Working at height on the Cedar Viaduct
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California High Speed Rail will be the first fully electrified high speed rail system in the US when it finally enters service.
The plan, when California voted in favour of a US$9 billion bond authorization back in 2008 to kickstart construction, was that the completed line would whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco within two hours and 40 minutes.