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...order to maintain high average speeds, the trains would need to be expresses, Selfert explained. The problem of getting people on and off the moving trains at intermediate stations would therefore be an important area of research...
...Selfert seen one solution in trains which would be made up as they went along. A special car, for example, might be boarded at Providence, accelerate to the speed of the train and couple on as it passed. Getting off the train would be accomplished in much the same...
Another important requirement for high speed, according to Selfert, is a very straight route. "The present right-of-way is so full of curves that you might as well forget about it," he said. The choice of a new route would depend on the kind of equipment used...
Subterranean routes would require no right-of-way at all. However, with present tunneling techniques, Selfert feels that the cost of building an underground roadbed would be greater than the cost of acquiring the necessary right...
...guideway used would probably have to be enclosed. Selfert said. He mentioned a high speed railroad now in use in the San Francisco Bay area...