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Re: 50 Years Ago

Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jan 16 12:35:57 2019, in response to 50 Years Ago, posted by kp5308 on Wed Jan 16 06:21:48 2019.

About 7˝ years ago I posted a link to (and some excerpts from) a PDF of the March 1969 Penn Central Post, advertising the inaugural run of the Metroliner MUs.

Originally, they were indeed planned to run at 160 mph, which would have made them the fastest trains in the world of their era—if they had achieved that (they were held down to 110 mph).

Also mentioned is an endpoint-to-endpoint one-way fare of $12.75 in 1969 dollars, which is $88.73 in today's dollars. Try finding a one-way Acela ticket for that price.

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