>
>I saw that story - pretty amazing stuff. Every time they bring up HST's
>here, people waffle and argue until nothing happens.Too much politics, too
>many lobbies. Plus, our existing railroad infrastructure is in fairly poor
>shape and mostly at grade level. The tracks between Chicago and New Orleans
>are terrible. When we took the City of New Orleans this past November,
>there were plenty of stretches that were extremely rough and uneven and we
>couldn't have been doing more than 40mph at best.
>
>I would love a 300mph train between Chicago and NYC or LA.
>
There have been numerous proposals for HSTs in California, many for an LA
to Las Vegas route, none of which will ever happen.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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