Talk:High-speed rail in the United States

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DOT work in this area in the 1970s?

The US DOT did a lot of work in high speed rail research during the 1970s, including Maglev and air cushion trails i believe. Including some working test vehicles. This project was cut from the budget by the Reagan administration in the early 1980s however and all the research was terminated.

If someone could add this information to this article I think it would be a worthy addition to the knoweldge base of wikipedia.

Previous comment was unsigned. CapnZapp (talk) 14:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

illinois

Is it in operation?? [1] Or is it under construction?

Previous comment was unsigned. CapnZapp (talk) 14:20, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling on map

Should be Bakersfield, not "Baskersfield"99.160.153.214 (talk) 17:15, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your vigilance. John (talk) 18:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did a patch up job. The file uploader may want to do a better one. Good catch. John (talk) 20:34, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Needs improvement

I ran across this article and my first immediate thoughts were that the opening lead sentence starts out as a great lead found in "History" sections. Most opening sentences tells something about the subject not the 1865 history. -- Otr500 (talk) 05:07, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What about "High-speed rail has a minimal presence in the United States, with 50 miles of track in the northeastern part of the country."? Einsof (talk) 13:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]