...but it's still a mouthful, and it's still trying to address a problem which ought to have been solved a long time ago: the fact that people associate "rail" sans modifiers with "slow" If we had kept our railways modern in the latter 20th century, we wouldn't need to do this.
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The best time to modernize American railways would've been about 70 years ago. The next best time is right now, so let's get busy
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To be fair, an 80 mph average is fairly impressive. An 80 mph top speed isn't.
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right, but all of these speeds refer to maximum, not average
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Well the Metropolitan line of the London Underground has a max speed of 62 mph now. No-one would call that "high speed". The standard spec for most new build DMUs in Britain has been 100 mph for some years now. Does America not buy 100 mph DMUs?
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America doesn't generally use MUs at all, diesel or electric. Most commuter and all intercity rail is hauled by locomotives instead.
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I believe regulations discourage MUs.
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yes, "crash safety" regulations here undermine the benefits, and Buy America regs don't make it any easier
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