World Rail System (WR)
Proposal:
Construct a world connected rail system, primarily for transportation of goods, and secondarily for transportation of people.
I suggest in starting at the Bering Strait a bridge be built connecting USA with Russia. The bridging distance is about 52mi or 83km and could pass through the Diomede Islands. From making use of ocean depth charts there could be a sizable easterward extension of both Alaska and to the Russian Diomede Island so that bridging over water becomes less extensive. From this point the rail would pass through China, south mainland Asian countries, through India, on up to Russia, through continental European countries, and passing through Africa. From Africa to South America, a distance of about 1,600mi or 2,575km would make it difficult, but not impossible to have a bridge being built. While a bridge is being constructed, perhaps requiring near 2,000 piles which could come from dredging in low ocean areas or reconstruction of the mid-Atlantic ridge, for immediacy, specialized barges for ease of transporting rail cars, such as barges having tracks would be utilized in spanning the Atlantic Ocean. Though may seem fanatical per today’s notion of what is possible, I contend construction should continue. From South America, the route would go through northern South American countries, up through Central America, passing through Mexico and on up through the USA, passing through Canada and back to USA at the Bering Strait.
Per topography and location of major population centers, I feel the route as depicted in the image above minimizes the overall distance, minimizes the distance over water, avoids major mountain ranges, and maximizes population centers. While Australia, and the UK would not be directly connected, the rail system could have connecting points serving these locations. This is just the main railway system which other points of the world could hook up to through various means, shipping, trucking, and other railways. Much into the future, this main route could be extended.
A very good topographical map of the ocean floor of the Atlantic Ocean can be viewed at: http://www.geologyin.com/2014/08/atlantic-ocean-floor.html/. Note the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Thomas Blankenhorn, 12/15/2020
Proposal:
Construct a world connected rail system, primarily for transportation of goods, and secondarily for transportation of people.
I suggest in starting at the Bering Strait a bridge be built connecting USA with Russia. The bridging distance is about 52mi or 83km and could pass through the Diomede Islands. From making use of ocean depth charts there could be a sizable easterward extension of both Alaska and to the Russian Diomede Island so that bridging over water becomes less extensive. From this point the rail would pass through China, south mainland Asian countries, through India, on up to Russia, through continental European countries, and passing through Africa. From Africa to South America, a distance of about 1,600mi or 2,575km would make it difficult, but not impossible to have a bridge being built. While a bridge is being constructed, perhaps requiring near 2,000 piles which could come from dredging in low ocean areas or reconstruction of the mid-Atlantic ridge, for immediacy, specialized barges for ease of transporting rail cars, such as barges having tracks would be utilized in spanning the Atlantic Ocean. Though may seem fanatical per today’s notion of what is possible, I contend construction should continue. From South America, the route would go through northern South American countries, up through Central America, passing through Mexico and on up through the USA, passing through Canada and back to USA at the Bering Strait.
Per topography and location of major population centers, I feel the route as depicted in the image above minimizes the overall distance, minimizes the distance over water, avoids major mountain ranges, and maximizes population centers. While Australia, and the UK would not be directly connected, the rail system could have connecting points serving these locations. This is just the main railway system which other points of the world could hook up to through various means, shipping, trucking, and other railways. Much into the future, this main route could be extended.
A very good topographical map of the ocean floor of the Atlantic Ocean can be viewed at: http://www.geologyin.com/2014/08/atlantic-ocean-floor.html/. Note the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Thomas Blankenhorn, 12/15/2020
Rural mass transit would be a good start.
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