Well said.

Solid Waste Wrote:
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> 261 fan Wrote:
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> > This has become pointless. The bottom line is
> AFT
> > 2.0 Will not happen. America has changed too
> much
> > since the mid-1970s.
> >
> > Michael Faraday Wrote:
> >
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> > > The AFT 1.0 came through the city near where
> I
> > > live just a few weeks before the Fourth of
> July
> > > 1976.
> > >
> > > On the actual Bicentennial, there was a
> fairly
> > > large KKK rally on the riverbank in my small
> > town.
> > > Would that type of celebration of American
> > > "exceptionalism" suit you better?
> > >
> > > You can always try to get 261 for the
> Michigan
> > or
> > > Wisconsin Militia Express...
>
> That is the sad truth of this 21st century U S A
> !
>
> AFT 2.0 says a big thank you for the generous
> support provided by Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks
> and Google that made this project possible!
>
> Really though, the 1949 AFT was not "steam".
>
> "Steam" was a big part of the "pull" (besides what
> it was pulling) of the 1970s AFT.
>
> With the rails that have passed that made the
> thing "turn a wheel" in the first place, what
> possible reason would the "modern industry"
> underwrite the AFT 2.0 on their tracks!? ...and
> for what return???
>
> Just look at what happens when the yellow steamer
> comes out.
>
> Maybe a "West Coast" AFT 2 1/2 from Yakima to
> Nogales (pick any two points you want) would be
> possible with Truman foundation support ?
>
> I look around at the current state of the
> industry, hobby and public and it does not give me
> high hope.