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Back in 1993 Amtrak ran trial runs with European high-speed trains, Sweden's X2000 and Germany's ICE, here is a well made documentary about the event. (youtu.be)
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The X2000 power car is still in daily use here in Sweden, it has a commemorative plaque above the driver's door.

Here is also a compilation of contemporary news footage about the event:

https://youtu.be/nHEtxi5bQk0

I find it really interesting how positive everyone was, the general hope for the future shown in the news footage is awesome.

Also I can't be the only one missing the upbeat synth music in the reports showing off modern/future technology in the 90s.

Anyway, in these annoying times when politicians constantly explain how it is impossible to do better, these videos shows a time when it was exciting to try and do better.

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is so frustrating that we don't have high speed rail yet. The promises made to me as a kid were killed somewhere between the and now. I feel like Charlie Brown with a football...

[–] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

My state had it all lined up and funded and everything decades ago, and a republican came in and scrapped the whole thing. For no good reason.

It would be operational by now and would have connected all the major urban areas in the region. 45 min trip instead of a 5 hour drive.

I will never not be salty about that. Because all we got instead are busses that take 4x as long as driving -and- cost a lot.