In 1919, an Army convoy drove cross-country from Washington to San Francisco

Re:In 1919, an Army convoy drove cross-country from Washingt... by saalweachter on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:21PM (#20387952)

0) Getting the right-of-way to straighten our existing rail lines anywhere useful is politically and financially impossible.

Also, too, not stopping at every podunk town and city. I take a train ~80 miles in New York each day, and the difference between the 90 minute train ride and the 135 minute train ride is how many stops they make along the way. Getting the political will to make a train go from Boston to DC and not stop at most of the cities in between -- especially after you seize a lot of very expensive land in those cities to build your nice, straight tracks -- is a tall order.

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Re:In 1919, an Army convoy drove cross-country from Washingt... by sneak on Monday July 08, 2019 @11:56PM (#20388909)

Isn't it possible to build some sidings for these smaller stops and have different lines (express/local) running along the same set of long rails, provided they join into the main line at the proper speed?

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