FUD Wrote:
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> At this
> point, I expect the Valley tracks to, with a
> little extra money, be tied in to BNSF and serve
> Amtrak - the most expensive tracks Amtrak will
> ever run on, even counting the NE Corridor. What
> else are you going to do with it? Tear it down?

You can expect a fed grant announcement for Valley electrification and HSR trainsets any day now.

Also, last week we saw:

"The sale of 5 acres to Brightline West was approved Wednesday by the Rancho Cucamonga City Council and the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) board of directors."

About a month ago:
"The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board today unanimously approved its membership in a new Joint Powers Authority to help deliver the High Desert Multipurpose Corridor Project."

Palmdale will be a major junction for HSR, not in my lifetime, but it's a good place to start. As far as super distances with super speeds, LV, Southern Cal, and up the valley is a good start, ie, trains will actually be "high speed" over long distance, otherwise we just get more Caltrain electrification, diesels or Alstom Coradia iLins. Not what the voters voted for.