05-28-2009, 10:35 AM
"try to mitigate this and prevent government from picking the winners and losers."
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This is exactly what happen with Ike's and the trucking industries' interstates..The losers was the railroads and of course as a back draft the railroads had to get Federal help.In the mean time the airlines was killing the passenger train and the USPS shifted from rail to trucks and the end result was more Government "bailouts" for the railroads and the death of the remaining passenger trains..Enter the "Big lie" on how Amtrak was going to save the passenger train and be self sufficient in 15 years.
Today under Amtrak and their tight operating budget you simply can't take a train from Columbus,Oh to (say) Chicago or New York..Greyhound Bus is the only public mode of ground transportation to Chicago or New York from Columbus.
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This is exactly what happen with Ike's and the trucking industries' interstates..The losers was the railroads and of course as a back draft the railroads had to get Federal help.In the mean time the airlines was killing the passenger train and the USPS shifted from rail to trucks and the end result was more Government "bailouts" for the railroads and the death of the remaining passenger trains..Enter the "Big lie" on how Amtrak was going to save the passenger train and be self sufficient in 15 years.
Today under Amtrak and their tight operating budget you simply can't take a train from Columbus,Oh to (say) Chicago or New York..Greyhound Bus is the only public mode of ground transportation to Chicago or New York from Columbus.
Larry
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!
Engineman
Summerset Ry
Make Safety your first thought, Not your last! Safety First!