Date: Tuesday, 18 May 1993 7:28am ET
To: DEARBORN
From: Caroline.Young
Subject: HIGH-SPEED RAIL
 
High-speed rail fans can get a glimpse of European-style high-speed rail when
the X-2000 tilt train visits Michigan-Indiana-Illinois, June 22-24.
 
The train, manufactured by the European consortium ABB Brown Boveri, will be
operated at normal speeds by Amtrak between Battle Creek and Detroit and
between Kalamazoo and Chicago.
 
The train, on loan to Amtrak from Swedish State Railways, probably will spend
one day in stationary display for public viewing but the location has not
been selected that we are aware of.
 
Since its arrival in the United States, the train has been operating in the
Northeast corridor, where it has reached speeds of about 125 mph.