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U.S. still needs coast-to-coast passenger rail
Today marks the anniversary of one of the great events in American transportation history -- the golden spike celebration at Promontory, Utah, and the opening of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, according to this editorial published by The Oregonian.
Now, 136 years later, President Bush is about to swing his own sledgehammer: He and some in Congress are proposing to drive the last spike into Amtrak and the nation's coast-to-coast passenger rail system.
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Today marks the anniversary of one of the great events in American transportation history -- the golden spike celebration at Promontory, Utah, and the opening of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, according to this editorial published by The Oregonian.
Now, 136 years later, President Bush is about to swing his own sledgehammer: He and some in Congress are proposing to drive the last spike into Amtrak and the nation's coast-to-coast passenger rail system.
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