Other countries have 200 mph passenger trains. Why has high-speed rail not tracked here?
High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.
This is an updated version of a story first published on April 5, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. It's hard to exaggerate the role of the train in the American story or the romance of train travel, those iron horses galloping down rods o... [12969 chars]