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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] My wish list starts with getting the railroad lines into the condition that the trains can be run fast. Fifty years ago we had 16 hour trains between New York and Chicago on two routes. These were still end to end average speeds of under 60 mph. Since the masses of people and closely spaced cities are still in the Northeast, and by northeast, I mean the territory between the Mason-Dixon Line and Ohio River to Canadian border and Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River not the tiny area as defined by New Yorkers, we need to start there. It would be good for the rest of the country as well, as this territory is a sinkhole for money spent on highway construction. Everything done there costs more than the equivalent work done anywhere else in the country outside of California. The start: get to the point that there are 4 to 6 or more trains averaging over 60 mph spread out throughout the day that connect all reasonable city pairs. These could and should as much as practical be long distance trains with the cities involved connected like beads on a string. I could expand on this, but I am supposed to be working. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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