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Couldn't agree with any of you any less Railroads are Dying, and if they are not, they are violation phsical law #3 of the universe which we live in, that states, that everythign will deteriorate over time, and everyhting has. They were usefull in one time period or another, But now, Laying down new track costs a million a mile, litterally. You have the kind of money? Railroads are highly expensive to opperate, And busses are a lot cheaper For all of those who say Railroads aren't dying, you've either Failed physics or have never taken it. Although I don't believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, The world is evolving, Railraods are going like typewritters. When i use the term Railroads, I mean Metal wheels, Steal track.. i'm Not including the ICE or high speed rail , or the Train in Japan that moves really really fast, which eventually will have an amazing impact on our Economy. Although I will admit to you that RRs are the best way to ship Goods and merchnadise, What I can say is withing the next 50 to 100 years, the bill for the RR structure upkeep will either be almost unafordable, or send an RR right to bankrupty protection Laying down RR tracks is like installing a row of 1000 light hulbs, One switch opperates this entire row of light bulbs, hence, All the lighbulbs have the same amount of opperation time, and when 10,000 hours closes in, they will all burn out within a few days of each other. The same thing is going to ahppen with the RR's.. and i don't want to sound like one of those sue-sayers or Cleo whatever he name is, But RRs , when things are laid down simoltaniously, the break simoultaniously. Each mile of tracks has ahd roughley the same amount of wear & tear put on it as the mile before that, and the mile befroe that... So within 50 tom100 years, I have a gut feeling that this sytem, which we have come to know and love, could simoultaniously implode on itself. Constant repairs... is that a joke? thats like putting a patxch on the road.. anyone ever find the patch is worse then the pot hole? you can only put so many patches beofre the road looks like a disgrace... OR... the entire road needs to be repaved. I have a feeling that could happen shorter then we plan. And nothing in this world defys itself, Everyhting WILL age, you me, the lamp post, your cat, your neighbors cat, the road.. And inferstructers don't take well to aging, especcualy where the sea air is present, that tends to age things at an excellerated rate du to all the sodium-chloride which eminates from the sea, Everyhting, usually, becomes more brital like plastic, and becomes more faulty. Yuo can't disagree with that, because that is a universe fact.. But anyways.. i'll pass the soap box on to anyone else..
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