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Trainwatching is boring now
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I very much disagree. Sure, I'd rather be watching the RS3's, AS16s, VO1000's, S1s, S2s, SW1's, FAs, F3s, F7s, RF16s, GG1's, P5As, E2Bs and so forth that I grew up watching. But I wouldn't miss today's show for the world. Watching 20,000 tons of coal being hoisted over a mountain by two units down on thier knees, traction motors and blowers screaming, is quite a show. As is a 15,000 foot long double stack racing by at track speed. And every time I see one I am amazed at the speed and ease a single unit can handle a RoadRailer train. Likewise I thoroughly enjoy Amtrak's Acela and all of the other electrically powered trains on the Corridor, whether they are Amtrak, NJ Transit, SEPTA, or MARC. <br /> <br />Today's railroading is not the same show it was 20, 30 or 40 years ago, but it most certainly is a show that is well worth watching. And something you can be sure of is that in 20 years the current rail scene will be gone, to be replaced by ??????
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