Sad Reality

[Kris94]

I think it's safe to say a lot of the railroads that are fallen flags got to that list because of their inability to adapt to the Gov't neglecting railroads for planes and cars. Then because the roadway system couldn't handle the amount of traffic and its erratic patterns only made it worse and the airplane industry has suffered due to 9/11 and rising gas and oil prices has forced many airline companies to nickel and dime passengers has ruined a lot in just half a century. The list goes on and on and on, but now the Gov't goes back to rail and we can't handle it all and it's not up to par and a lot other countries took advantage of our miscues to get past us and beat us in every type market transportation and non-transportation related. Our air business is the only thing that's good and with the way our planes our it's a shame. Poor food service, no cell phones, seat belts are fastened for most of the trip, no music during certain times, moody passengers and flight attendants, TSA, safety concerns, stupid and unnecessary bag fees has got us into this mess. I hate to say it but it's gotta be told and it'll home and somethings got to be done.

No this isn't a rant just expressing reality and real life experiences from the 18 years I've been on planet Earth. Unfortunately.

:'(

 

[oknotsen]

Go outside more.
Beter:
Take a trip outside the US. Pick up a backpack and see some more of the world for a minimum of 4 weeks. Helps to shape your vision.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Railroads are private corporations that use their own lacking funds, and pinch pennies trying to make 100% profit, at the cost of all but ingnoring any safety improvements.

The Government ... Although they know that they desperately need RR's every minuite of the day ... They could care less if passenger service went belly up and stopped completly.

The Government, under Eisenhowers reign of tearing up the RR's, so as to build his Interstate Roadways System, they actually conspired to buy up all the Trolley Transit System Stock, and succeeded in bankrupting the Mass Transit Systems ... So blatent a conspiracy, that they dint' even attempt to hide and cover up the conspiracy ... they committed the consiracy so right out in the open, and so deliberately, so as to purposely bankrupt the RR's too.

The government doesn't care ... and "will cut off its nose, to spite its face".

The largest 1st degree crime ever committed in US history ... and all of the consirators went totally unpunished. In fact they were applauded for their conspiracy against RR's ... they don't like RR's.

At least Disney had the deceintcy to cover up his conspiracy, when he bought up all the land to build his Disneyland Resort in Florida. :hehe:

 

[Euphod]

I'm sorry Kris, but I find your teenage angst amusing. I remember when I was that young and such "causes" were elevated by my knuckle headed mind to heights of towering proportions. Wait until life shows you some real pain, this is just practice!:hehe:

 

[wilh]

Where's Graham Claytor, Harry Murphy and John Reed when we need them!?!?!?!!?!?
(Each major passenger advocates for their respective Railroads)

 

[JCitron]

Go outside more.
Beter:
Take a trip outside the US. Pick up a backpack and see some more of the world for a minimum of 4 weeks. Helps to shape your vision.

I've done that for every vacation since 2008. I go out severe storm chasing in the mid-western and north-midwestern parts of the US. This vacation is not all about storm chasing, we see more than just tornados and supercell thunderstorms as we roll across the Great Plains. There are plenty of trains to see, ranging from 150-car mixed freights, coal unit trains, container unit trains, etc. all pulled over beautiful main lines. There are also contrasts such as a weedy old grainger branches, lots of old Alco RS3s, S2s, early EMD units, some 44-tonners, 65-tonners, and even a few Baldwins here and there. As we travel across mid-America, we experience what the real world is away from the two coasts. The middle of our country is open, the towns are poor farming communities, which were once proud little metropoli but are now reduced to a very small towns with lots of empty buildings. This too is also a place of contrasts. Some of the bigger towns are still big communities while others are mere ghost towns, worse than the small towns. There are buildings, mostly built during the early to mid-1900s, that are empty, boarded up, and look forelorn. There are also lots of abandoned rail lines along the way leading to these long gone towns. The railroads have pulled out just as everyone else did too. Their once proud depots are now a hornet's haven, with their boarded up windows and long gone tracks outside. Along the way there are signs of the fallen flags as we see old classic roofwalked box cars now turned into farm sheds. Some still even sport their original owner's reporting marks, while others are painted over, and even still others are now completely rusted through.

