THIS is the Program that inspired my Original Blog "America Could Have Built A Better Railroad" Parts 1 & 2. Sorry the Videos do Not Appear.....yet the links, do.

NOVA - 1982 - Tracking the Supertrains Part 1 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTV1ij6ST_c

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NOVA - 1982 - Tracking the Supertrains Part 2 of 6
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgKYF53y9k
 
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NOVA - 1982 - Tracking the Supertrains Part 3 of 6
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8gAaU9NMeg
 
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NOVA - 1982 - Tracking the Supertrains Part 4 of 6
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExHnLeXRxYk
 
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NOVA - 1982 - Tracking the Supertrains Part 5 of 6
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlA2U_kYomk
 
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NOVA - 1982 - Tracking the Supertrains Part 6 of 6  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puwhS2EK44I
 
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And then Ronald Reagan (Best US President Ever? HA!) agreed with Congress when they said "NO!"

THIS Means You! Dr. Leonard Horowitz on The Alex Jones Show: What Big Pharma Doesn't Want You To Know About!!

So, Listen Up!

 

Part 1

 

 

Part 2

 

 

 

 

Part 3

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij89BF_Vld4

 

YES! We could have!  Take a look....

Wheels Of Steel - PRR (Part 1 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4SuiSURDyQ



Wheels Of Steel - PRR (Part 2 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9058M3QK9Q



PRR Promotional Film - "Progress on the Rails" (Part 1/2) - 1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vomP_n4viio



PRR Promotional Film - "Progress on the Rails" (Part 2/2) - 1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hX57Oy2SA0




"Wheels Of Steel" I have seen back in the 1990's.

"Progress On The Rails" is the first time I have seen it. The reservation system is Antique. The Cab Signalling system is nothing new by today's systems. And a lot of those trains mentioned in the last minute are LONG gone.

 

Believe it or not.....the Japanese were already developing the Bullet Train in the 1950's - Speed Tests were as far back as 1948. The 'Shinkansen' Technology was there in the 1930's. Yes - BEFORE World War II!

Bullet Train service began in 1964. General Motors built the AeroTrain in 1955. It did it's last commuter run in 1966 after about 10 years of service on the Rock Island Railroad. The Engineers and Designers of the AeroTrain gave up too quickly.

"Ambitious Japan!" would come about 30 years later.

 

We saw the Acela Express come online in 2000. 2009.....the Acela Express STILL operates between Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, DC.

When you think about it, in "Wheels Of Steel" you would think the Acela Express would be operating across the USA today....like the Bullet Train does across Japan and the TGV does across France (the TGV is expanding).

Welcome to America.