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@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

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