[Magdalen] stuck at the drawbridge

[Jay Weigel]

When we were rockhounding in a railroad cur in Kentucky a couple of weeks
ago.we saw a lot of trains pass through, They were most definitely not
carrying coal or oil Most of their cargo was containers, those big steel
boxes containing who knows what, which would eventually be loaded onto
trucks to finish their journeys where railroads don't go.

What ticks me off is that you can't get there from here by train any more.
And if Trump and the Republicans have their way, Amtrak will be cut even
further. >:-(

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 5/2/2017 7:11:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu writes:
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> Lots of  coal was mined and shipped out by train, too.
> It's considerably better than  it used to be for east-west trains with the
> construction of big overpass  roads on 3rd street and Fruitridge Ave.,
> though they are on opposite ends  of town.  The north-south lines, and the
> tracks that run through the  middle of town are still a
> problem.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> In case it is not well known, the railroads have been in
> an awful two year slump because of the drop in the use
> of coal in electric power plants.  Being such a fan of
> railroads, then, I view Trump et al advocating back to coal
> and cutting the environmental standards with mixed
> emotions.
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>  I know in my
> heart that it is a good thing to cut the coal, but I dearly
> hope the railroads can develop other revenue.  When I
> see the endless truck traffic on I-81 and I-80 that should
> be on the rails, I shake my head.
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> david S.
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