 |
Re: Barbara Boxer P.O.'ed At Metrolink - KRK
Author: Banana Slug Zephyr
Date: 09-23-2009 - 19:29
Q Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>
> Like an iceberg, there's always much more than
> meets the eye - 90% more. There are so many
> oblique references in the back pages of the paper,
> that are largely not expanded on - no facts - no
> details - no context - no connecting the dots - no
> nothing...
You sure said a lot of stuff, but did not mention one instance of a steam railroad being threatened with closure due to environmental concerns. Your response mostly avoided dealing with the main points of my post.
>
> Now I am involved in the transportation business.
> And can see a lot for myself. Trains Magazine
> news reports border on pure sham. Though
> entertaining, if you want the facts, you must go
> somewhere else. And yes it is very biased - pro
> corporate...
Whatever.
I'm a transportation professional, too. While some Trains articles are disappointly thin, as a transportation professional, I would not dismiss this pulication as a "sham."
In the context of the issue I raised, reporting on environmental issues associated with current steam operations, I don't know what "pro-corporate" means. Every May, Trains produces an issue devoted to tourist railroads. If Trains is "pro-corporate" as you allege, it certainly would report on threats to tourist train operations.
I really appreciate BOB2's post as well as the article on how the Durango & Silverton is responding to the concerns of Durango's residents.
-------------------------------------------------------
>
> Like an iceberg, there's always much more than
> meets the eye - 90% more. There are so many
> oblique references in the back pages of the paper,
> that are largely not expanded on - no facts - no
> details - no context - no connecting the dots - no
> nothing...
You sure said a lot of stuff, but did not mention one instance of a steam railroad being threatened with closure due to environmental concerns. Your response mostly avoided dealing with the main points of my post.
>
> Now I am involved in the transportation business.
> And can see a lot for myself. Trains Magazine
> news reports border on pure sham. Though
> entertaining, if you want the facts, you must go
> somewhere else. And yes it is very biased - pro
> corporate...
Whatever.
I'm a transportation professional, too. While some Trains articles are disappointly thin, as a transportation professional, I would not dismiss this pulication as a "sham."
In the context of the issue I raised, reporting on environmental issues associated with current steam operations, I don't know what "pro-corporate" means. Every May, Trains produces an issue devoted to tourist railroads. If Trains is "pro-corporate" as you allege, it certainly would report on threats to tourist train operations.
I really appreciate BOB2's post as well as the article on how the Durango & Silverton is responding to the concerns of Durango's residents.
