Amtrak: The Road to Recovery
- Thread starter Devvy
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FDW
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I'm happy to participate in a group effort and help out
Fleshing out a Transport America sounds good to me!
Shall someone make a thread on this?
I'm happy to participate in a group effort and help out
Fleshing out a Transport America sounds good to me!
A third iteration of Transport America. I want in!
Alright gentlemen, fire away. We'll get the ideas hashed out here and I'll start a new thread once we have a general idea of where this is going.
The basic idea is that America after 1945 recognizes the immense work their rail-based infrastructure did in WWII and while the automobile is widely seen as the future (Detroit's influence having a lot to do with that), its seen in America that the railroads and transit systems carried them through and played big roles in their victory over the Axis powers and that the future includes lots of places for them.
The decline in rail passenger usage in a lot of America is probably unavoidable to an extent, but I think we can get nearly all of the major cities that are anywhere close to one another to have good rail service between them. I'm not sure that the freight railways, most of whom began losing money on passenger service right after WWII. We lick that, we can keep the freight rail companies or conglomerates owned by them in the business. That a place to start for everybody?
JJohnson
Banned
I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comments!
Might as well finish on a high, rather then dragging it out and keeping people dangling over the next several months!
Great job on the timeline! I definitely enjoyed seeing this version of Amtrak turning it around! Taking rail from my home town up to Maine or anywhere in between would be much more fun (to me) than flying.
Best of luck on your next timeline!