Brystar35
Member
Hello everybody i had a username that was brylove7 so i came up with a new one called Brystar35 anyways nice to meet yall!!!!!!
Anyways i live in the United States in the state of Florida and we don't have alot of Railways here, the major ones here in Florida is Amtrak and Tri-Rail where i live in South Florida, while there is also Freight with CSX and Florida East Coast Railway.
I want to say that i am amazed on how massive the UK Railway system is and how very important it is and its being invested in it alot with the Modernization and Electrification of major Main Lines like the Great Western Main Line, Midland Main Line, etc.
It is amazing that someone can travel across the country so easily, lets say from London to Glasgow takes 3 to 4 hours thats amazing thats the same kind of trip from Miami to Orlando, plus i am amazed the British Trains can regularly go over 100 mph with most of the Mainlines and a bit more, while the high speed Railways we have is the Acela Express which is in the Northeast and regularly it hits 90-100 mph but it goes high speed for 15 miles only about 150 mph, and outside of the Northeast the highest is around 90-110 mph but in small segments.
It just makes me amazed on how the Government sees the Railways as very important in the UK, here in the USA poor Amtrak is being constantly attacked by the politcs here and it sucks but Amtrak tries its best to work with what they have and they do a great job.
I don't know if this was the right thread for it, but its just i find it amazing lets say i am a fan of Britain Railway history and Aerospace, and i am an American, i hope i get to travel to the UK one day and get to travel to many places in the UK like Micheal Portillo does in the Great British Railway Journeys show.
Anyways i live in the United States in the state of Florida and we don't have alot of Railways here, the major ones here in Florida is Amtrak and Tri-Rail where i live in South Florida, while there is also Freight with CSX and Florida East Coast Railway.
I want to say that i am amazed on how massive the UK Railway system is and how very important it is and its being invested in it alot with the Modernization and Electrification of major Main Lines like the Great Western Main Line, Midland Main Line, etc.
It is amazing that someone can travel across the country so easily, lets say from London to Glasgow takes 3 to 4 hours thats amazing thats the same kind of trip from Miami to Orlando, plus i am amazed the British Trains can regularly go over 100 mph with most of the Mainlines and a bit more, while the high speed Railways we have is the Acela Express which is in the Northeast and regularly it hits 90-100 mph but it goes high speed for 15 miles only about 150 mph, and outside of the Northeast the highest is around 90-110 mph but in small segments.
It just makes me amazed on how the Government sees the Railways as very important in the UK, here in the USA poor Amtrak is being constantly attacked by the politcs here and it sucks but Amtrak tries its best to work with what they have and they do a great job.
I don't know if this was the right thread for it, but its just i find it amazing lets say i am a fan of Britain Railway history and Aerospace, and i am an American, i hope i get to travel to the UK one day and get to travel to many places in the UK like Micheal Portillo does in the Great British Railway Journeys show.
Last edited: