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Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S.
Author: David Smith
Date: 03-13-2015 - 20:15

WebDigger Wrote:
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> David Smith Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Explain to us again why in the 1930's railroads
> such as the Milwaukee was able to run 100mph
> passenger trains, using steam locomotion, on
> jointed rail and wood ties ..... or that in the
> 1940's the Pennsy T1 was rumored to have hit
> 125mph on some passenger runs to make up time,
> crossing roads and highways at grade ...
> >
> > .... and all using private capital ...
> >
> > .... yet today all HSR fanatics want the
> taxpayers to pay for very expensive stand-alone
> HSR operations which go from nowhere to nowhere
> using the long way around .....
> >
> > Why? Just, why?
>
> Post Office subsidy?
>
> In 1930, more than 10,000 trains were used to move
> the mail into every city, town, and village in the
> United States. Following passage of the
> Transportation Act of 1958, mail-carrying
> passenger trains declined rapidly. By 1965, only
> 190 trains carried mail; by 1970, the railroads
> carried virtually no First-Class Mail.
> [inventors.about.com]
> lus2c.htm

That explains revenue support. That doesn't explain the 1930's speeds.

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  Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Taxpayer 03-13-2015 - 09:04
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Commuter 03-13-2015 - 09:08
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Margaret (SP fan) 03-13-2015 - 11:07
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. mreek 03-13-2015 - 11:33
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. david vartanoff 03-13-2015 - 11:49
  Cal High Speed Rail - Benefits Espee99 03-13-2015 - 16:35
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Dragoman 03-13-2015 - 17:09
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Bull Moose 03-13-2015 - 15:10
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Nonsense 03-13-2015 - 15:56
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. Edward 03-13-2015 - 19:27
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. mook 03-13-2015 - 11:41
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. synonymouse 03-13-2015 - 12:06
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. WebDigger 03-13-2015 - 12:54
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. David Smith 03-13-2015 - 16:10
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. WebDigger 03-13-2015 - 16:46
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. David Smith 03-13-2015 - 20:15
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. technodelic 03-16-2015 - 12:27
  Re: Laying tracks for high-speed rail in the U.S. mook 03-16-2015 - 13:52
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