Brief

Brief

USA Rail Roads

The Past and the Future!

Lay 800 miles of track Between Delta Junction, Alaska and Fort Nelson, BC

Historically

private companies ran both the passenger and freight trains in the United States.

In those years the Federal Government paid little attention to Railroads as they all seem to make lots of money.

And new technology & Industries Lobbied for financial support until the auto & plane Industry surpassed the Railroads.

So the Railroad corporations made a deal with the federal government that they would keep the profitable freight business, and let the government take over the money-losing passenger lines, the Federal Governments response was Amtrak.

Today, many believe that U.S. passenger Rail lines, with appropriate use of new technologies such as mag lev (magnetically levitated) and Hydrogen-Electric High-Speed Rail, can be profitable once again.

Beyond profitability, high-speed train travel will become an essential transportation mode of the future.

Among the many advantages of these faster safer trains are economic growth, lower housing costs, reduced traffic and urban congestion, and a cleaner environment.

High speed Rail is a "green" technology that will ease our reliance on cars, planes and hydrocarbon fuels as it changes our commuting and other travel habits.

Currently there is in the USA 140,000 miles of rail line and 150,000 grade crossings.

Tech 2100 - High Speed Rail shows how our country is rolling toward better use of these exciting new trains, and how they will change our world.

This 30-minute TV program is co-hosted by two leading experts in the nation: Mark Dysart, President of the High Speed Rail Association, and Jolene Molitoris, Federal Railroad Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.

Clearly, the Europeans and Japanese have left us in their tracks.

also see

AlaskaCanadaRail.org

Maps and agreements between Alaska & Canada Railroad

The Old North Trail

This ancient, sacred highway carried travelers from Canada to Mexico

http://russell.visitmt.com/historictrails/oldnorthtrail.htm

This ancient, sacred highway carried travelers from Europe, Alaska, Canada to Mexico

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