The current budget for the plan is $300 billion, but the return on investment is projected to be over $540 billion. California's groundbreaking high-speed rail project set to revolutionize in-state ...

This was back in the early 70s. We hitchhiked out of San Diego on Highway 5 from Pacific Beach to Marysville, by Sacramento, and then we hopped freight trains all the way to Seattle, 1,255 miles. We ...