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Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas (www.popsci.com)

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Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas::The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year.

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[-] ilmagico@lemmy.world 127 points 1 year ago

I doubt it ... first, it's electric, and second, you cannot install a lift kit on it.

[-] Moonguide@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

But you could add some truck nuts behind every train car and some bull horns on the front.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

It's electric, but a diesel engine strictly for "rolling coal" at cyclists will also be installed.

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