# American High Speed Rail is a Terrible Idea

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**Created:** [April 4, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-high-speed-rail-is-a-terrible-idea/939404 "2021-04-04T21:11:50Z")\
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> **In his 1986 State of the Union Address, President Ronald Reagan called for “a new Orient Express that could, by the end of the next decade, take off from Dulles Airport, accelerate up to 25 times the speed of sound, attaining low earth orbit or flying to Tokyo within two hours.”**

[Cite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_X-30)

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