Driving is time consuming - trains allow you to read, talk to people, get some
rest, and pollute less, etc.
I regret trains are sometimes too fast these days, and I also miss the (real)
restaurant cars.
I envy Tina and Tom with their trans-siberian plan, which I DO hope for many
reasons, Tom’s health being the less selfish one, they can actually carry out
soon.
Amities
Philippe
> Le 30 déc. 2016 à 20:20, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Virtually every nation in western Europe has high speed (HST) rail
> service. Japan and South Korea have HSTs China has the fastest passenger
> trains, the Harmony Express, as well as the first magrail train in Shanghai.
> South Africa has one in Johannesburg. Now Morocco has initiated their own
> TGV (French) HST service:
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38471392
>
> So where does the rich, powerful, high-tech US fit into all this with the
> 65MPH Acella? It falls into the "cruel joke" category.
>
> Out here, I can drive to Las Vegas almost as fast as I could fly, and I
> don't have to worry about being strip-searched.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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