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Mawspam2

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1. I knew this was a boondoggle from when it was proposed...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:14 AM

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...back in the eighties and here we are forty-some years later with nothing to show for it.

They still haven't secured the entire right-of-way. The little that has been built goes from nowhere to nowhere and won't be opened for years.

Oh, but they saved the truly expensive parts for later, like 30-some miles of tunnels through the San Andreas Fault zone.

This whole thing was Elon Musk level bullshit from when it was dreamt up.

It should have died on the drawing board.

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California's long-delayed bullet train slated to run in the Central Valley by 2032, report says [View all] BumRushDaShow Saturday OP

I knew this was a boondoggle from when it was proposed... Mawspam2 Saturday #1

We had something like that here in SE PA BumRushDaShow Saturday #2

Now that Trump killed farming, that train is less needed in central valley travelingthrulife Saturday #3

No, California's Central Valley is going to be urbanized and the train will be part of that... hunter Saturday #4