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One problem (of many) with high-speed rail is that our railbeds have deteriorated. (Another is that freight trains take precedence - Amtrak trains have to give way.)

From Wiki: "Passenger trains are limited to 59 mph and freight trains to 49 mph on track without block signal systems."

In the Northeast Corridor, passenger trains are allowed to go up to 150 mph. The speed record was set in 1967 [!], 170 mph.

But without a massive investment in infrastructure rebuilding, high-speed rail is still a way off.

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Heh. I'm a sysadmin. I expect to be in work as long as I want to be. Because Mel Brooks nailed it in Spaceballs:

"Fuck! Even in the future, nothing works!"

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