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[quote user="243129"] And no curves were eliminated or realigned to accommodate the higher speed? <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] The German network had a max. speed of 100 mph before WWII. So why eliminate curves for higher speeds if you don't have the fitting equipment and aren't able to even run this speed after WWII. The old alignment was good for 100 mph. There might have been isolated curves were for other reasons necessary realignments led to higher allowed speeds. But that doesn't change the fact that Germany didn't have any advantage to develop HSR over the USA after WWII. There were more essential priorities and the lack of economical power to even think about. There are othe advantages in Germany. The size of the country and the distances between population centers are better suited for HSR than in the USA. On a number of domestic relations HSR can compete easily with air travel. And with our congested highway system going HSR can be faster than individual travel by car. Essen to Stuttgart is 3:02 by ICE train, by car I need 5 hours. So even with 2 x 30 minutes traveling to and from the main stations included the train is faster. That are our advantages not the situation after WWII. That situation was an advantage for re-industrialisation as we needed new machinery and got state-of-the-art equipment.  Regards, Volker
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