I also find it slightly amusing how the competition this thread mostly relates to amounts to highspeed rail versus slow air travel. Fast air travel (the SSTs) didn't pan out--too expensive and too loud. I never got to ride Concorde, but I miss it all the same. Coolest commercial A/C ever built.
High speed rail has its own problems with noise, especially going in and out of tunnels. the Japanese have developed some really oddball-looking trainsets in an effort to mitigate the issue.
Danth
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