[cgbg]

Actual construction remains years away

Which will happen first?

1. California either secedes or is kicked out of the Union.
2. High speed rail reaches San Francisco

[kingu]

3. A large quake destroys part of the line before the first passenger ever boards a train.

[Reily]

3rd option

3. California either secedes, it is then “reacquired” by the USG. It’s current state government disestablished. regarding it’s current state leadership & other “movers & shakers - Hollywierd-types” told to “pound sand”! It reverts back to territorial status. All previous state contracts “null & void”, renegotiated on a “case-by-case” basis as are state pensions. Its “reconstructed” by being broken up into as many as 4 states.