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Unlike the myopic Wisconsin politicians, small towns in Maine shrewdly plan their competitive opportunities for the 21st Century.
1 posted on 09/17/2010 9:48:16 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green

Fifty years to the week after passenger rail service ended in Bethel because no one wanted to travel in all the style, punctuality and comfort of the 19th century....


2 posted on 09/17/2010 9:49:51 AM PDT by Grunthor (Name one country with a muslim majority that doesn't have brutal, repressive laws.)
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To: Willie Green

The train station was built in the early 1990s, and ski train service operated for two years until it was discontinued because of meager ridership.

Enthusiastic support - There was plenty of support and ideas for bringing back trains.

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The was ethusiastic support in the early 1990’s when they built the facilities in the first place. But talk is cheap and trains limit the travel choice too much for most people.


3 posted on 09/17/2010 9:55:09 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Willie Green

You mean “Major landowners in Maine see the chance to make a quick buck off the back of the taxpayer.”


4 posted on 09/17/2010 9:56:24 AM PDT by agere_contra (...what if we won't eat the dog food?)
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To: Willie Green
“About 70 people turned out for the Sept. 9 meeting”

Those 70 are the only ones who will use this boondoggle while it drains millions from the public treasury!

5 posted on 09/17/2010 9:56:44 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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“They predicted that European tourists, skiers, local retirees and businesspeople, as well as residents from all over western Maine would ride the rails on a Portland-to-Montreal route like the one which once ran through Bethel.”

Some prediction. Who in their right mind would not want to go to Bethel? Think of all those europeans looking for somewhere to go? I can’t wait to subsidized train travel for europeans and retired folks, not that I haven’t subsidized their defense and retirement for my entire life. Now they get free rides on a choo choo.


6 posted on 09/17/2010 9:56:52 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Willie Green
This is today's

Daily Willie Green Choo-Choo thread.

Promoting 19th Century technology for the 21st Century.

8 posted on 09/17/2010 9:58:31 AM PDT by Petruchio (I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
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To: Willie Green
Since rail is such a wonderful profit center and so many people want it, I wonder why the Bethel line was ever discontinued to begin with? Never mind, I found it... The train station was built in the early 1990s, and ski train service operated for two years until it was discontinued because of meager ridership.
9 posted on 09/17/2010 10:04:12 AM PDT by theymakemesick ( islam - inspired by Satan www.prophetofdoom.net)
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To: Willie Green

Lot’s of “hope” for ridership but the cold hard facts from the shutdown due to poor ridership still hangs there like a cloud of coal smoke, hugging the ground. Did any of those “hopers” explain what changed to make their prediction something more than a pipedream?


10 posted on 09/17/2010 10:09:03 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
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