Posted on 10/26/2022 9:47:22 AM PDT by hardspunned
If you’re a railroad historian, you’re doubtless aware of some of the passenger trains of bygone days named for famous people, like the Ethan Allen Express, Abraham Lincoln, Commodore Vanderbilt, William Penn, Will Rogers, Nancy Hanks, Nathan Hale, Paul Revere, etc. If a recent report in the Buffalo Chronicle is to be taken seriously, you’ll be able to ride a new (or renamed) Amtrak long-distance train, the Mary Jane Limited.
Think I’m kidding? Blowing smoke at you? Puffing on funny cigarettes?
A recent Buffalo Chronicle articled titled “At Schumer’s urging, Amtrak will accommodate cannabis users on slow-moving routes” claims that ”Amtrak is planning to accommodate cannabis users on its traditional regular-speed routes across the country, including on trains that run between Buffalo and New York City. The move is at the urging of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who believes that allowing adults to smoke cannabis on trains will improve the passenger experience and increase ticket sales for passengers that are willing to travel at a more leisurely pace.”
(Excerpt) Read more at railwayage.com ...
What happened to the dangers of secondhand smoke?
“Amtrak used to have tobacco smoking cars.”
They did. I remember one trip on the California Zephyr where a young lady was tossed off somewhere in Nevada for smoking pot on the train. She was balling her eyes out as we pulled away from the station.
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The Munchies un-Limited.
smoking anything in general is bad for you
funny how the concerns of smoking is no longer a thing once it involves a plant that the left can make a fortune on
Keep the voters stoned so they keep voting Democrat.
Considering that this industry publication is mocking a Satirical News Site for the story, most of the comments here will be hilariously off target.
The unfortunate thing is that the BS Satirical news site often gets picked up as ‘real’ news by serious outlets. This effect - BS becoming “real” - is the actual focus of the article. Weed is still a Schedule 1 at the Federal level...
I was on the Zephyr 18 months ago and saw a guy kicked off for a mask infraction.
Hey, if I fell for a satirical site, I’m sorry. You tell me how to differentiate between “serious” Schumer ideas and satirical barbs. With Schmuckie, it’s so deep my BS meter broke.
“She was balling her eyes out”
Hmmm, perhaps she was “bawling,” not “balling”?
No biggie FRiend!
It is dammed near impossible to sort out satire from real stuff these days — the real stuff keeps trying to get too weird to be...
Could’ve been both.
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Oh I forgot, EVERYTHING is a nickname for a) marijuana and b) male members.
I thought it silly, but my first thought was the SHOES, or the CANDY.
Silly ME.
Is there anything but slow moving Amtrak trains? I took the LA to Seattle route once. HORRIBLE. Stopped on the spurs for hours at a time waiting for freight trains. The engine ran out of diesel just across the Oregon border. The cars ran out of water. It smelled like a dog kennel once the toilets started filling up. OH BUT if the government just gets a little more money they will run rail perfectly.
Once it involves a weed you IMMEDIATELY get disabled by.
Tobacco takes forever, if it kills you.
Alcohol and all the drugs the commies love? In an hour you can be stuck on stupid and dead just from acting dumb (never mind medical problems that do emerge).
They don’t mind that. In fact, they probably hope everyone will be dopey so they accidentally die. Then fewer infidels they have to actively kill.
And a plant inundated with pesticides.
The ONLY way to travel on an Amtrak trip of more than four hours is in a sleeper. Most of those coach problems never affect you or your room plus the food isn’t too bad. Cross continental trains, Zephyr, Empire Builder, Sunset Limited can make up time tearing across the desert or plain. The worst, absolute worst, is the Cardinal from Chicago to DC. I renamed that one the Tardinal.
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