SteveK from saint louis, MO on 2/14/2011 9:30:11 PM:
The planned high speed rail that they are talking about now will follow the current Amtrak route. They would have to add capacity(ie. parrallel tracks) to accomodate high speed trains at many locations that are too congested right now to allow the high speed trains to pass other train traffic. They might also have some straighten some curves to attain the kind of speeds they are talking about. However, none of this will affect the Katy Trail corridor.