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by logfromblammo 2896 days ago
> The problem is, those trips can't be made by train.

They can't now, but they could be. All that is required is a level of capital investment that can't ever be recovered while in competition with air and sea-surface travel...

The transatlantic tunnel has been a sci-fi fantasy since 1895. It could cost as little as $500 billion today.