How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor

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jauntywundrkind · 1h ago

> The second speedup concerns the system used to let trains to switch from one track to another, called a switch or turnout. American turnout geometry is particularly antiquated, and the German geometry we propose is in theory 50% faster, in practice often more than that at major station throats.

Scanned quickly for videos online showing the difference but didn't find anything. I had no idea there would be differences in railway switches.

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How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor

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