Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) high-speed rail project, questioning its multi-billion-dollar spending.

Train To Nowhere

In a post on the social media platform X on Thursday, Duffy slammed Newsom’s updates. “Not a single high-speed track is installed for Gavin Newsom’s TRAIN TO NOWHERE,” he said, adding that the “big reveal” was nothing. He then slammed the project’s spending.

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“A monstrous $135 BILLION price tag,” Duffy said, also sharing that $16 billion of which was paid for by federal taxpayers. He then sarcastically wished Newsom good luck, adding that federal taxpayers weren’t “on the hook” for the project. “President Trump and I made sure of that,” Duffy said at the end.

Gavin’s big reveal… NOTHING‼️

Not a single high-speed track is installed for Gavin Newsom’s TRAIN TO NOWHERE. A monstrous $135 BILLION price tag. And federal taxpayers spent $16 BILLION, for nothing.

Best of luck with your boondoggle @CAgovernor, but federal taxpayers aren’t… https://t.co/LUa3xmJifN

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 5, 2026

Gavin Newsom Shares Updates

The news comes as Newsom recently shared updates about California’s high-speed rail project, saying that over 463 miles of the 494-mile phase 1 of the project were ready for construction, adding that the project has created over 16,400 jobs.

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Newsom has faced off against the Donald Trump administration over the project, as the latter had earlier canceled $4 billion in funding for the project, for which he was sued, but the lawsuit was dismissed by a court. Trump had also termed the project to be “disastrously overpriced.”

Union Pacific, WAB Deal

Meanwhile, Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE:UNP) and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. (NYSE:WAB) recently penned a $1.2 billion deal to modernize the AC4400 locomotives. The project is aimed at increasing the reliability and boosting the fuel efficiency.

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