TONIGHT'S RAILROAD READING. Marginal Revolution does a compare-and-contrast on Chinese infrastructure spending on latter-day Electroliners with California's federally-funded flood control including a new bridge for the Napa Wine Train.

I note only that retro trains are not necessarily slow.

THIS TRAIN REACHED CHICAGO 75 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MILWAUKEE.
IT WAS CAPABLE OF GETTING THERE IN 60 MINUTES.