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New train is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive

Abstract:
More than three decades of discussion and planning for a high-speed rail line are finally making headway in Florida.

Phase One of a high-speed rail system will connect downtown Tampa and the Orlando International Airport by 2015. The 'bullet train' is expected to reach speeds of 150 mph as it voyages along the median of I-4 corridor....

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Ashley

posted 3/15/10 @ 10:16 AM EST

I think it should be called the Orange Blossom Special.

The Orange Blossom Special was a deluxe passenger train operated primarily by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad between New York City and Miami in the United States.

The train was handled by the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York City to Washington, D.C., the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Richmond via Raleigh, Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville to Miami. A section went to Tampa and St. Petersburg, as a winter season only service.
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