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So coast to coast travel can take days instead of hours. Wonderful suggestion.

• Dylan16807 4y ago
  "Most of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor" is 125mph rail. With rail of that quality, without many stops and without freight interrupting the schedule much, crossing the US could be a one day trip. NYC to LA is 2790 miles by freeway, so somewhere between 26-30 hours seems realistic (average speed 100±7mph). And that's without even looking at 200mph+ rail.