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Old 05-11-2014, 04:51 AM
 
Location: Central Maine
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What do you think of this? A high-speed rail line from Beijing right through Canada to the eastern U.S. A two-day trip at an average speed of 200 mph. Is this feasible? It is still in the planning phase.

China 'considering' building high-speed rail line from Beijing to the United States | South China Morning Post
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Old 05-11-2014, 11:38 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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No way, I saw the movie Red Dawn ... this is how they will invade the US!
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Old 05-11-2014, 02:32 PM
 
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What a colossal waste of money when you can just hop on a plane and do the trip in a fraction of the time and without all the infrastructure involved in such a venture.
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Old 05-11-2014, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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The Chinese building a railways across North America?


That is so 1860's.
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Old 05-11-2014, 02:59 PM
 
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The Chinese building a railways across North America?


That is so 1860's.
That is so. But it would be great there were a high speed railroad within the USA.
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Old 05-11-2014, 04:24 PM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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That is so. But it would be great there were a high speed railroad within the USA.

I agree. The eastern seaboard of North America would be awesome.
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Old 05-11-2014, 04:45 PM
 
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Even the Japanese makers of High Speed rail that once proposed to build between Baltimore and Washington long ago said study showed only long east coast would it makes sense. Now they say it doesn't any more. No private group want to build and operate and too costly to subsidize with ever continuing cost increases.
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Old 05-11-2014, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Old East Dallas
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I'm waiting for the Dallas to houston rail to become a reality.

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Once THAT happens, perhaps Houston's population will drop
as they flock to Dallas. ?

Beyond Toyota: Chase, Amazon, Caterpillar, Google Among Those Eyeing DFW Office Space | FrontBurner | D Magazine
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Old 05-11-2014, 04:53 PM
 
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No way, I saw the movie Red Dawn ... this is how they will invade the US!
No kidding!
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Old 05-11-2014, 04:55 PM
 
Location: southern california
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getting people here has never been a problem.
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