Another derailment..Jesus...

I asked Jesus, he had nothing to do with it.

And Amtrak is usually, if not always, traveling on tracks maintained by other railroads.

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Yup. Except Union Station here , they own and maintain those garbage tracks

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I knew they maintained those, but wasn't sure about any other situations like that.

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Clearly a woman engineer.

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Just privatize it already.

The cocksuckers just wasted nearly $600 million reconstructing these tracks so that the new "high speed" train (which runs at 79 mph) could operate.

Fuck Amtrak, if you privatized it the routes that matter (and are actually used by people) would still function. The long distance routes (which are a waste) would cease to operate and nothing of value would be lost.

Correction $800 million of your tax dollars wasted on this shit. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Rail/Projects.htm Today was literally the inaugural run

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79mph isn't even fast. I read about a Milwaukee Road Hiawatha blasting a car at Grand Ave in Elmwood going 80+ back in the 40s or something. you know a steam train. Choo Choo. Wonder if Jimmy remembers that.

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We were visiting family in Boston for a week and we wanted to shoot down to New York for a day and checked Amtrack rates. They were horrific. It was cheaper to buy a ticket from Logan to JFK, I shit you not.

Those are your rates with government subsidies too. Seriously, fuck Amtrak. It's a fucking pork project scam.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I spent 2X what it was cost via air to take the Chunnel. Would do it again.

#CHOWITRAILS

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Ummm, yeah. The derailment occurred on a section of track that opened today.

he's an idiot.

What's funny is people on the left are also blaming this on the lack of infrastructure spending. Dumbasses on both sides.

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I thought you East Coast snobs knew how to spell? smh

Let's never loss sight of this. Contempt for Trump does not equate to a like of Hillary. They both should spend quality time in North Korea with Dear Leader.

Reliable high-speed rail would be a blessing for this country--until the terrorists fuck that up, too.

high speed rail is useless in this country with the exception of the NE corridor as any other region has the large cities spaced at such a distance that air travel will always be the better option.

Heck, they can't even build the high speed rail they want on the NE corridor as they don't have enough land to do so and the price of that land makes it too expensive to ever build. They would have to basically do the types of teardowns you saw in the 50s when highways like the Dan Ryan were built, and that's not happening in 2017 with property values where they are.

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Even in Europe where it is supposedly a success, it really isn't when you break down the real costs of building it and take away the subsidies. There is a reason low fair air travel truly took hold in Europe and is so dominant there. intercity rail as a mass transit idea really should be kept in the 19th/early 20th centuries where it belongs.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

if Amtrack advertises high speed rail at 80 mph, they effectively certify that the tracks can handle that speed.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

They literally just wasted nearly a billion dollars rebuilding this track with concrete ties so that it could handle this speed. Oops

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Eff that. I want to actually see the country. And I want more Chunnels.

Seriously, though, I like to travel by train; what's more, my son is autistic and can't fly, so it limits us. But a long trip via Amtrak is cost prohibitive.

Jesus says, "not my fault..."

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Have you got a 2nd opinion on this from IMU?

Have you got a 2nd opinion on this from IMU?

That long trip via Amtrak is with subsidies. I read on a Brookings Institute report that on a train like the Autotrain, it is about $100 per passenger, which is subsidized. that's an insane cost for a poor method of transit.

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Oak Park subsidized Divvys $17 per ride.

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Completely useless. High speed rail just doesn't work here most places you are traveling to still require a car on arrival. I can drive in more comfort than a train and likely make better time with more a direct path.

Talk to me when its reliable and 250MPH. Then it may be worth the added frustrations.

Hello airplanes? Yeah, it's trains, you win!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq-N3_plNq8

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

they tried concrete ties out here in the sticks, only to find that in lower lying areas, water screwed up the cement ties over the course of just two years. They had to come back out, take out the entire north side tracks and put wood ties back in. The cement ties in some places had literally disintegrated.

So great research, Amtrak. Next time talk to Union Pacific first.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

yes, but government knows best

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When the Chicago to St. Louis railroad was being torn up and replaced to accommodate high-speed rail, Amtrak dropped ticket prices to next to nothing and put you on a bus from either Bloomington or Springfield on down. The bus was faster than the train was, the only downside was I didn't have an outlet to plug in my laptop and watch Simpsons DVDs.

Amtrak is a mess, but I can't condemn the entirety of rail travel because I'm an autistic freak and I am required by international law to be obsessed with trains. I'm not too bullish on intercity rail, which sounds like a nightmare, but they should concentrate on making travel in the Northeast Corridor and routes to major cities around Chicago pleasant, convenient, and affordable. I mean, flying to St. Louis, that's just silly.

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