Charles Koch Wrote:
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> Chris Ogilvie Wrote:
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> > First of all, the video shows a light rail
> operation, not a train.
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> An argument could be made that it's still a train.
> It has flanged wheels and runs on steel rails and
> it has several carriages. It's not all that
> different from a couple of RDCs coupled together.

An argument could be made that you are an insane troll, who get his nut off by trolling train sites?
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>
> > But to provide an answer to your question:
> Simple! The Swiss provide a superior product in a
> densely populated country with a challenging
> geography. Quite often travel times by rail, even
> on narrow gauge operations like the Rhaetische
> Bahn, are competitive with road travel, due to the
> geography there.
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> If the Swiss government had wanted to, it could
> have become as "auto-centric" as the U.S.A. Many
> restrictions are in place to discourage auto
> ownership and use. The Swiss government, and
> other governments in Europe, have put almost all
> of their eggs in one basket--rail--and government
> policies will be such that people will use rail
> because there will be too many obstacles and
> hindrances for them to use other modes. It's
> interesting how some countries embrace passenger
> rail (Switzerland, the U.K., as examples) and
> other countries totally reject it (Mexico,
> Guatemala, Lebanon and Afghanistan) as examples.
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> [worldwiderails.com]
> fit-a-comprehensive-analysis/

Your knowledge of history of transport policies is just as amazing as your knowledge and understanding of "choo-choo" trains...