train travel USA
In spite of the right wing political winds whose goal is derailing any government involvement in moving people by rail Amtrack is still here. Our republican controlled political process is so niggardly in financial support, it's outstanding that people clamoring for rail still sqeeze in the system.
Remember Amtrack is forced to use privitely owned - and poorly maintained - track serving the moving of freight.
Find an old map showing railroad systems before the enlightened removal of tens of thousands of miles of track happened. It's truly amazing.
Will the passenger trains ultimately be forced to play PostOffice? Forced to prepaying billions of retirement dollars so the system is crippled. I hope not.
