[Grunthor]

You are going to upset the pro-train people (ok, person) on this forum.

[Recon Dad]

Choo Choo Willie!

[org.whodat]

You are going to upset the pro-train people (ok, person) on this forum.

LOL

[Yankee]

Easy son. I’m pro train too, just not gub’mint run boondoggle passenger trains.

There is no better mode of land transportation than freight trains. They move all manner of goods, safely and efficiently, and are operated by private sector companies which generate wealth and good paying jobs. They also build and maintain their own infrastructure and pay enormous amounts of Local, State and Federal taxes.

Amtrash and High speed rail on the other hand, are wealth-squandering boondoggles.

Americans want freedom of movement in terms of origin, destination and schedule.

It was the freedom of the automobile and paved highways that killed the passenger train, slowly but inexorably, from the end of WWI to the 1960s.

Air travel only served as the Coupe de grâce, when the Post Office moved the mail from trains to planes and express companies followed suit.

Ever notice that it is the Left that supports HSR and public transit, whether or not a proposed route is needed or desired by the traveling public?

They always seek to restrict individual freedom, and one of those freedoms is to come and go as one pleases.

[Rodamala]

I am pro-railroad, but not in the terms of WillieGreen. Steel wheels on steel rails is the most efficient mode of transportation... and unlike the interstate highway system, railroads are private, for-profit companies. If they could make money hauling passengers, then they would be doing it.

Oh, did I mention that I am pro-railroad but not on WillieGreen's terms?