Yep, great systemt they have their...as long as it doesnt impact MY house, it works great...
On a similar note, good, bad or indifferent, on ly a nation like China could have build a modern Dam project like the three gorges...resettling all the people that had to be moved in that undertaking is a mind boggeling task.
back on topic...I wonder how many rail lines had to be re-routed for the dam project?
Gosh, I am really glad the Walstreet Journal gave China its just deserts.
How immoral of China, it was not even environmentally-conscious enough to kill all of the antelope like we did with the buffalo. (moral indignation voice) I know we are better than the Chinse because there aren't any buffalo running affraid from our trains!
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As an aside, I have a client who just built a factory in China--a drywall factory. I told my client of my interest in railroads, and it relayed the following story:
After my client paid the substantial fee for "the right to build a factory in China," China was very amenable, helpful and dedicated to the plant's success. My client indicated to the Chinese government that the sea transportation available would be difficult to fulfill the plant's transportation needs (plant located on the ocean front in a very densely populated city). China sent one of its transportation experts, who said in less than an hour of investigation "what you need is a rail line," and within less than a month the Chinese government ran an 8 mile rail line right down a very busy residential street (demolishing several homes in the process). And that was that. Between NIMBY and red tape, you will never see that in America. We can't run a rail line in the midle of nowhere, in the absence of any civilization (AKA Rochester) that will haul 4000 x the tonage without ten years of debate and millions of dollars of attorney fees.
Gabe
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Wow! Not only didn't I know that, Vic, I didn't realize that they grew that big--all of the "trophies" I've seen suggested that they were more jackrabbit-sized. Must be the Mongol variety.
Y'know, I'll bet those suckers could keep up with the new trains!
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
mudchicken wrote:But we all still keep a sharp eye out for the rare Chinese Crested Jackalope! (source of so many derailments in Tibet)...
Little known fact, the Mongols at first actually tried using the Jackalope, but the hopping made then nauscious and they kept getting poked in the eye by the Antlers. They gave up and tried the Horse, and conquered half of Asia.
Rare photo of a tourist on a rare Mongol Jackalope
Have fun with your trains
Oh, deer!
I was going to go over there, laden with my usual pocketful of ballpoint pens, just to watch the deer and the antelope play outside my window, whilst dining on rats' behinds.
One doesn't have to go over to China to find public examples of this fraud being perpetrated. Look at the 2008 CSX calendar! (And UP's calendar, a few years ago.)
..and dog, and rat, and snake, and bat, if you can toss it in a pot, there's a restaraunt somewhere in China that specializes in it.
Dan
louisnash wrote:Saw this on Yahoo homepage tonight. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120363429707884255.html?mod=yhoofront
Saw this on Yahoo homepage tonight.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120363429707884255.html?mod=yhoofront
Very interesting...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
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