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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...they (Japan and Europe) are using mega-lift rails, as I recall, and are riding on a magnetic field with *no* physical contact--unlike our USA railroads...that's why!
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Nope. Ordinary steel rails, just like US railroads, with rolling stock that in some cases looks like it dates back to the '50s. This is the normal railroads that carry local passengers & freight, not the TGV & other high-speed trains. Though the TGV that runs into Lausanne (the only one I have personal experience of) runs on the regular Swiss rail system.