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Why do people feel that it is better to drive or fly to a destination when they could ride the train. Yes I understand that trains can be expensive sometimes, that they want the conveniance of their own vehicle, etc. But the common misconception I hear is that trains are dagerous. I heard on the news a year ago, "There are more train wrecks then plane crashes." People seem to look at the stats of wrecks, and not the death poll. Yes, there may be a few train wrecks, more than planes, but the railroad is still the safest mode of travel. If there is an Auto accident, it is very likely that someone will be in bad condition in the hospital or dead, if a plane crashes, it is a miricle if there is a survivor, but when a train wreck occurs, maybe 10 or 20 out of say 200 people on the train are injured or killed, while in a 200 person pileup on the freeway most of them would be injured, and in a plane crash all of them would be dead! Why then do I hear people say, "I dont want to be in a train wreck, while they drive theircar daily and will fly cross country without worry. I'm not dissing cars or airlines, but they could be used less. If CSX had left rails and not torn them up, the commuter line could run trains directly from frederick to brunswick brownsville, sharpsville, etc. now you can o to frederick and brunswick from Washington DC, but not to any of the other communities because the track was tor up as an unneccesary line. If we want railroads to suceed, we need a larger better commuter service, to show that railroads could replace highways just like highways replaced the rail lines. Just remember who the older brother is, the railroad!!!
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