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You are still thinking in terms of slow trains. In Europe they have TGV trains that go 186 mph, and average with stops every now and then over 160 mph. The distance from Dallas to Chicago is around 900 miles, Omaha to Chicago is around 800 miles. A fast train averaging 150 mph, which makes my math a whole lot easier, should travel the distance from Dallas to Chicago in 6 hours! One trainset can make 4 trips in one day. The days of having the one daily train arriving and leaving at 2 am will be history! In fact, Amtrak operates 3 trainsets on the Texas Eagle route to provide a daily service. In the Dallas area Amtrak arrives and leaves in the mid to late afternoons, yet gets to San Antonio in the wee hours of the morning. Nobody rides that train because we much prefer to leave in the morning and arrive in San Antonio before dinner. However if Amtrak operated 3 trainsets, there could be a service of 12 trains per day going in each direction...That sounds like a short haul airline service to me.... It is the same with New York City and Chicago, Orlando to Atlanta, Chicago to Kansas City, etc., etc.
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