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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zephyr: [QB] EmpireBuilder, good point. We don't have to operate with "that 1940's technology." But France (now, there's a Utopia), Germany, and Japan are different from US. We do have some high speed rail in the works (LA to SF for example), but don't they have more of the character of corridor trains? To build out a high speed rail replacement for long-distance routes (for example, LA to Seattle) would be (to say the least) costly. If just the time it's taking to build the LA to SF HSR corridor is lengthy, can you imagine what we're talking here in time to extend it to Seattle? For sake of argument (and not to be mistaken as my position), let's say our goal is to HSR the country. We're talking decades. Big Dig Time Plus. What do we do with Amtrak LD's in the interim? Can we manufacture enough duct tape to keep those Superliners functional during this period? (Ah, there's an idea. Chocolates on the pillow disappeared during the reign of St. Gunn. Maybe his replacement can replace this amenity with a roll of duct tape on the pillow). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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