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Amtrak's Future High Speed Rail System is almost here

 

Amtrak's Future High Speed Rail System is almost here

 

 

High Speed Rail in the USA

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Needed Personnel and Trades

  • Accountants will be needed for doing all the financial transactions involved.
  • Baggage porters will be needed
  • Bar tenders will be needed when up and running.
  • Bulldozer and heavy equipment operators will be needed for clearing the right of way
  • Carpet workers will be needed
  • Cement workers will be needed
  • Conductors and engineers will be needed
  • Control room personnel will be needed
  • Drafters will be needed for doing the actually blueprinting
  • Electricians will be need for both low and high voltage wiring of cars, engines, and overhead power lines.
  • Engineers will be needed for the creation of the track, engines, power systems, cars, stations, and power generation sources.
  • Excavators will be needed for creating track beds
  • Food producers will be needed
  • Food service personnel will be needed when up and running
  • Graphic artist will be drawing up the conceptual views
  • Hardware manufacturing people will be needed
  • Inspectors will be inspecting and approving the work of others
  • Kitchen and table items will be needed
  • Maintenance workers will be needed to maintain the systems
  • Miners will be mining rare earths, aluminum, gold, steel, and other metals that will be needed for the construction of track, engines, cars, etc.
  • Pipe makers will be needed for the stanchions that carry the electric power
  • Plastic sheet workers will be needed to make plastic for the interiors of the cars
  • Plumbers will be needed for installing station plumbing and track drainages
  • Porters will be needed
  • Real Estate agents will be needed for obtaining right of way
  • Rebar workers will be needed
  • Seamstresses will be needed for creating curtains and seating, as well as pillow and blankets
  • Sheet metal workers will be needed for forming the metal for the train's skin
  • Sign makers will be needed
  • Steel foundry workers will be needed for forming the metals used.
  • Ticket agents will be needed

The majority of these jobs are non-union jobs that can be contracted out to private industry and therefore, would be a big boost to the overall economy, and since we need tens of thousands of interconnected tracks, this can be a multigenerational project.

 

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