[GAB-1955]

Let’s be clear. Rail hasn’t collapsed. Passenger rails have collapsed. Passenger service makes sense from 50 to 400 miles’ travel. The Northeast Corridor works well. Over that distance, flying is cheaper and takes less time.

[the invisib1e hand]

Let’s be clear. Rail hasn’t collapsed.

OK, let's be clear. I didn't say it has. This very fact refutes the other argument ("subsidies destroyed the railroad").

I am not an expert, but even I can see that the economics of rail transport are far different today then they were in the 70's and 80's; or the 50's and 60's.

[lentulusgracchus]

Passenger service makes sense from 50 to 400 miles’ travel. The Northeast Corridor works well. Over that distance, flying is cheaper and takes less time.

I think you just contradicted yourself. Flying is cheaper over a distance of 50 to 400 miles?

And how long is the NE Corridor? As the crow flies, my atlas makes it look like Boston-to-Georgetown is a shade over 350 miles.