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Originally Posted by Angel
Can you guys cite anywhere in this country (or the world for that matter) where trains have made a profit ?
I'm not trying to be snarky, but I have not heard of any, and if anyone is going to propose that trains (slow or fast) are a good business option, then I'd like to hear about a 'success story'
...or, just let them rest on the 'save the earth' laurels - thats really enough for me, but I'd feel better voting for it if I thought that it was a good financial decision.
-John
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Thank you. Rail works well in Europe (in part) because it is so expensive to own and operate a car there. There is incentive to take a train. I can't believe folks are considering the massive expenditures required to introduce high-speed rail and all its necessary infrastructure here in the US, where we have such a huge geographical area to cover to make rail travel a reasonable alternative to driving.
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