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[quote user="CSSHEGEWISCH"] I'm quite aware of the statements that UPS and FedEx executives (especially FedEx) have made about the current state of North American rail service.  While UPS is quite willing to pay a premium for expedited service and has the traffic volume to get what it wants, I would not be too sure if it would be willing to a larger premium for super-expedited service and to pay extra upfront costs for the specialized equipment for said service.  After all, conventional truck trailers or even Z-van trailers would be unacceptable for TGV-type service or UPS would have to spend more money for transloading from road vehicles to specialized express cars.[/quote]How specialized would it have to be?  And with bi-modal technology there'd be no need for transload, just modal transfer.Lest we forget, at one time in this country fast freights were approaching 100 mph sustained speeds using 1930's technology.  If that trend had continued, who's to say we wouldn't have TGV-type speeds on our freight railroads?FYI - the RailRunner bogie is rated for 106 mph, far more than what is needed for the US rail network.  If need be, it wouldn't seem that hard to upgrade the technology for higher speeds if the demand for such suddenly appeared.  In other words, it's not that much of a technological leap.
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