On down days, we visit museums and local attractions. Some are a bit hoaky, but fun to see, while others are more famous such as the Carlsbad Caverns, the Rocky Mountains, and even Wall South Dakota.

So if anyone ever wants to see the country, enjoy the long vistas, and catch a severe thunderstorm, try storm chasing. It's a great way to see the US at about $75 a night at a decent hotel.

John

 

[hert]

I am not exactly sure what your ranting about? But airlines are not what America is most notable for. I would say its our highway systems. This has been one of the biggest problems I would say too about America's transportation needs. The original concrete highways were not designed and are falling apart in most places for the amount of traffic they now see. Our love affair with the automobile has put a real strain concerning congestion.

 

[scratchy]

Go outside more.
Beter:
Take a trip outside the US. Pick up a backpack and see some more of the world for a minimum of 4 weeks. Helps to shape your vision.

Yes. No offence Kris but there is a fair bit more to life then fallen flags, start your own railroad if thats how passionate u are about it all...

 

[H222]

Kris, stop whinging about America, go to somewhere in Africa or the Middle East, then realise how easy places like the UK, USA and Australia have it. Money Problems, or People blowing themselves and others Up??

Jamie

 

[rjhowie]

I think I would be very frustrated if I lived across the pond as I am a fan of passenger rail rather than goods and as I said a while back this difference is obvious between British and American Trainz fans when comes to modelling. Somewhere in this home of mine, I have a 1950's handbook of the American Assoc of Railroads. It was given to me as I am a rail fan. It is a thick book at around 2 inches and gives every single small and big railway in the USA along with Canada, Mexico, Cuba before the revolution. All the traditional US railways are there and when you consder the trackage then and now it is depressing. Even with the Beeching cuts here in the 60's we still have a reasonably extensive passenger system and only one of the companies is government owned. The US mist have the poorest railway of any modern western nation? Think I may get up into that midden (a good Scot's word to muse on) I call a loft will try and find it. If I do then someone over in the Ex-Colonies (!) might want to have it. The search begins!

 

[Muliebuck]

I'm sorry Kris, but I find your teenage angst amusing. I remember when I was that young and such "causes" were elevated by my knuckle headed mind to heights of towering proportions. Wait until life shows you some real pain, this is just practice!:hehe:

*snickers* For one Euphod, you and I are 100% in agreement

 

[masterowner]

The US mist have the poorest railway of any modern western nation?!

Yes and no... The US most definitely has the worst passenger system of any Western Nation, but on the other hand the US has by far the best freight network any where in the world.

 

[Kris94]

Kris, stop whinging about America, go to somewhere in Africa or the Middle East, then realise how easy places like the UK, USA and Australia have it. Money Problems, or People blowing themselves and others Up??

Jamie

I'm not stupid. I know that. My dad was deployed twice to Iraq.

 

[H222]

then stop whinging...

Masterowner, maybe the biggest, but best? I dunno, some European Countries have high-speed freight

Jamie

 

[Kris94]

then stop whinging...

Masterowner, maybe the biggest, but best? I dunno, some European Countries have high-speed freight

Jamie

I'm not whining. It's just the truth. I'm expressing what I feel was a bad decision on the part of the gov't and we're suffering because of it. Like I said in my first post you obviously didn't read I AM NOT ranting. There now we ought to be clear.

 

[TheWaluigiKing]

Kris go back to whinging... Err i mean Trainzing

 

[Kris94]

Kris go back to whinging... Err i mean Trainzing

Hey I don't have an issue it's just I shouldn't have to put up with certain remarks and especially when I explain it in my post that I'm saying it a certain way and not to take it a certain way. I said I'm not upset or ranting but everyone is taking that way. That's what annoys me.

 

[Kris94]

Oh and you might want to look at this while you're at it: http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?86822-Eastland-Rocket-Progress
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showt...astland-Rocket

 

[TheWaluigiKing]

Ok sorry but some things like this should not be on these forums.

 

[Kris94]

Well sorry and people should read what they're commenting about and try to get an understanding and get all details before making any judgement.