George Skelton: Time to get real on the bullet train: California is building it, so let's make it work
Gov. Gavin Newsom got the Christmas present he desperately wanted from President Joe Biden: the crucial piece of a train set.
It's a relatively small piece that's vital to eventually making this fancy electric train work.
I'm referring to the much-maligned bullet train that three California governors have been trying to build .
When complete, it will carry passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours at speeds of up to 220 mph. That's the sales pitch, anyway.
Biden's gift is that's badly needed to continue work on the high-speed rail line's initial segment
