Podcast interview re trains w/ James McCommons
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passenger rail with James McCommons, author of the recently published
Waiting on a Train.
You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to find someone to talk
about passenger rail, probably because people who know about trains --
even advocates of passenger rail -- don't want to acknowledge that
passenger rail isn't ever, anywhere, a profitable enterprise. Instead,
it's a clearly socialized form of transportation.
Other countries are OK with that but here in the U.S. it's like
saying passenger rail has got cooties. How sad, and too bad for us...
James McCommons evidently doesn't know that he's not supposed to talk
candidly about the economics or politics of the railroad industry. His
explanations for things are reasonable, easily understood, interesting
and extremely helpful.
If you enjoy this podcast please feel free to forward the link!
http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2009/12/passenger_rail.html
Martin Edwards
Its particularly sad, in as, in my limited experience as a tourist, the
workers are very committed.
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As through this world I've rambled, I've met plenty of funny men,
Some rob you with a sixgun, some with a fountain pen.
Woody Guthrie