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PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG (mander.xyz)

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[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago

In two parts.

The before map would be of the only high speed train the US currently has, and it's the Acela Express. So, something like this.

If lots of people are consuming Tylenol in day to day life, and it causes autism, and some autistic people love trains, then the US should have a system like the map posted.

[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I always forget the Acela is technically a high speed rail. It would only actually be a tiny fraction of that line. Less than 10% of the line is HSR

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 9 points 3 months ago

Acela trains are the fastest in the Americas, reaching 150–160 miles per hour (240–260 km/h) (qualifying as high-speed rail), but only for approximately 40 miles (64 km) of the 457-mile (735 km) route.

That has to be the slowest high-speed rail in the world. 260km/h is not even that fast and it only reaches this speed for couple minutes.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

260 is pretty decent for HSR, lots of services are called "high speed" despite only being 200km/h (the thing is just that the services run almost the entire line at that speed)

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

The good news is that soon there'll be the California High Speed rail line. I'm hopeful that I can make a good long trip over there once it opens in a few years to check it out. Heck maybe I'll move to California for a year or two? Who knows!