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• U.S. High-Speed Rail Projects Aim to Catch Up [Slide Show]
  The Obama administration will make up to $13 billion available for high-speed railroad projects across the nation, which lags far behind the fast railways of Asia and Europe

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• Will Federal Stimulus Money Spark a High-Speed Rail Renaissance in the U.S.?
  The drive for energy conservation coupled with the recession has the U.S. switching policy tracks with its push to develop a high-speed rail transportation network. But does it have enough engineering expertise to do it right?

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• Can America's Trains Go High-Speed?
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