do another round of videos this year, and hopefully document the whole ROW. I’ve got a new drone, so they’ll also be in 4K!
Again, THANK you for doing this. They've actually done more construction than I thought. They need to hire you for their public relations. I bet if more people watched this, they'd understand that there IS actually work taking place. I wonder why the Fresno trench construction has stopped though. How are they connecting the Muscat Ave Viaduct and the Cedar Viaduct? Thank you again!
I believe the Fresno Trench is awaiting construction of the shoofly for the freight line branch which will then enable the Dry Creek Canal box to be constructed which will allow the canal to go over the trench. There is also that freight branch further north that needs a temporary shoofly installed as well as work on Belmont Avenue. Once that is all done, nothing will stop the Fresno Trench. However, it costs more to continuously start and stop work so they are just waiting so they can efficiently construct the rest together.
I believe the Cedar and Muscat Viaducts will be connected by an earthen berm.
Thanks for the info! Just the trench is such a huge project!
@@brandonk7361 Thanks for the info. I was beginning to worry.
It’s borderline hilarious how long it takes to build a railway in the US. I feel like this project won’t be finished in my lifetime.
Its a waste of time and money. Desalination plants are what this state needs.
It does seem a slow build, but this video documents that they have done a lot of work and presumably will get there eventually, regardless of opposition. Older people told me how electricity lines were opposed for countryside Western Australia in the 1960s as a waste of money, so each dairy farmer had to use generators to cool his milk. Only one of the three eastern Australian states has a modern (but not high speed) railway line, and it's the lower population one (Queensland). The other two states have never gotten past studies.
A sentiment echoed here in England. Here we have a prosperous sector involved in planning and consultancy but delivery of projects is piecemeal and protracted, if at all.
Cool music for the SR99 section.
As long as the engineers follow best practices as England, Germany, France, Italy, Japan,(which is 100% viaduct) Korea, China, Taiwan, etc.& not deviate from these tried & true practices, I'm for it, BUT if they modify the plans to cheapen them (less tunnels, less straight aways, short turning radiuses, grade crossings, sharing tracks with freight, less safety controls, no ATC,) you can forget about it! Good job on the vid, it was informative!
I have a big questions here. Will the HS generate revenue to sustain itself?
When it’s fully built out, the operations side will likely be self sustaining, but the infrastructure side won’t.
We are far behind the quality of the European rail system. Check out their rail system on CZcams.
Oh I know, I’ve only been to England and France, but I know the European rail network is far superior that America’s may ever be.
Not to mention JAPAN,!!!!!
I’ve been to Japan more than any other country. (outside the US). Their rail network is totally amazing!
@@TheFourFoot , no-one could argue about the quality of japan's high speed rail system. however their freight system is questionable. short trains, 3'6" gauge, coupler design that dates from before stockton and darlington railway, strange arrangements to get 2 different gauges through the hokkaido tunnel. they should have bit by bit, converted every line to standard gauge when sg was chosen for the bullet trains. and sg was chosen because narrow gauge can't be made stable enough for high speed. and as for sticking with 200 year old couplers, that's dangerous for railroad staff. just like europe and uk. without question, north american freight trains are the leading edge in efficiency.
@Pete Melon Would it make a difference?
California is a great nation of Northern America.
The 1929 financial crash piano music is non the doubt interesting 😁👍
Bravo, the progress of the railway is finally moving in with you in the USA. Bring this thing to run successfully and the still anti-railway states want to have such stretches as well. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
Absolutely. There will always be a huge number of anti-train/hsr people in this country, but a lot of the opposition stems from people just straight up not understanding what high speed rail is. All anyone knows that Amtrak sucks (even if they’ve never ridden it).
@@TheFourFoot I've ridden Amtrak a ton to see my pops, and I've always enjoyed the Capitol Corridor Route.
21:00 - look at everyone scattering in the field to the right of frame. Shooting safety class finishing up at the rifle range maybe?
I see no station in Bakersfield
I have just one question. Where are the rails?
Rails, signaling, electrification are part of a separate contract which will be issued later, since they are relatively easy once the structure os ready
Wow the construction is speeding up than I ever thought
It’s very exciting, I just want it done now! Lol
In about 30 years the project would have been worth the cost as more people use it. Remember they decried the purchase of Alaska.
And the interstates, and BART, and I even seem to remember several states being opposed to the Transcontinental Railroad...
In about 30 years, these videos will be considered priceless resources for valley children putting together reports for school about the construction of high speed rail.
Let’s hope so! Lol
dang. looks like 11:16 the trench has been sitting there a while with no activity
For sure
Do we know what type of electric trains will be used?
Not yet. Siemens, however, has been pushing hard. They built a mock-up of a Valero which is currently on display (I assume) at the California State Railroad museum.
@@TheFourFoot I was hoping we would get something like the Alpha X from Japan or at least the H5. Either way I cant wait for it since I will be using it every month once it is finished.
I remember back in 2006 or 07 when this was starting, then construction was fully abandoned, i thought it was a scrapped project by now, why was it abandoned for so long?
The bond issue was passed in 2008. The groundbreaking was in January of 2015.
@@TheFourFoot really? Odd, i remember the siezing of homes jn the right of way stsrted earlier then , my cousin had her house boughr out for the right if way, and i remember seeing videos of construction on the elevated portions back in 2007 or 08 around there, maybe it was a different portion of the line
Is it smog or dust?
Mostly dust, possibly some smog
Why isn’t this all elevated track?
Because this isn’t Japan and it’s cheaper to build track at grade...
Just a thought, but wouldn't it be nice if the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were to make a generous gift to the construction of this high speed rail line. What a legacy that would be !
Yeah everyone saying it’s a waste of money, and how there’s no money, and yet Jeff be is could fund the entire project including Sacramento/San Diego tomorrow
Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸
Video makes me want to buy California State bonds!
If I could buy high speed rail bonds, I would lol
@@TheFourFoot The income would be tax free if you lived in California. Unlike the old bonds used to build the old railroads which was taxed. That tax income was used to help build roads and airports.
Are you still on the planet Four Foot?
Standing Ovation
Thank you!
Dont they plant trees at the same time?
Yes, the authority has planted trees to replace ones lost to construction or as part of street beautification improvements.
BEAUTIFUL!. BEAUTIFUL!. Go AMERICA!.
CAHSR needs to hire you. Foreal foreal.
Where exactly does this run though?
It’s a nice thought, not sure it’s gonna happen lol
When it supposed to be open ?
Who knows lol. They’re still shooting for 2029...
@@TheFourFoot of how slow they are working im expecting 2034 lollll
I’m loving the music choice. Kinda reminds of me of some city building games like sim city
Thanks a lot!