California High Speed Rail

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High speed rail runs on a lot of freight owned railroads, andof course the freight operators want to run freight trains on there too. High speed passenger trains and slower speed freight trains don't mix well as you might en. In 20 15, workers in fresno, california broke round on an electric california high speed rail that'll cost maybe a hundred billion dollars,. but it may be done in 20 30.

Trains. Locomotives. Choochoos. Bullet trains. Hyperloops. Subways. How fast can they go? How did they change American history? Why do people love them? What should we do with all that abandoned track? Can you marry a train? What's it like to shovel coal into a steam engine?

Alie went off the rails at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan talking to an official ferroequinologist and curator Matt Anderson -- who confessed to some youthful railroad mischief, delivered a succinct slice of U.S. History, has train movie recommendations and discussed cars vs. trains in the great transportation debate. Also, why transporting isn't always about the trains.

The Henry Ford Museum Railroad Exhibit

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