The future of passenger rail in Canada... no wait... it's the past

The Atlantic Cities recently spit out a post entitled Canada's Rail System May Have Peaked...in 1968 reminding most Canadians who've either forgotten or never been informed that Canada once upon a time had a little high-speed rail. How fast was it?

In 1968 however, the Canadian National Railway Company developed "Turbo," a train that could go as fast as 170 mph but, because it used pre-existing railroads, typically reached about 95 mph (Amtrak's Acela, in comparison, can go as fast as 150 mph, but averages about 80 mph).

They actually managed to dig up a promo video for the Turbo (in addition to a 20-something-minute movie on it that you can find at the Atlantic Cities' article).

(Poor Darren... the trains look streamlined otherwise he might find it interesting).