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I just toured the FRA website specific to HSR, and their R & D efforts are focussed entirely on passenger HSR, not a peep about incorporating freight HSR. The problem of course is that for passenger HSR they're looking at corridors of 100 to 500 miles (to compete with airlines and autos/buses), whereas a freight based HSR would be focussed on corridors over 500 miles (to compete with the dock to dock time of truckers). It just goes to show that the federal agencies (FRA, STB, et al) responsible for overseeing railroad technology in the U.S. are more than a few decades behind the comtemporary reality curve. No wonder Amtrak still operates using 1930's logistics. <br /> <br />I'll reiterate; if you want a futuristic project to be financially justified, you gotta let freight pay the overhead.
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