[Leica] IMG: Cape Charles trains

[Douglas Barry]

Interestingly forlorn and very sad in its own way, Ric. It's amazing how the 
railways seem to have declined in the US compared to France, Germany, Japan, 
and China. Nearly thirty years ago, I was whistling along at around 300kph 
sitting in comfort heading from Paris to Valence via Lyon, and I thought it 
would only get faster in the future.

Ireland being such a small country, I'd like to see a major airport in the 
centre of the country with maglev trains connecting the major cities. As the 
centre is only about 160km from all major cities, they'd probably take only 
30 mins from start to stop, and be a tremendous boost to international 
travellers and tourists. Nowadays, it looks like we'll have to do a deal to 
import the tech from China rather than the US. However, the political 
appetite for technology is limited, as all most of them know about are apps 
to make ringtones :-)

Douglas




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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cape Charles trains


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