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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I don't think we can judge rail travel by what it is, we need to think about what it could be.
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Excellent view point, one I share. I have had the opportunity to travel by train in Japan and Europe and we are not even on the same planet, for many reasons.
The interesting thing about the article the OP posted are the what I consider extreme speeds not really required in the NE and parts of the Mid West. Give me 150mph, legit, with good hubs and services at those hubs, and I'm out of my car and not dealing with the vicissitudes of air travel.
I would greatly prefer not to fly (and I am a former pilot) and I would enjoy being able to have productive time on a train en-route.
I'll be a drooling mess before any of this happens, but lets think about the kids.
