Here is an update on the Chinese highspeed train project I have been following, and reporting on, for some time. As you read this bear in mind that the average speed for a passenger train in the U.S. is 59 mph, significantly less than the automobile speed on an interstate highway.
The Chinese and the Japanese have railroad technologies so far advanced over that of the United States, that America is not even a competitor. While they, particularly the Chinese, are building rail systems all over Asia and, now, Europe, there is no international market for American made trains. In the U.S. itself the average age of a passenger rail car in 2018 was 19.6 years. Think about what that all means in terms of jobs.
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