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  1. Alternate History Geek

    Orange Tempest
    Threadmarks: I'm sorry.

    Thanx to everyone who's enjoyed the ride, but I've lost interest in Orange Tempest, at least for the time being. I might reboot it in the future; I might not. Sorry to disappoint. 😥
  2. Alternate History Geek

    Northern Limit Line

    Rather curious as to why the SoKo government wasn't helicoptered out of Seoul the moment the Norks attacked towards the city...
  3. Alternate History Geek

    Decisive Darkness: What if Japan hadn't surrendered in 1945?

    Actually, there's a good chance that the US might simply hand it over to Chiang Kai-Shek; the possibility was seriously discussed IOTL, and, given that ITTL the Chinese army has actually liberated the vast majority of its own territory (as opposed to OTL, where most of said territory was still...
  4. Alternate History Geek

    Northern Limit Line

    How, exactly, are the North Koreans managing to break through with anything less than 10:1 numerical superiority? Given that the SKs have both the advantage of the defence and also massive technological superiority, it is simply implausible for the NKs to be breaking through with anything less...
  5. Alternate History Geek

    A True orient express?

    You might be surprised to know that blasting tunnels was, in fact, a mature technology even in 1900. Both of these.
  6. Alternate History Geek

    A True orient express?

    I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of blasting a tunnel...
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    Decisive Darkness: What if Japan hadn't surrendered in 1945?

    Not a chance - if any Japanese nation-state is ever reestablished outside Hokkaido, it will be a republic(s), given both that the level of hatred toward Japan on the part of the US and co. is far greater ITTL than at any point IOTL, and also that, at the current rate things are going ITTL, the...
  8. Alternate History Geek

    Northern Limit Line

    The USA claims that it doesn't have any chemical or biological weapons left. I'd be inclined to believe them WRT bioweapons (the damn things are just as dangerous to the user as they are to the enemy), but I'd say it's all but certain that they still have some chemicals squirrelled away...
  9. Alternate History Geek

    Northern Limit Line

    Wouldn't taking out just the turbinehouses still be enough to cause major flooding? (Because even if you don't break the dam itself, you've still suddenly created a big passage for water to bypass the dam unimpeded...) Oh, and great TL! Subscribed!:D
  10. Alternate History Geek

    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    Ah, so expensive as in "London-scale Big Dig" expensive?
  11. Alternate History Geek

    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    Unfriendly in what way?
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    Different mains voltages and\or frequencies?

    If a higher mains voltage (say 360 VAC) had been adopted early on, wouldn't the electric codes view that as the voltage that it's unsafe to go higher than, rather than OTL's choice of 240 VAC as a limit? Presumably any countries using 60 VAC or 30 VAC would still use high voltages for...
  13. Alternate History Geek

    WI: U.S. Supreme Court loses credibility from pair of child labor decisions in 1918 and 1922?

    If only four more states had ratified it. If only...
  14. Alternate History Geek

    Different mains voltages and\or frequencies?

    IOTL, there are two voltages used for mains electricity around the world; most countries use 240 VAC, while the US and a few others use 120 VAC. Likewise with frequencies: most countries use 50 Hz, while the US and a few others use 60 Hz. But there's nothing, in principle, keeping countries...
  15. Alternate History Geek

    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    Hmm... maybe dual-voltage catenary, with low voltage (600 V) in tunnels and higher voltage (12.5, 25, or maybe even 50 or 100 kV) on surface lines?
  16. Alternate History Geek

    Decisive Darkness: What if Japan hadn't surrendered in 1945?

    What I mean is the non-Stalinists. Not every non-Stalinist is a collaborator (not even most of them).
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    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    Why is that, precisely?:confused: And if that's the case, how come subway trains using catenary don't have these kinds of problems?:confused::confused::confused: (Although I suppose one could use dual-mode trains, running on third rail underground and then lifting the shoes and going...
  18. Alternate History Geek

    Decisive Darkness: What if Japan hadn't surrendered in 1945?

    The thing is, though, with the Red Army occupying all of Korea, there're bound to be quite a few people who want to get away from them, even if it does mean having to homestead in Japan... (And speaking of homesteading, I wonder if we might see some sort of new Homestead Act set up by the US...
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    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    Why would it have to be third rail, necessarily? If you use overhead catenary, you could (eventually) not need to change locos at all, assuming that the network gradually moves over time to total electrification. Plus, using catenary allows the lines (or at least some of them) to be converted...
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    AHC\WI\PC: Joint London Central Station?

    How much less, proportionately?
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