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A fact from Iowa Interstate Railroad appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 May 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Iowa Interstate Railroad is being considered for high speed passenger train service between Wyanet, Illinois, and Iowa City?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/May.

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High Speed[edit]

Beginning in the mid 1990s, the IAIS mainline has been identified as a potential route for high speed passenger train .... to allow passenger train speeds of 79 mph (127 km/h)....

How does 79 mph count as high speed? Sounds pretty average to me. According to the link provided above, high speed is above 125mph at least. Maccoinnich 12:26, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

79 is currently the normal speed limit for passenger trains in the US and was used as a marker to get initial estimates for the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative. The eventual goal is to get passenger train speeds up to and above 110 throughout the MWRRI system. The system is a series of routes emanating from Chicago to population centers throughout the Midwest such as Minneapolis, Iowa City, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Detroit. See [1] (Minnesota DOT), [2] (Illinois DOT), [3] (Michigan DOT), and others if you Google for "Midwest Regional Rail Initiative". slambo 13:22, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps that should explained in the article then? Still, even 110mph doesn't qualify for high speed rail according to its own article. I clicked on this page as it was on the front page "Did you know?" section, and was intrigued to see that there were plans for high speed rail in the Midwest. Laudable and interesting as any improvements are, it's kind of misleading to describe it as high speed. Maccoinnich 18:27, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

I've already updated the article to include this information. slambo 19:09, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

79 is the speed limit for non-PTC lines. PTC was optional until an accident has motivated Congress to mandate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.149.135.25 (talk) 15:58, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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