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I think the 20 mph and 12 minutes is still worth arguing over. The railroads in the 60's didn't provide for the speed and the trains couldn't compete with the ever increasing speeds of the car. We know what happened. <br /> <br />Now you need to provide in multiple layers the proof that the structure will do what the operators say it will. Yet Guilford keeps arguing they don't want the speed because it's not planned into the track structure even if told by others it is. They just don't want high spped Amtrak on their slow speed frieght system. <br /> <br />By the way there was thought given to a rail line connecting South and North Stations. One of the arguments is that it would add several million to the cost. Now the "Big Dig" is no longer talking about millions but a couple billion if all the costs are added. There is still thought and plans being bandied about. <br /> <br />It will come at 59mph to start from what we here sometime this summer. Hopefully it will go higher. And I think it will be successfully as are the ones you mentioned. <br /> <br />
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