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Glad to see the comments, a positive sign. I don't think the long-distance argument against US HSR is valid (icetrain)--Europe will have an HSR one of these days that will take passengers overnight to Moscow from London--comparable to DC-SF in US. Lots of cities enroute. Germany is getting rid of all intra-German flights as a matter of State policy. Wake up and smell the coffee.... Remember there are three phases to every project: 1. It won't work 2. It will cost too much money 3. I thought it was a great idea all along. (I've experienced all three in the projects I've done, incidentally) Mr.Don Clark's ideas are good, a sensible starting point. But we need a whole national network, why not plan for it from the start? As Enrico Fermi once said, "we know our plans are crazy, but are they crazy enough?" HSR travel can beat the pants off the flying cattle-cars any day of the week, for safety, comfort, city-to-city convenience, and travel time and cost. AMTRAK even does modestly well in the NE corridor, living on a shoestring. For Mr. Glen Woodle: Given all the past wrangling, why not bow to a historic transportation corridor and call it the Natchez Truce? ScottyDog: Send me your emails anytime--sws@intrepid.net. My congresspersons are Sen. Byrd (who funded my project to save the Shepherdstown RR station, here where I live in WV), Sen. Jay Rockefeller (the old oil family, not much interest in competitor rail there), and Congresswoman Capito, rep. the 2nd WV district (of three, all gerrymandered east-to-west).. J. Snyder, AAAS, ASCE
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