Germany Building ‘Panama Canal on Railway Tracks’ Through South America

https://www.thetrumpet.com/16674-germany-building-panama-canal-on-railway-tracks-through-south-america ^

[Zeneta]

That’s great for South America and Germany and I wish them the best.

As long as they don’t build a passage through the Darien Gap.

[zek157]

Wouldn’t put too much credence in an Armstrong publication.

[I_BE_THE_ONE]

American exceptionalism! After a bitter and bloody civil war we did this. Completed 1869.

Maybe the Swiss can carry them.

[mosesdapoet]

Don’t have the ability to post a map on this project hope somebody does. There’s been a previous posting on this.

[granite]

[BobL]

And what’s wrong with building there? It’s a pain in the butt to get around when I drive to South America.

[bgill]

Don’t ask the US to contribute. We’ve already done more than anyone else.

[Zeneta]

And what’s wrong with building there?

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I like the idea of maintaining the Darien Gap as a natural “first line of defense” or “fence” if you will.

Can you imagine how many more “Migrants” from S. America would be in our Country if that passage were as easy as getting in a car and driving here?

[CharlesMartelsGhost]

Germany and Switzerland to help build coast-to-coast railroad in South America. Link: http://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-switzerland-to-help-build-coast-to-coast-railway-in-south-america/a-41825559 Route Map:

[mosesdapoet]

Thanks; your contribution (map) adds to the posting.

[mosesdapoet]

Thanks; your contribution (map) adds to the posting.

[BobL]

True...good point. Can we move it 1000 or so miles north, maybe?

[deport]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3378678/posts

Click the above link, scroll down to ‘posting an image’, then
make a practice post or two. It’s not hard to do. Good luck

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Sort defeats the purpose of a canal. You still have to off-load and reload ships. Fine for transport to the interior, but I don’t see the purpose as an inter-ocean connector.

[hanamizu]

I remember as a lad in the ‘50s reading in the Weekly Reader about the Pan American highway that was being built that would enable one to drive from Canada all the way to the tip of South America. And today, you almost can, except for what looks like a very short distance in Panama. But I imagine (I haven’t been there) that on the ground, it looks like an impossible task. Costa Rica has a terrible time keeping its mountainous roads passible.

[VanDeKoik]

This project makes absolutely no sense.

[ConservaTeen]

Is it standard gauge? If it is, I’d love to see a standard gauge railroad connecting Mexico (and in affect US and Canada) down Central America (connecting with the KCS Panama Canal Railroad) to the railroad. It would be nice for getting people jobs..

[Cen-Tejas]

This is a consultants hallucination and will never happen. Germany has not one submarine that can put to sea and only 12 Battle tanks and could not stop a troop of cub scouts coming across it’s border. This deal will cost trillions.

The US must recoup the 5 trillion it blew in Afghanistan and IraQ. And, it’s highly unlikely they will rope Trump into this.

Just for unavailability of THIS MUCH capital alone, This deal will never happen and that’s before you get into the enormous challenges of building something like this starting with “security”. Who’s going to provide that? How much will this INCREASE the cost of goods? “Corruption” alone in these countries is a way of life. And, on and on................

[Bernard]

Based on recent events in the Pacific Northwest, I would think they would be better off building a highway instead of a railroad. Whether the vehicles are powered by fossil fuels or electronics, the transportation could be bypassed as needed in the event of an emergency, and the locals would gain the benefits of locating service businesses near exits along the highway.

Of course, that last one is pretty free-enterprise, so maybe socialists won't like it, but still; a modern railroad with limited access rights seems very 1% in nature.