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Spain's high-speed rail system offers lessons for California

(Source: Fresno Bee, January 16, 2012)

FRESNO, Calif. — According to the Fresno Bee, there are lessons that California can learn from Spain's 20-year history with high-speed trains. Top among them is how hard it is to be self-sufficient, even when conditions seem ideal, as they have in Spain.

Full story: Fresno Bee

Monday, January 16, 2012

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