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The point made in Peterson's topic headline should not be lost in all this. In 1935 railroads were on the verge of evolving into a higher speed transportation option, with higher speeds than 1935 highways and high enough speeds to compete with propeller driven aircraft over short to medium corridors. Since that time, highways speeds have increased, airline speeds have increased (although in the last few years increased terminal delays have probably doubled the amount of time a person needs to take out of his day to get from Point A to Point B, an important thing to note for those medium range corridors!), but the railroads top speeds have declined outside the NEC. <br /> <br />Perhaps the point to ponder is this: Did the railroads drop the ball while they had the lead in the race to reduce overall transit time in deference to the idea of increasing load factor at a cost of transit speed?
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