If the old railroad grants had been enforced to make railroads upgrade and maintain lines to keep up with technology, instead of becoming oil companies exploiting their mineral resources GIVEN to them to operate “in perpetuity” rail service, we’d have had quality, cheap, high speed rail decades ago, like Japan and Europe.
I rode the “bullet train” in Japan in 1967, it was a great way to travel, but back home, freight took command over “passenger rail”, and we all lost.
If the old railroad grants had been enforced to make railroads upgrade and maintain lines to keep up with technology, instead of becoming oil companies exploiting their mineral resources GIVEN to them to operate “in perpetuity” rail service, we’d have had quality, cheap, high speed rail decades ago, like Japan and Europe.
I rode the “bullet train” in Japan in 1967, it was a great way to travel, but back home, freight took command over “passenger rail”, and we all lost.