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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Here is coverage from the Philly CBS outlet [URL=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/11506823-amtrak-service-resumes-between-philadelphia-and-new-york-city] KYW[/URL] that the line is again open. Also of interest should be Holman Jenkins' column appearing in Saturday's [URL=http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-wisdom-might-emerge-from-the-amtrak-tragedy-1431729960] Wall Street Journal[/URL]. Fair Use quotation: [i][list] [*]The accident on a curve in North Philadelphia looks more and more like a case of madness or dysfunction on the part of the engineer, a problem in all modes of transport that technology is ripe to solve (except in bicycling, where operator insanity is prevalent). But a modest comfort is becoming visible as the crash turns into ammunition in the infrastructure spending wars. Whatever the dispute about the Northeast Corridor, routes like Chicago-San Francisco and Los Angeles-Seattle that are hopelessly uncompetitive with air, and that gobble up taxpayer subsidies of $150 or more per passenger, are widely understood to be indefensible. These train rides are larks, indulgences, time killers. It wouldn’t be the equivalent of fracking, but if the Philly accident leads to a political consensus to free Amtrak of these money-pit routes so it can do a better job on the Northeast Corridor, then even our politics aren’t hopeless.[/i] [/list] Most interesting Mr. Jenkins is not echoing the Conservative party line of "shutt'er down" and recognizes the essential nature of Corridor service. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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