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Old 02-14-2011, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
The interesting thing is that, according to my brother-in-law who has prepared a lot of rail studies, there are no manufacturers in the US with the know-how or interest in manufacturing high-speed rail cars. They're all afraid to mobilize an effort to do so, because once the real costs of this boondoggle are known, Congress might well pull the plug.
Sad, isn't it?

Dave
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