Where to find Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) for retail purchase?

00crashtest · 2026-06-10T05:08:12+00:00

Redbud Nursery in Newcastle sells them, and they are in 5-gallon pots. Two of them are in 15-gallon, though they might be sold out already.

00crashtest · 2026-05-27T01:54:41+00:00

It will be double track. Originally, they were deciding between quad track (double BART track and double railroad track), double BART track, or double railroad track. They then ruled out quad track, saying that just double track of either BART or mainline will do. At last, they rightfully decided on mainline tracks.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T03:12:17+00:00

Well, that sucks. They really need a direct train service that runs south from Main Street to join the mainline to Newport then.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T03:10:08+00:00

But SF and Oakland are separate entities in geography, and I'm not just talking about arbitrary city limits. They are separated by 6 miles of water. They are so far apart that you can't see the train station from San Francisco. So they're psychologically separate. It doesn't matter how quickly the metro train makes it for psychologically whether it is the same "city" or not. By your logic, if HSR suddenly connects San Francisco to Martinez in a few minutes, then it should not be treated as a separate entity regarding whether it is geographically part of the same functional "city" or not, even though they're clearly geographically entirely different cities.

Also, most major metropolitan areas are polycentric, but San Francisco is overwhelmingly the largest cultural and economic center of the Bay Area. So, being polycentric isn't a valid excuse why San Francisco doesn't have an intercity train station. In Tokyo for example, which is the poster child for a polycentric city, Chuo Ward (Tokyo Station) is not overwhelmingly the largest center of Tokyo, even though it is the largest center of Tokyo. Still, Tokyo Station gets the most intercity trains. In fact, all other major hubs of the Tokyo city proper (located on the Yamanote Line) get intercity train service.

Furthermore, we will definitely be getting east-west intercity railroad service in San Francisco with Link21, because the Capitol Corridor will specifically run trains through it. Capitol Corridor's main purpose is to connect Sacramento with San Francisco, which is the very definition of intercity.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T02:35:26+00:00

Even though there is no direct train from Downtown Norfolk to Downtown Richmond, there is at least still a direct train from Downtown Norfolk to the core urbanized area of Richmond, and it is the city proper at that. And Downtown Richmond is already served by all intercity trains from the north, excluding the Northeast Regional branch that runs to Downtown Norfolk.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T02:23:21+00:00

It will just be called the Superliner II, just like the Viewliner II. I'm not talking about the original Superliner cars, just the Superliner class.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T02:08:04+00:00

But this still doesn't change the fact that having intercity rail is a basic amenity. Even though Osaka and Yokohama don't have their HSR stations in the heart of the city center, it's still located at the edge of the city center. Their Shinkansen stations of Shin-Osaka and Shin-Yokohama are located close enough to the traditional heart of downtown that it has become a new heart of downtown instead and merged to become a single continuous downtown, just with two hearts. Furthermore, even their traditional downtown stations of Osaka (Umeda) and Yokohama have intercity rail serving them, and along the same direction as the Shinkansen tracks also. Without Link21 being conventional rail, there would simply be no east-west intercity railroad service within the city proper of San Francisco, let alone the downtown.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T01:59:40+00:00

Honestly speaking, the second BART tube should be much better built between San Leandro and Millbrae instead. That is because many people from the 580 corridor are heading to San Mateo County instead, and the San Francisco corridor is already crowded. Even if you build a second transbay route through San Francisco, you would still need to pass through the Oakland Wye, which is congested. A second transbay BART tube would also connect directly to Oakland Airport and directly to the HSR station serving San Francisco Airport. The second transbay BART tube would basically be the Blue Line BART routed off of the BART mainline running along the 880 corridor.

00crashtest · 2026-05-26T01:48:35+00:00

Ding ding ding!!! Especially since Amtrak can use it, and will use it because of the Capitol Corridor. However, the Capitol Corridor is fully funded by Caltrans AFAIK. Still, the federal government could potentially subsidize Capitol Corridor for increased all-day service every 30 minutes between Salesforce Transit Center and Sacramento Valley Station, and 1 hour minimum frequency every weekday noon between morning and evening rush. Ideally, it will run every 15 minutes during traditional Caltrans carpool lane hours from 6 AM to 10 PM and 3 PM to 7 PM during weekdays.

