The whole thing about this is, why didn’t Doyle go for SuperSteel? This company was already based here and had the ability to build rail cars instead of getting Talgo, a foreign company that made it clear they were not hiring minorities. Because of this decision by Doyle, Supersteel lost a major contract from a Japanese company to build cars for the METRA lines in Illinois. BTW, as for not having a connection to the Twin Cities, Amtrak already has the Empire Builder route to that destination. Going to Madison (actually Dane County Airport) in the middle of nowhere requires cabs to where you really want to go from the station. I never supported this so-called high speed rail line because it would never support itself. It would be a government subsidized service that we would be on the hook for. I like rail travel but I would more use my car to go to Madison…and get there quicker and cheaper.

What will happen to the train’s maintenance when the state of California runs out of money? It is a different political atmosphere out there (I lived there) and eventually the Californians will say enough is enough.