Thread: When will America construct a Subterrainian high speed rail network?.
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Old 05-01-2008, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by discoman View Post
This in not a ficticious boondogle.The Swiss are actually planing to construct
their own very advanced subteranean high speed rail network.This is not science fiction either,they plan to have this underground network compleated within the next 5 to 10 years. Go to www.swissmetro.com and read more info on this logical futuristic form of mass transit.
It is a harebrained boondoggle. The Swiss are tunneling through the huge mountains, not going underground the plains of Kansas! It makes sense for them to tunnel, not because of weather but because of wanting to avoid the thousands of extra miles that would have to be laid for the switchbacks!
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