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Originally Posted by sammyg
Will the new 3 Cs proposal be high-speed or the crappy 79mph train proposed in 2010?
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79mph top speed, with an average speed likely around 45mph.
The 3C's track is already very busy with tons of freight activity.
Double-tracking the single-track sections out in the country and triple or quadruple-tracking the city approaches will be extremely expensive.
The early 1980s plans for Japanese-built bullet trains across Ohio were big-time. Tunnels and 10+ mile viaducts built over existing freight track corridors to enable high speed approaches to the cities.