Reply to "China has officially opened the world's longest high-speed rail route"

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Originally Posted by PRR Man:

look at that smog! reminds me of L.A, only worse.

Originally Posted by Hot Water:

,,,maybe that's why some part of their "high speed" rail line FELL DOWN! Plus, the design engineer committed suicide?

Originally Posted by RickO:

Hope theres no bad castings on any of those, at 187mph wouldn't be pretty with a train full of passengers

Originally Posted by Hot Water:

It already hasn't been pretty! Some of their other big concrete structures have also "fallen down".

Originally Posted by Montclaire:

Too bad it will probably be plagued by severe, continual loss of life ... Best case is unreliable service and frequent breakdowns. Worst case is that all those faulty piers let go with a full train zipping over them...

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