It would be nice if Americans had a few high speed rail lines.

Tony

Up on "The D & H Bridge Line"

Chinese RRs are doing pretty well considering they're barely 10years out of the steam era. However I don't think their safety standards have kept pace with their technology advances. Case in point, the horrendous high-speed rail disaster from a year or two ago.

It would be nice if America had the wherewithal to produce public works of this magnitude period, nowadays .

(and not just when existing parts cave in on themselves)

---PCJ

I'd be happy with US railroads having that good of a PR campaign!!!

And if the Chinese understand rail as good as their PR guy...look out!

Our government is doing all it can to kill rail. 

I'd be happy if I could simply book a round trip to Seattle on Amtrak for about twice the cost of an airline ticket, and expect the thing to be on time, without bus segments.  Or a round trip to Washington DC for maybe the same as air fare, so I can avoid getting anywhere near the TSA.  

I do have lifetime travel benefits on what might soon be American Airlines, but if I cannot ride up front, I do not want to be anywhere near an airliner.