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Re:New York to London in an hour - by train by planetguy on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @11:04PM (#4104127)
Slave labour was used sometimes, e.g. the Thailand-Burma railway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway

Five hundred men died for every mile of track laid, but hey, they had too many prisoners anyway!

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