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August, 2009

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  • The American High Speed Passenger & Freight Railway System---

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    "AHSP & FRS---by far the largest nuclear/clean-coal/solar/windmill/electrical network of railroads in the world---close to half a million miles---represents one of the greatest civil, geo-technical, mechanical, electrical and transport technology...
  • While we have been napping the last 50 years...China laid track!

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    China's 80,000km rail network will soon be expanded another 30,000km and will soon have the world's largest high-speed railway network by 2012! According to the MOR - Ministry of Railways: "Chinese Railways will undergo an historic change...
  • Chicago Museum of Science & Industry RAILROAD exhibit a must see!

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    "All Aboard the Silver Streak" invites you to go back in time---to May 26, 1934---as a passenger on the MINT CONDITION PIONEER ZEPHYR. You won't want to miss this record-breaking 'ride' from Denver to Chicago. On your 20-minute guided...
  • CN TURBO TRAIN 1970 FILM:

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    The documentary about the CANADIAN NATIONAL TURBO TRAIN is an eye-openeng expose of the technical aspects of the turbo power plant, pendolino-type tilting on curves, shared bogies between cars, fully reclining swivel seats, galley, and 'turbo-club'...
  • According to Scribner's Statistical Atlas:

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    Total railway mileage for the United States of America for the year 1855 AD was 18,374 total miles. According to Amtrak National Facts: In the year 2009 AD, Amtrak operates a nationwide railway network, serving more than 500 destinations in 46 states...