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Michael Bots

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Expansion in the works
16 days by train - over 11,000km  -- no dollars needed

'Silk Road' railways link Europe and Asia
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/27/busin … g-network/

Germany Plans to Expand Chinese Rail Link as Xi Visits Duisburg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-2 … sburg.html

New freight train link between China and Germany
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ecXFytM1k

China & Germany Sign Yuan-Settlement Pact
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-2 … udi-arabia

Mar 30 14 03:19 pm Link

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IrisSwope

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Dallas, Texas, US

That would be a long train ride.

Mar 30 14 03:43 pm Link

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udor

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New York, New York, US

IrisSwope wrote:
That would be a long train ride.

Yeah... 16 days...

What an interesting concept... it's a combination between the ancient Silk Road (4000 miles) connecting Europe and China since over 2,200 years ago...

Not sure how feasible it is today... but..., that would be an awesome trip and considering that a ships passage can take long time (okay, flying is faster) and it stops frequently because people will use it not for the full length...

... damn'... the adventurer in me starts to get the upper hand... wink

Mar 30 14 04:03 pm Link

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scrymettet

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Quebec, Quebec, Canada

udor wrote:

Yeah... 16 days...

What an interesting concept... it's a combination between the ancient Silk Road (4000 miles) connecting Europe and China since over 2,200 years ago...

Not sure how feasible it is today... but..., that would be an awesome trip and considering that a ships passage can take long time (okay, flying is faster) and it stops frequently because people will use it not for the full length...

... damn'... the adventurer in me starts to get the upper hand... wink

It's for freight mainly. Getting Chinese stuff to Europe with a reasonable per ton price and reasonable price..
Ships will remain cheaper but cargo flights will get hurt.
No stopping for volcano eruptions but sensible to political unrest

Mar 30 14 04:08 pm Link

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udor

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New York, New York, US

scrymettet wrote:

It's for freight mainly. Getting Chinese stuff to Europe with a reasonable per ton price and reasonable price..
Ships will remain cheaper but cargo flights will get hurt.
No stopping for volcano eruptions but sensible to political unrest

Oh... okay, makes sense!

Mar 30 14 04:11 pm Link

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Solas

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

curious what they'll power it by.. china is the source of most of the world's REE..could be a source of energy for that route

Mar 30 14 04:11 pm Link

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scrymettet

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Quebec, Quebec, Canada

udor wrote:

Oh... okay, makes sense!

it have been around since the Iceland volcano.

Mar 30 14 04:19 pm Link

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Robb Mann

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Baltimore, Maryland, US

Hmm, I wonder how they are navigating around/over Lake Bikal? That's the historic "roadblock" to intra-continental Russia/China rail traffic.

Mar 30 14 06:15 pm Link

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scrymettet

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Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Robb Mann wrote:
Hmm, I wonder how they are navigating around/over Lake Bikal? That's the historic "roadblock" to intra-continental Russia/China rail traffic.

through Mongolia as it's done now might be an option

Mar 30 14 06:21 pm Link

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