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I agree with that.

The platform is really taking shape. About 90% of the concrete work is done. Last week they put up a canopy on the center platform.

No, that indicates electrification, and I did see but cannot remember where, but part of the message was they intend to build the Palmate to Victorville leg first.

Solar arrays, wind turbine farms, hydroelectric (dams in the Sierra Nevadas)

CHSR is completely renewable electricity (solar, wind, stored) so GHGs will not be increased by higher speeds.

Board Approves Release a Request for Qualifications for Track and Systems Procurement. Info here: https://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/brdmeetings/2019/brdmtg_071619_Item2_Track_and_Systems_Procurement_Process_Presentation_July_2019_Brd_Meeting.pdf

EIS complete and certified by the Board. Contracts go out in the next weeks.

The MTA Board yesterday approved the major upgrade to LAUS with Linkus. (https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/06/27/metro-board-approves-link-us-union-station-cut-through-tracks/). It includes a gratly expanded tunnel and run-through traks. Total cost about $2.3B.

Ever ridden any HSR?

The California High Speed Rail Authority has posted the release of the Draft RFP for Track and Systems. So begins the real rail. The RPF for Trainsets should be released next quarter. http://hsr.ca.gov/programs/track_and_systems.html

Actually the plan is as you stated, except all EIRs for the the entire Phase I are to be completed too, not just Bakersfield to Palmdale.

Some new pics of the center platform.  These are of the forms, excavation and concrete pour between the tracks that connect to the tunnel constructed under the south track.

No reports said what it was.

Yes, they are fine except for some coughing hanging on.  Everything in the passenger cabin was destroyed.  The luggage in the lower storage was OK.

Actually., the Central Valley 119 miles has been extended by 52 miles to 171 miles from Bakersfield to Merced.  Here is what he...

Not really.  It will connect a city with 500,000+ (Fresno) with a ctiy of about 400,000 (Bakersfield).

No, they consulted with engineers.  This is the best way to construct a major project.  Iron out problems with the easiest first.

The contractor has begun prep for the platform build and has done the rail moves.  Here are two videos of the rail work over last two years or so:    

Here is a pretty good definition of the terms today and some of their etymology: https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/whats-the-difference-between-a-motor-and-an-engine/