‘Buy America’ Feud Risks 200 Mile-an-Hour Rail From Vegas to LA

From Bloomberg

• Alstom lawsuit may complicate Brightline West’s 2028 timeline
• Siemens chose NY site for factory to build high-speed trains

For nearly 20 years, a plan has been brewing for a high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas to southern California.

Something was always getting in the way, from ballooning budgets to bureaucratic red tape, not to mention developer and investor switcheroos.

Like many US infrastructure projects, the dream of sleek, fast-moving trains connecting two of the country’s biggest entertainment meccas in just two hours turned into a game of speculation, with nothing getting built.

Now that shovels are finally in the ground on the $12 billion Brightline West project, there’s yet one more wrinkle