![]() ![]() Many ambitious US high-speed rail projects have come and gone over the past 15 years. ![]() Now, though, the idea is being revived, not as an exercise in decadence and debauchery, but as a sleek, high-speed inter-city service with the potential to revolutionize public transportation across the United States. Passenger numbers fell off precipitously and after going through a few different iterations, the venture collapsed. Amtrak agreed to run the service only because the Las Vegas chamber of commerce agreed to cover any losses and then only on weekends during the winter months. On the train’s star-studded inaugural run, the scotch, bourbon, gin and vodka all ran out within an hour. ![]() The idea did not catch on, largely because the journey took seven-and-a-half hours each way, almost twice as long as crossing the Mojave desert by car and more than seven times as long as flying. ![]()
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