by William C. Vantuono, Railway Age, March 1999, page 16.
QUOTES: “The demise of Florida Overland eXpress brings the high speed rail movement to a juncture, and it’s time we realize that our track record with 200-mph TGV-type systems clearly shows that further attempts at such massive undertakings are ill-advised, despite good intentions… It’s time to choose a firm direction and give priority to more-realistic alternatives… What we should be doing is more of those projects… like the Amtrak Cascades Talgo, which has attracted scores of new riders to intercity rail, and which would not have been possible without the commitment of BNSF to making incremental right-of-way improvements…”
