Sayre defied his Mexican immigrant parents again by earning a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University instead of following his dad into railroad engineering, before earning a law degree from UC Berkeley.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Imagine if one company could become the railroad, electric utility and cloud-computing provider of the emerging space economy.
The bridge, called Skeleton Bridge, was once part of a railway line that has been defunct for several years, according to local media reports.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
In contrast, the railway boom and the internet stock bubble bequeathed to the economy some vital infrastructure, such as tracks, rolling stock, and fibre-optic cables.
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