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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by sfthunderchief: [i] There is another book I would like to recommend: Alfred Runte's: Allies of the Earth-Railroads and the Soul of Preservation. Perhaps a kind of polemic essay, but embodying a lot of self-evident truth. [/i][/QUOTE]Well Mr. Thunderchief, I certainly agree that the work appears polemic but I guess for those who hold that the LD system should be expanded, possibly even by investor owned railroads to fulfil their "social responsibility', then this book (based upon reading the excerpted material [URL=http://www.amazon.com/Allies-Earth-Railroads-Soul-Preservation/dp/1931112525#reader_1931112525] here[/URL]), is right up one's alley. Be it assured, not my alley. Again I note that "I like 'em and I ride 'em"; my experiences to date can be characterized as "more positives than negatives', But beyond those needed for political expediency (and, which in a perfect world, would be none) to ensure funding of what 21st century passenger railroading is all about - Corridors and commuters, the LD train simply is something on which the Adios drumhead should have been hung on A-Day Eve and likely much earlier than that. Regarding the author's argument of "social obligation"...well I think anyone who follows the material I post here knows my thoughts on that one. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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