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Trains were a great idea for passenger transport up until the invention of the airplane.

The airplane doesn't have to maintain tracks.

The airplane isn't limited to just tracks.

One of the scary things about trains in mountainous areas is having the land underneath your tracks slide away.

I have a strong attachment to external drive steam engines, I like the big flashy orange and red diesel-electric locomotives to.

Bullet trains need to be limited by the practicality of the terrain the track is running on.

At 300MPH cresting a hill that is no problem for a 60MPH car the train can leave the tracks entirely. It is a different ball game when it comes to the acceptable radius of construction.

Some land locations will be acceptable, other not. It does not have the universal application and practicality of the air plane.