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Posted by steamdriven on Sun Sep 14 12:12:54 2025, in response to Re: “Gov.” Hochul announces NYC subway crime reaches record lows, posted by randyo on Sun Sep 14 03:55:37 2025. Passenger rail is something of a luxury; anywhere the train goes, a bus can go and generally cheaper. Riding a bus it typically not great fun nor scenic, but you get there.Freight rail is a necessity; it's by far the most efficient over-land transport and it can haul 200 truckloads per train (more with the 2-mile mega-trains). I think we'd be better off it rail could handle medium-haul and even 2-300 mile trips with some sorta fast-intermode terminal at each end, but right now it's not set up for that and RRs don't want that business. Heck, I'd like to see rail spurs to anything that takes more than, say, 8 trailers per day, but we've been going in the opposite direction of that for 50 years and I don't think the world will stop and turn because I tell it to. Outside of commuter rail and the NEC, freight is what US rails work for. They do that job well, let's not break the cake to add a little frosting. |
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