henryj
Conductor
If you get your hand on the March issue of Trains read Fred's column. It starts out like this:
"I'm going to go out on a limb - but not a long one - and declare an end to the era of high speed trains outside the Northeast Corridor, just two years after that era bagan. Yes, kaput. I am amazed how abruptly it ended, how enthusiasm and political backing for the $10.5 billion federal government program simply dissolved."
"Many aspects of this saga were handled badly. Very few grants funded entire projects. Most paid for planning or the start of ambitious plans."
We will see if Frailey is really right on this, but I have to agree the projects that were getting the publicity, Florida and California, were just boondoggles.
"I'm going to go out on a limb - but not a long one - and declare an end to the era of high speed trains outside the Northeast Corridor, just two years after that era bagan. Yes, kaput. I am amazed how abruptly it ended, how enthusiasm and political backing for the $10.5 billion federal government program simply dissolved."
"Many aspects of this saga were handled badly. Very few grants funded entire projects. Most paid for planning or the start of ambitious plans."
We will see if Frailey is really right on this, but I have to agree the projects that were getting the publicity, Florida and California, were just boondoggles.