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All Aboard
12:10, and we’re about to pull out.
Leander Mayor John Cowman is aboard, taking his first ride on the train. He headed for the other half of the train, the part with the seats facing the other way.
“I want to ride backward,” Cowman said. Why? “Just to see how it feels.”
“All aboard!” rail manager Bill Le Jeune just yelled.
We’re at the North Operations and Maintenance Center, 10 miles from downtown and 22 miles from Leander.
Train pulling out. It’s 12:13 p.m.
Patrick Brouard, director of rail operations for Veolia Transportation, Capital Metro’s contractor that will be running the trains, said these Swiss-made, diesel-powered cars can go over 100 mph. However, the Federal Railroad Administration had directed that Capital Metro run them at no more than 60 mph.
At this moment, just out of the Ops Center, we’re still crawling along on a siding.
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