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Re: (erielack) Railroads "That Should Never..." A&GW
I'm not one to be spending tax money willy nilly, but if we are to subsidize
air, water, and highway transport, then why not rail, too. It's less
environmentally disruptive, and almost none of it has to be built from the
ground up-most of the ROW's are already in place. I don't think Thruway
money going to support a "Phoebe Snow" train is such a bad idea. Put two
trains on, so there can be some hope of a round trip to the end points in
the same day. It won't take two days, either. The track is in pretty good
shape for the most part, judging by what I see on the Tier and on CP south
of Binghamton. Of course, there is still that 28 mile stretch in Jersey with
NO track. Once that situation is resolved, I think you have a viable route.
But, as Jim noted, there is no logic to transportation policy.
BTW, as a "bus runner", I'm not offended by the folks who would prefer to
take the train over the bus. I've done both on long distance trips, and I
MUCH prefer the train, for all the reasons stated.
Tom B
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>
To: "Martin Ibbotson" <martin.ibbotson_@_ntlworld.com>;
<erielack_@_lists.Railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Railroads "That Should Never..." A&GW
> I still say, let the NY State Thruway Authority subsidize a revived Phoebe
> Snow -- even if the trip were a land cruise taking two days to Buffalo due
> to track conditions <g>.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
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