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People still push for return of passenger trains
The Atmore Advance ^
| Wednesday, March 17, 2010
| Lowell McGill
Posted on 03/18/2010 4:31:56 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
Our own little one trick pony.
To: Willie Green
I want a private Pullman car for Chistmas!
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:34:45 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Well I do want a pony.
I’m going to need it when they take our highway funds to build the marxist’s railroad.
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:38:22 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Willie Green
People still push for return of passenger trains
Leftists with no sense of proportion still push for return of passenger trains
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:52:05 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Trains are the black wholly funded entity. This is paying back the brothers.
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:52:57 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
To: SoCal Pubbie
The world is aflame, socialism is being imposed, bribery and theft run rampant....
....but you can count on Willie and the Trains!
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:54:46 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Call the local offices of Congresscritters. They are still answering the phone.)
To: cripplecreek
The government has figured out that more they build roads and improve existing highways the more people will use them, therefore making that so called dreaded carbon footprint larger. The government will spend a lot of time and money studying public transportation. Then they will spend a lot of time and money playing politics with what they have learned. Maybe in 25 years some new rail will be laid.
By then we will have destroyed most the existing road beds.
The pony is a good idea.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:03:44 PM PDT
by
oyez
(The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
To: Willie Green
I am ALL for passenger service but -
the RR industry has to improve the rails and engines before it can become a reality. Slow rail service in the cities is totally different than that required for continental service. Even the BART system in inadequate.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:05:52 PM PDT
by
jongaltsr
(It)
To: Uncle Miltie
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:06:50 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Willie Green
Passenger Trains...Passenger Pigeons....alla same you?
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:10:42 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Willie Green
Your Commie friends will provide you with all the low speed trains you desire after gas goes to $7.00 a gallon.
Enjoy, Willie as the rest of us fight for YOUR freedom.
To: Willie Green
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If it can be a profitable private venture then it can be a very good thing.
To: Willie Green
I love trains. I have since I was a child. I come from a railroad family.
That being said, there is no good case for passenger rail. Until you can pack a passenger rail car to the level of a freight rail car the economy isn't there, and can only exist with government subsidies, which means that many, many people who aren't served by the line have to pay for a service for the few who are. Buses provide a greater economy and their routes are flexible enough to change with changing markets.
Oh, nevermind. With the community organizer as President, no one will be able to afford going anywhere, by any means pretty soon.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:21:47 PM PDT
by
Free_SJersey
(Celebrate Diversity------------ Divide and Conquer?)
To: Willie Green
"
People Advocates still push for return of passenger trains
fixed.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:23:08 PM PDT
by
ColdWater
("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: Willie Green
As a pilot I take AMTRAK whenever I can - or drive. I won’t fly commercial unless absolutely necessary (which in most cases NOT) - I will be taking my fifth trip on the Empire Builder to Chicago to see my granny - that train is a hoot .... great food, great staff and great accommodations. If the airlines were just one tenth as good .... but then ....
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:26:06 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
To: Willie Green
Arlo Guthrie sang a song about the "...disappearin' railroad blues."
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
15 cars & 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail The last two lines of this verse tell why.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:26:11 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: Willie Green
Arlo Guthrie sang a song about the "...disappearin' railroad blues."
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
15 cars & 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
The last two lines of this verse tell why.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:27:35 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: Willie Green
Hey, Willie.
I owe you an apology. I argued that the new Pittsburgh North Shore Connector would be a disaster. They are under budget and pretty much on-time at this point. I was just wrong.
Regards.
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posted on
03/18/2010 5:29:22 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(iamtheresistance.org)
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