Biden Goes Full California with Trains Being the New Fangled 21st Century Thing

[Weatherman2020]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

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[CrusaderFrank]

Xi has them on a Jihad to run down the US Economy ASAP

 

[Mac-7]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trains are very good at moving freight

but thats not sexy enough for libs

they want those sort of fast choo choo trains like the euros have to move people

 

[Weatherman2020]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trains are very good at moving freight

but thats not sexy enough for libs

they want those sort of fast choo choo trains like the euros have to move people

Mass transit = Control the masses.
Simply go on strike or cut funding and everyone without a car is screwed.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trains are very good at moving freight

but thats not sexy enough for libs

they want those sort of fast choo choo trains like the euros have to move people

Mass transit = Control the masses.
Simply go on strike or cut funding and everyone without a car is screwed.

Libs become euphoric when romanticizing about european socialism, mass transit, trains, and busses.

 

[gipper]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

China has built a massive high speed rail system across their nation in just the last 20 years. The US can’t even get one completed in California. Is this not an example of the failed state we’ve become?

 

[bendog]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trains are very good at moving freight

but thats not sexy enough for libs

they want those sort of fast choo choo trains like the euros have to move people

I like Amtrac. It's convenient to travel to Chi and New Orleans for me. But I don't see practically speaking how we could build a fast train someplace like the NE corridor. And it wouldn't make any sense in rural areas, because riders get on and off at smaller stations.

 

[Mac-7]

It's convenient to travel to Chi and New Orleans for me. But I don't see practically speaking how we could build a fast train someplace like the NE corridor. And it wouldn't make any sense in rural areas, because riders get on and off at smaller stations.

The left is driven by emotion rather than logic

 

[Mac-7]

China has built a massive high speed rail system across their nation in just the last 20 years. The US can’t even get one completed in California. Is this not an example of the failed state we’ve become?

China is a brutal dictatorship

they wipe entire villages off the map for their infrastructure projects

nor do they have environmental laws that stop many projects in America

 

[d0gbreath]

they want those sort of fast choo choo trains like the euros have to move people

Think Nippon.

The OP link claiming that high speed rail is 19th century is stupid. Those choo-choos were really slow.

 

[marvin martian]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

These idiot Democrats desperately want the United States to be a small, insignificant, relatively poor socialist European country, circa 1985.

I wondered about why this might be, and then I realized, these rich white Democrats probably spent their gap years in these socialist countries (courtesy of mommy and daddy, of course) and enjoyed the experience, and now they want to "recreate" it for everyone here. LOL

 

[Mac-7]

they want those sort of fast choo choo trains like the euros have to move people

Think Nippon.

The OP link claiming that high speed rail is 19th century is stupid. Those choo-choos were really slow.

A jet plane is faster

 

[easyt65]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

California attempted to create a high-speed rail system from 1 city within its state to another. The cost per hundred YARD was astronomically insane due to unions, corruption, greed, etc....and the effort was abandoned.

Biden's administration has declared that the massive TRILLIONS of dollars in Green Energy infrastructure spending they plan to do will also call for REBUILDING 4 MILLION BUILDINGS in the United States.

Evidently Biden believes in shovel-ready projects, despite Barry admitting no such thing exists.

 

[d0gbreath]

A jet plane is faster

I knew that. But not really when you're only going 100 miles.

 

[there4eyeM]

Biden Goes Full California with Trains Being the New Fangled 21st Century Thing

So, it isn't "trans" any more?

 

[BluesLegend]

China has built a massive high speed rail system across their nation in just the last 20 years. The US can’t even get one completed in California. Is this not an example of the failed state we’ve become?

No it's an example of Dem corruption. These massive infrastructure projects are just a means for Dems to funnel money to their pals to purchase votes and set up kickback schemes. Remember Boston's big dig? Dem corruption is one of the countries biggest problems. And GOP hacks also have their finger in the pie. Basically government is corrupt to its core.

 

[struth]

If the left was serious about passenger rail service, they'd sell AmTrak and allow private business to develop it.

 

[gipper]

China has built a massive high speed rail system across their nation in just the last 20 years. The US can’t even get one completed in California. Is this not an example of the failed state we’ve become?

No it's an example of Dem corruption. These massive infrastructure projects are just a means for Dems to funnel money to their pals to purchase votes and set up kickback schemes. Remember Boston's big dig? Dem corruption is one of the countries biggest problems. And GOP hacks also have their finger in the pie. Basically government is corrupt to its core.

The two crime families are essentially the same, but somehow many Americans haven’t figured this out.

 

[there4eyeM]

If the left was serious about passenger rail service, they'd sell AmTrak and allow private business to develop it.

Or, the "left" (who is this, by the way?) could buy private businesses and develop what it wanted. Just as unions should have bought the car companies, for example. China learned to use capitalism against itself, why hasn't anyone else?

 

[Vrenn]

Disclaimer: I’m a certified Brakeman, so I have nothing against trains

California tried to build a rail between San Diego and San Fran, only to find themselves going from nowhere Fresno and nowhere Bakersfield at 4X cost overruns and over a decade behind schedule. It’s been nothing but a boondoggle for Democrats getting their buddies richer.

Now Team Biden wants to take the show National.

Pete Buttigieg’s 19th century technology: High-speed rail - Washington Examiner

With trillions of dollars of government money on offer, after the passage of the Biden administration’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, there’s an informal and unarticulated competition for the worst and least productive uses of funds. Putting his entry in, even before the bill was passed, was...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

On the Railroad Hierarchy, that makes you lower than whale crap. Just one thing before I go. What line are you certified at?

Railroads are a good thing in certain areas. While Passenger Lines in some states don't make a lot of sense except for the once a week run, other areas, it makes a lot of sense. Like the East Coast and the West Coast where the majority of the population lives. And a Passenger train can operate a much lower degree of per hour per passenger than a plane can. The problem is, the speed. Other countries have high speed rail because they have Nationalized it and got it done. It's expensive to initially do, cannot run on the same rails as the cargo trains (cargo trains are really rough on the rails) and takes time to construct. But, in the end, it's worth it if you have the ridership.

For anything less than 1000 miles down to about 100 miles, the HS train makes a whole lot more sense than either driving or flying. If you have the traffic to support it, then it's stupid not to do it. There are areas in the US (like Dallas to Houston) that HS rail makes sense.