Illinois High-Speed Rail Demonstration of 110 MPH. Joliet, Illinois
December 30, 2012 
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Illinois High-Speed Rail Demonstration of 110-mph between Dwight and Pontiac on the critical Chicago-St. Louis rail corridor. To follow progress, updates and completed improvements along the signature Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail corridor, please visit www.idothsr.org This was taped for JCTV Joliet, IL non-profit Community Goverment TV Station.
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The equipment used is nowhere NEAR good enough to qualify for a “HST.” I’m sorry, but the NorthEast Corridor is probably the ONLY rail line that’s dedicated to High Speed travel via Acela Express. HSR in Illinois is a recipe for disaster due to the thousands of grade crossings between Chicago and St. Louis. SMH
What a colossal waste of money. These people think 110 MPH operation over a short distance is “high speed?” I’ve ridden the ICE in Germany and it makes this look like it’s idling through a yard.
110 mph?…”High-Speed”??? Welcome to 1972, Amtrak. You’re an embarrassment and a disgrace. 110 mph is not considered “high-speed” rail service in 2012.