[Onelifetogive]

I cannot figure out what it is that is so magical about rail service that makes lefties so ga-ga for it.

They are VERY limited in where they can go (where there are tracks.) They do not easily adjust to the needs of the market (shifting population centers.) The fastest ones are 1/2 the speed of planes. The slowest ones are slower than busses.

Is it the union jobs they produced in droves?

[meyer]

I cannot figure out what it is that is so magical about rail service that makes lefties so ga-ga for it.

It gets them closer to their dream of eradicating their conservative counterparts...

[FourPeas]

It’s not only lefties who like rail services, although it IS the lefties that want the government to pay for it. If you don’t enjoy traveling by rail, that’s fine, but please don’t lump those of us who do into such an offensive grouping.