>>1298612>The PRR T1 Trust claims their ultimate goal is to use the T1 to reach 140mph, smashing mallard’s record (a dick move in and of itself, IMO) but setting that aside, where the hell do they think they’ll be able to do that in the US?Any freight line is out, and Amtrak would never allow this sort of thing on the lines the lease from them. This also answers this poster's question:
>>1298602You would need to have a non-freight standard gauge line with sufficient length, like a heritage railway. The ideal choice would be the Grand Canyon Railway in Arizona, which is the longest standard gauge heritage line in the US (67.2 miles) and it also has very long stretches of somewhat level straight track.
