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Old January 30th 12, 04:10 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default Government investment in Rail vs. Highway was Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:35:56 -0800 (PST), wrote:

much snipped

For reasons I can't understand, when the government builds and runs
roads the conservatives think that is a worthwhile govt endeavor, but
when the govt builds railroads, they think that's evil socialism.

If we could come with a way to run a stretch of rail line open to all
providers that can prove they are safe and handle even just compatible
types of traffic (intercity passenger at moderate high speed mixed
with intermodal, local passenger mixed with heavy haul, etc.) this
could change. There are interesting things happening in Europe but
much probably would not work in North America and there are mixed
results in Europe.

Clark Morris
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