Is America’s quest for high-speed trains finally picking up steam?::New projects in California, Texas, and Florida are a sign that the United States is finally getting serious about modernizing its commuter railway system.

      • gravitasium
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        510 months ago

        We could run steam engines off overhead electric lines using a good old heating element.

        Would it be efficient or practical (or safe)? No.

        But it’d be SIICKKKKK

        • @T156
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          210 months ago

          Switzerland used to that, before they were able to update their trains with the purely-electric equivalent.

      • @uis
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        10 months ago

        Coal dust, carbon monooxide and carbon dioxode out