
Brand new trains were delivered to Iraq for use on a popular railway route, another sign that the country is rebuilding the public transportation network that had fallen into disrepair over decades of neglect and war.
The 10 new trains will roll on the Baghdad-Basra line, between IraqÂ’s capital and one of its key cities. ItÂ’s a line thatÂ’s been of strategic importance since it was built as part of the Baghdad Railway in the years surrounding World War I, and now itÂ’s getting trains capable of 100 mph
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And, why don't we have trains like that here in the USA?
