[econjack]

Those who are complaining sound a lot like the people who shoveled coal into the fire boxes of steam locomotives: they are no longer needed because the trains run on diesel fuel but think they should still keep their jobs. Wrong! It’s the market telling them their skill set is no longer in demand.

[bert]

Actually many if not most railroads are now electric. There ase in Europe where rail travel is very common

[Dr. Sivana]

Those who are complaining sound a lot like the people who shoveled coal into the fire boxes of steam locomotives: they are no longer needed because the trains run on diesel fuel but think they should still keep their jobs.

When I ran for State Rep in Connecticut in 1996, a friend of my brother's asked me if I would protect the lightly used New London Metro North train line on which he worked. I told him "No, but you can drive the van that takes its place." He didn't like the answer, but he didn't deny that would work.