Re: Is HBLR truly "light" rail?

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Mike O'Dorney wrote:

> The Santa Cruz to San Jose rail line was heavily damaged in an
> earthquake 10 years ago.  Most of the talk of rail to Monterey is about
> the Gilroy line, since rebuilding the Highway 17 line would be very
> expensive.

Well the earthquake of 11 years ago may have done *some* damage,
but don't you think that the army dynamiting the tunnel in 1942 for fear
of invasion, and Santa Clara County building a lake over two miles of
the ROW in the 50's had a lot to do with troubles with the line?  ;-)

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