Railway Workers Are Ukraine’s ‘Second Army’

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greyhounds

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Railway Workers Are Ukraine’s ‘Second Army’

Posted by greyhounds on Thursday, June 16, 2022 2:33 PM

It's behind a paywall, but the title gets the idea across.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/railway-workers-are-ukraines-second-army-russia-invasion-war-supplies-economy-kyiv-exports-evacuate-11655391850?mod=hp_opin_pos_6#cxrecs_s

"By many measures, the U.S. freight rail system is the safest, most efficient and cost effective in the world." - Federal Railroad Administration, October, 2009. I'm just your average, everyday, uncivilized howling "anti-government" critic of mass government expenditures for "High Speed Rail" in the US. And I'm gosh darn proud of that.