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Old 02-24-2014, 08:59 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by spdrun View Post
London-Edinburgh express (aka Flying Scotsman) isn't true high-speed rail. Average speed with one stop is about 100 mph, only slightly better than Amtrak's crummy Boston->NYC->DC service.

For true high-speed rail, you need to look further east to Germany or France.
In the west Amtrak must average about 30mph. The Flying Scotsman is supersonic by comparison.
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