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<p>I don´t know whether I shall just be amused or turn away in disgust. We have had this discussion about the sense or nonsense of highspeed rail transportation a number of times with Sheldon and the only point we could agree upon is that we all wholeheartedly agree to disagree.</p> <p>I am inclined to change my mind and concur with Sheldon´s opinion. The US are not a country for highspeed train travel! Why? It´s not the distances required to cover  which make the nation unfit for that, it´s the attitude, combined with the fact that there is a gap of 50 years of experience in highspeed train engineering (and operation) between Europe/Japan and the US. As long as freight trains enjoy priority over passenger services, as long as train stations are in the rather dark and dingy parts of town and as long people calculate the consumption of fossil fuels per mile and multiply the result by the number of seats available in the car, although only one or two are actually occupied, there is no chance for passenger trains, let alone highspeed trains in the US, unless some wise person undertakes a bold move - just like in California.</p>
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