It was beginning to look more and more as though this country’s first true high-speed train was going to happen in Texas. It was a classic case of having a need and knowing how best to fill it. The people behind Texas Central Railway were sure that they had the answer to a problem that had…
I was exchanging texts last night with someone in Ohio who was surprised when I said that the U.S. doesn’t have a true high speed train. “What about Acela,” he messaged. It’s true that Acela is Amtrak’s fastest train. It’s used on what’s referred to as the Northeast Corridor (Washington-New York-Boston). And for a few…
I was exchanging texts last night with someone in Ohio who was surprised when I said that the U.S. doesn’t have a true high speed train. “What about Acela,” he messaged. It’s true that Acela is Amtrak’s fastest train. It’s used on the so-called Northeast corridor (Washington-New York-Boston). And for a few rather short stretches,…
While traveling abroad, many Americans have experienced true high-speed train rides. Most of them have come home thinking, “What the hell is wrong with the U.S.? Why don’t we have high-speed trains?” Amtrak’s Acela trains are capable of running at around 150 miles-per-hour, but there are only a few short stretches of track in the…