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>ACE to Sacramento in 18 months
>CAHSR starting Pacheco Tunnel construction in 24 months
>150 mph San Joaquins in that same time
>Dumbarton rebuild to start in 36 months, might lead to Capitol Corridor service via Palo Alto
>North State rail to be considered in ~2025 ish
>now HSR-ification of Cascades service
It's a good time to be alive. The end of this is clear: CAHSR completes to San Diego in 10-15 years and there is a push for HSR for the 500 miles between Sacramento and Eugene. In 20 years, you'll be able to board a train in San Jose and be in Canada or Mexico in 5 hours. You'll be able to board a train anywhere in CA and get almost anywhere else on the west coast.
First Shasta, then Donner. By the mid 2020s UTA expects to start electrifying trains, around the same time Colorado moves to do regional rail to Grand Rapids. By the mid 2030s there will be a serious push to electrify the remaining gap in Nevada, then Denver to Saint Louis where Illinois will have already powered up their lines.
