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Regarding the issue of past vs present, can it not be said that the old adage might hold true here, e.g. learn from the past to apply actions for the future? On that point, I will agree the 70's issue isn't all it could have been, in that it didn't really connect the actions of 1970's railroading with today's rail issues. Only the article on SP can be said to make such connections between then and now, although there were a few historical errors, nothing major. <br /> <br />For example, I would have liked for Greg McDonnell's short piece on the Milwaukee Road to have mentioned how the Milwaukee retrenchment left the Northern Tier States under virtual monopolistic control of BN/BNSF. He also could have better explored some of the holes in the arguments that allowed for the PCE retrenchment, given that the subject was dissected into explicit and suprising revelations on this very forum. Certainly the way the Milwaukee was withdrawn from the PNW has left a lot of unanswered questions. <br /> <br />The article on the formation of Amtrak certainly has relevence for the current hot issues regarding Amtrak today. <br /> <br />I also wi***he Penn Central blurb would have been a little more indepth. <br /> <br />The "That 70's Look" logo is kitsch, but so are pro-Amtrak articles, so its par the fhe course.
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