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"CA HSR is moving ahead ..."

... minus the "HS" part. Last I checked it was on the politically brokered "non-I-5" corridor (a silly, absurd route) and had a proposed SF->LA trip time of over 2.5 hours.

This is a "high speed" train, circa 1975. Current technology, as demonstrated by running trains elsewhere in the world, would make that route in under 2 hours.