mtgkajhit

mtgkajhit t1_jaclq8x wrote

Reply to comment by nowaybrose in How's your trains? by return2ozma

Well they own the rail lines, which is part of the problem. I had a neighbor who retired from the railroad. He said it was a great job but the politics were ridiculous.

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mtgkajhit t1_jaby53g wrote

Can confirm. My town was doing historic rail rides to connecting cities for a summer when I was a kid. Modern locomotives with 1960s passenger cars. Because of the speed limits and having to yield to freight a normally 30-45 minute drive by car ended up taking 4-5 hours. It was a cool experience but holy fuck did it take forever.

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