FLORIDA - The high-speed train that was supposed to race through Orlando might be back on track, even though it was stopped nearly five years ago by then-Gov. Jeb Bush.

The federal stimulus package signed into law this week contains $8 billion for mass-transit trains -- with priority going to those capable of going at least 110 mph.

That provision prompted the Florida High Speed Rail Commission -- appointed in 2001 but largely dormant in recent years -- to reactivate itself.

There will be plenty of competition for the money, with 11 areas throughout the country known to be pushing bullet trains. Among the corridors are Boston to Washington; Portland to Seattle; and San Diego to San Francisco.

The nine-member Florida board will meet Thursday to discuss how to get some of the money, possibly as much as $2 billion.

"We either apply for it and get it -- or we don't and get nothing," said Orange County Commissioner Linda Stewart, a bullet-train backer who is working with the high-speed panel but is not a member.