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Some of you make sensible accounts of why there's "NO" truely high speed rail service in this country. Yes, it does cost more to build and maintain right of way that's for higher speed trains, but, it cost much more to build and maintain an airport or a stretch of highway too! Get the facts straight! I work on those high speed trains, so "I" should know! Also, for the gentleman who thinks that that Bombardier "Jet Train" is the real deal, "THINK AGAIN"!! That train is more a piece of junk than the train sets we currently have now. When it was here in DC, many of the engineers assigned to move said you'd have it revved up to almost full power before that thing would even start to crawl. Yes, electricfication "IS" the answer and you'll(we'll) probably come out better in the long run for it. Most of the high speed rail line in the world are electrified, and "THEY'RE WORKING"!! So, don't start thinking demise before we've even explored the possibilities of what might be. The route from Chicago to St. Louis is a prime canidate for a dedicated 'truely' high speed passenger rail line. It's mostly flat country, with very few major cities you would have to serve, and you can build it almost as straight as you want it. So listen up all you real railroaders and rail fans, we need a more balanced transportation agenda from our congress, which "WILL" require high speed rail lines be built in those areas where the market for them will maintain their need of them! HAPPY RAILROADING!!! Glenn A R E A L Railroader...A T R U E American!!
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