Recent content by anthonyleewatkins

Actually Brightline has built a 125 mph capacity train through some of the most expensive and dense real estate excepting NYC and LA and SF in the USA. leasing track can quickly become as expensive as building.

Yes! if we had 50,000 miles of rail good for 79mph, and connected and with trains running several times per day, that would be very cost effective (cheaper than building new 4 lane interstate per mile), we would make a huge dent in auto traffic, foregoing the need to constantly expand existing...

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I rode my first passenger train as a 3 year old in 1960 from Topeka KS to I don’t know where. My uncle, my father, my brother and two cousins just took the train ride for fun, as best I can gather. The main thing I can remember is watching the sunset out the window. Of course I fell in love with...