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This is crazy. Freight trains in America do an important job. Long distance passenger trains in America serve eccentric hobbyists. The one is obviously more

• jazzyjackson 4y ago
  I didn't say "dismantle the freight companies", I said "prioritize humans arriving on time over corn syrup"
  • aetherson 4y ago
    Logistics are important. Materials need to arrive when they're expected. People with a fetish for impractical modes of transit do not.
    • jazzyjackson 4y ago
      america must be the only country where reliable public transit is considered a sexual kink, thanks for the that.
      • aetherson 4y ago
        Public transit is fine. Lots of people get around cities or connected metropolitan regions on rail, and that's great. There are plenty of places in America where we could usefully build more rail. These tracks do not have problems of freight preemption, because they are not used for freight at all. Outside perhaps of the northeast corridor, there is very little of America that is well suited for long distance trail travel, with distances being too long, with too little population between metro areas, and the terrain too rugged. There are nonetheless people who want to travel in trains for trains sake. That's fine, I don't begrudge then their hobbies. But freight is important, getting supplies around in time for logistics chains to work is a serious business, and we should not imperil it so that a few eccentrics can have slightly freer access to their hobby.