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Re: Trains Sure Do Suck, That's Why Everyone Else Hates Them So Much?

Author: RuleG on Trainorders

Date: 11-24-2021 - 15:16

We had a good run Wrote:
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> Try as they might, government just can't muster
> the competence to build an express passenger train
> from Chicago to Iowa, or Chicago to St. Louis.
> Private carriers, through the free enterprise
> system, had that all built in 1940 -- a system
> that was second to none! Who can deny that? Only
> a government consultant, I guess.

During the 1980s, I lived in Albany, NY. Prior to my moving there, New York State invested money in the Albany - New York City corridor. The trains were (still are) high-ish, if not true high-speed. The multiple frequencies and quick speeds made Amtrak a truly convenient way to travel between Albany and New York City.

If the private sector does so much better than the government in the realm of ground passenger transportation, I would expect to see a lot of commentary extoling the virtues of Megabus, Greyhound and/or various Trailways affiliates. There is no such commentary.

Even flying (again operated by private entities), for many, has become a miserable experience.

Your posts are nothing more the government-bashing.

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RuleG on Trainorders Wrote:
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> We had a good run Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Try as they might, government just can't muster
> > the competence to build an express passenger
> train
> > from Chicago to Iowa, or Chicago to St. Louis. 
> > Private carriers, through the free enterprise
> > system, had that all built in 1940 -- a system
> > that was second to none!  Who can deny that? 
> Only
> > a government consultant, I guess.
> 
> During the 1980s, I lived in Albany, NY.  Prior to
> my moving there, New York State invested money in
> the Albany - New York City corridor.  The trains
> were (still are) high-ish, if not true high-speed.
>  The multiple frequencies and quick speeds made
> Amtrak a truly convenient way to travel between
> Albany and New York City.
> 
> If the private sector does so much better than the
> government in the realm of ground passenger
> transportation, I would expect to see a lot of
> commentary extoling the virtues of Megabus,
> Greyhound and/or various Trailways affiliates. 
> There is no such commentary.
> 
> Even flying (again operated by private entities),
> for many, has become a miserable experience.
> 
> Your posts are nothing more the
> government-bashing.

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