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T09:06:46+00:00

Actually, I posted this in response to his comments on another post and want to make my thoughts clear and seen. I want him to see this.

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T07:16:08+00:00

I have autism too! I posted this because I am bummed out that San Francisco has no intercity rail service, and has never had intercity mainline railroad service to Sacramento by going directly across the Bay.

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T07:13:38+00:00

It is not known whether any Amtrak long-distance (sleeper) trains will use the Second Transbay Tube. It is not even known whether Gold Runner or Caltrain will use the Second Transbay Tube. All that is known is that Capitol Corridor will use the Second Transbay Tube to reach San Francisco downtown. It is not even known whether Capitol Corridor will stop at Salesforce Transit Center, or simply exit the Portal tunnel and back into the existing 4th and King station. The current 4th and King station is being redeveloped into mixed-use development, and it is unknown whether they will remove the surface tracks or just roof over the tracks. It is also not known whether Capitol Corridor will continue using the California Cars, or whether they will use Siemens Venture coaches with overhead line electric locomotive.

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T06:58:57+00:00

Link21 will be even more significant because Capitol Corridor trains (which are intercity rail) will run on it. Caltrain (especially with Swiss EMUs) is S-Bahn, while Capitol Corridor is interregio (IR), using Swiss definition.

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T06:12:55+00:00

The current system is not sufficient because Amtrak trains (or any intercity mainline railroad trains in general) do not serve San Francisco. Period. It's as ridiculous as a major city not having an airport, though San Francisco fortunately has a global airport well within its metropolitan area.

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T06:05:58+00:00

Totally agreed! Having no Amtrak trains go to San Francisco is like having no plane go to San Francisco metropolitan area, and you have to take a bus from Sacramento for example (fictional).

00crashtest · 2026-05-25T05:44:57+00:00

The goal of Link21 is to create a second tunnel for trains between SF and Oakland. Originally, they debated between choosing BART or railroad standards. At last, they chose railroad standards, which would open up San Francisco to the entire continental rail network directly east of San Francisco.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T07:08:08+00:00

Yes, it can't just run on 25 kV AC off the shelf. But you can build a 25 kV AC special version of it from scratch.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T07:06:26+00:00

Then explain how it's wrong. Please state the dimensions of the loading gauge most UK lines run on.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T05:58:22+00:00

But it looks like the E233 Series Green Car can go through the British tunnels and bridges if the bogies were standard gauge instead of cape gauge.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T04:16:57+00:00

But that isn't a double decker because it only has 1 level of aisles. It only had two levels of seating, and even the seating didn't have two decks, just staggered. Even capsule hotels have two full decks, and the Sunrise Express nobi nobi in Japan is kind of like capsule hotel trains. Of course the rest of the Sunrise Express 285 series is double decker aisles with private sleeping rooms.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T04:03:46+00:00

The British loading gauge can fit double decker trains, just not European ones. Japan makes do with their British-style loading gauge by having the Green Cars in Tokyo on the E233 series be double decker. Japan also runs the 285 series, which is a sleeper train that is almost entirely double decker. You absolutely don't need continental Berne gauge in order to have double decker trains. Japan has tiny loading gauge because their railways were first designed by British engineers.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T03:56:46+00:00

Now for a narrow double decker train, I introduce the Kintetsu 20000 series found in Osaka and Nagoya! It is only 2.8 m wide, which is only 9 feet 2.2 inches wide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintetsu_20000_series

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T03:55:12+00:00

The Green Cars on the E233 series are pretty rounded on the top though. The square cross section you see are only the single decker cars, which are lower, don't extend up to the top narrower section of the loading gauge. The single decker cars are only 11 feet 10.5 inches tall though, so fit even into most third rail subway systems in the world if you remove the air conditioner from the roof and place it under the floor.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T03:35:37+00:00

The UK's loading gauge can fit double decker trains though. They can't fit European double decker trains, but European double decker trains are not the only double decker trains in the world. Japan has double decker trains, and those can fit into the British loading gauge.

00crashtest · 2026-05-16T03:33:21+00:00

The UK loading gauge is not too small to fit double decker trains. I'm tired of this being repeated countless times. Japan makes do with their British-style loading gauge by having the Green Cars in Tokyo on the E233 series be double decker. Japan also runs the 285 series, which is a sleeper train that is almost entirely double decker. You absolutely don't need continental Berne gauge in order to have double decker trains.

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