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“Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« on: July 17, 2025, 10:01:34 am »
“Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
By: Jason Walsh
July 17, 2025
“Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster

President Donald Trump took aim at California Governor Gavin Newsom after he announced he canceled funding for the state’s “failed” high-speed railroad to nowhere.

Trump wrote on Truth Social:

“To the Law abiding, Tax paying, Hardworking Citizens of the United States of America, I am thrilled to announce that I have officially freed you from funding California’s disastrously overpriced, ‘HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE.’
 
This boondoggle, led by the incompetent Governor of California, Gavin Newscum, has cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we have received NOTHING in return except Cost Overruns.

https://www.dailyfetched.com/train-to-nowhere-canceled-trump-pulls-plug-on-gavin-newsoms-rail-disaster/
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Re: “Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2025, 10:04:29 am »
I'll bet he planned to give illegals free or reduced fare passage so they could travel more easily. :yowsa:
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Re: “Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2025, 12:07:59 pm »
Waiting for a Judge to be shopped for the injunction.
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Re: “Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2025, 02:55:16 pm »
Good! About damned time someone did something about these boondoggles!
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Re: “Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2025, 03:50:29 pm »
The GAO needs to audit states' spending of Federal funds and issue a public report.
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Re: “Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2025, 04:58:42 pm »
So we won't have Newsome in a white suit looking suave while Hervé Villechaize runs up shouting "De train! De train!"
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Re: “Train to Nowhere” Canceled: Trump Pulls Plug on Gavin Newsom’s Rail Disaster
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2025, 06:00:57 pm »
This isn't the first "high-speed train" boondoggle in America -- rising up like a souffle and then collapsing in a heap.

About 115 years ago there was the story of "The Chicago-New York Air Line".

It was documented in Frank Rowsome's wonderful 1950's book "Trolley Car Treasury".
Also on wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%E2%80%93_New_York_Electric_Air_Line_Railroad

The big difference between "back then" and now is that in the early 1900's, this scheme was promoted by private interests. In California, it was "government interests" that pushed the project.

And just like "Coffee Creek" in the original Air Line story, the California HS Rail had a similar icon: miles of elevated structure, with nothing on it.

Amtrak has done a very modest job at upgrading the Northeast Corridor for a kind of "medium-high-speed" rail service with the Acelas. I never ran them in my time, but they were quite comfortable to ride on (as a "deadhead"). I did run the HHP-8 engines, which were basically double-ended versions of the Acela power units. They were quirky, but one could get used to them.
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