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Please do not get me wrong! I whole heartedly believe in high speed rail travel. The problem is this country and it's spoiled ways...yes, "SPOILED WAYS!" I've spoken to many older employees and have read an article in a previous Train Special Edition magazine, and it said what really happened to the United States railroads after WWII. Alot had to do with the attitude of the nation at that time and the prosparity that some of us were experiencing during those times. Though the railroads is what really keep this country's fighting machine rolling, the people and the country turned their backs on the railroads. Vital dollars that should have went to the railroads for the years that they were confiscated...yes, "CONFISCATED" by the government during that national emergency, were diverted and given to the new modes of transportation...your interstate highway system and the airlines. So after all the railroads did for this country, this country spat on them, just like it's doing right now. There should have been "NO REASON" in this world why this country poured trillions of dollars into rebuilding the infrastructures of the former 'axis powers' and not rebuild here in our own backyard. Now, we're way behind the 8 ball and the world is laughing at us. There are 'third world' nations that spend more money on their railroad infrastructure than we do! Does any know that there was a bill in the Senate, that was to come to vote, that would have provided for over 70 billion dollars to go to the rail industry for these such improvement?? Guess what happened to that money?? 9-11 happened to that money, and the airlines are still crying they're broke! So, the railroads didn't turn their backs on the country, the country turned their backs on the railroads...period!! HAPPY RAILROADING!!! Glenn The Truth...Hurts!
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