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Re:Amtrak derailment: safety gear was not active after rush ... by jdonaldson on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:27PM (#15975583)
I'd like to think that the reason we're so lousy at railroads these days is that our best engineers have moved on to aviation and astronautics.
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Re:Amtrak derailment: safety gear was not active after rush ... by jimktrains2 on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:04PM (#15975756)
Actually, our freight rail system is the best in the world. The problem is there is no money for passenger server because the US is stuck in a car-centric mode of thinking about transportation.
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