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ray@lemmy.ml to Trains@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Inside America’s First High Speed Rail

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Inside America’s First High Speed Rail

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ray@lemmy.ml to Trains@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Construction just began for the first high-speed rail line, which will connect LA and Las Vegas and reach 200mph. And it’s being built by 11,000 union worker...
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  • Wooster@startrek.website
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    A lot of good first steps, but this shouldn’t be owned by a private company.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      It should also be high speed. That speed is honestly laughable

      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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        I’m not watching the video, what type of speed are we talking about?

      • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
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        It says 200 mph in the description, or 320 kph. That’s respectable.

    • Novi@sh.itjust.works
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      That’s how things are done in the USA.

      • yokonzo@lemmy.world
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        Still shouldn’t be

      • Wooster@startrek.website
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        Doesn’t mean we should shrug it off as acceptable.

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    I would love a train from Albuquerque to Denver. Currently for that trip you have to go through Chicago.

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      Holy cow, now that’s what I call a detour.

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