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Amtrak runs a mail and exxpress only train between Springfeild and Washington (I forget the train Nos). It consists of boxcars and some baggage and no passenger cars pulled by an electric at up to 110mph. I would consider that a high speed freight, (I hear it may get discontinued) and it is similar to the way those hi-speed freights are in Europe. Some are more hi-tech I supose. I don't ever see running freights that fast as an economical way to move the vast tonnage like the real freights handle. England runs 75mph coal trains, but not to be economical in itself but to get out of the way of passenger trains. What alot of wind to push just to move coal.
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