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Brannvesen on scored.co
1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)1 child
Just like the old days. BTW, [Chicago -93](https://oyvei.raccoons.space/2022/04/02/61af5993397d864bbe5b5df4a0944499.webp), Amtrak had plans to deploy high speed trains allover America 30 years ago but didn't. (((Something))) stopped them.
Amtrak doesn't own any track. It doesn't work in the US because freight always has right if way since they're the only companies making actual money to maintain the track.
Which is a shame, railroads should be owned and maintained by the government, just like highways and roads. Amtrak should be privately owned, and so should the freight companies. But with relevant regulation to ensure no unsafe trains are out there.