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Americans have a tepid relationship with passenger rail, but this wasn't always the case! 100 years ago, it was quite common to take a train from one city to the next and one of the most pivotal moments in American history was when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. Today, there are multiple high speed rail projects either being built out, planned, or conceptualized. But all are very regional and relatively small in scope. So what if the United States built a Transcontinental High Speed Rail Line?

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