Tag Archives: rail

Forget LA to SF: California Democrats Can’t Even Build A 2.25 Mile Rail System

Posted on October 21, 2026 by Lawrence Person

We’ve long derided California’s never-to-be-built “high speed” train to nowhere, which was going to spend (at last count) $135 billion to (in theory) build a 494 mile rail network connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco. But forget that. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Has Trump Finally Killed The Train To Nowhere?

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Longtime readers will remember the Texas vs. California updates I did for many years, until the bad news out of California became such a torrent that it took too long to compile them. One reoccurring feature in those posts were … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Hits Kerch Strait Bridge Again

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Tons of news about the Russo-Ukrainian War this week, including Ukraine hitting the Kerch Strait Bridge again, this time with underwater charges. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has managed to strike the Crimea bridge with underwater explosives following an … Continue reading →

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HS2: UK’s £100 Billion Rail To Nowhere

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I’ve long documented the failures of California’s still unbuilt high speed rail, and now a video from Simon Whistler (yeah, him) covers a similar doomed British high speed rail project: “Even in a country used to paying absurd prices for … Continue reading →

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