South Shore train to close indefinitely because of Congressional mandate

[AtTheMurph]

Rahm Emmanuel wants the South Shore line shut down.

He needs more suckers to move to Chicago so he can tax them. Way too many leaving. He's running into smack dab into the Laugher Curve.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I say that to express my opposition to the idea...almost as a rhetorical comment. In the end, they (collectively, the powers that be) will do whatever they want, but I pay union dues and am highly involved-currently holding several elected positions, so I hope that the higher ups are committed to keeping our best interests in mind as we are at the local level. Whether it all matters, only time will tell.

Also, the notion of "nationalization" is laughable. I had to refamiliarize myself with the history, so I googled "United States Railroad Administration". It's been done before and I highly doubt it will happen again.

I'm sure I just opened another can of worms...so anyways, back to the whole PTC thing...

Dave

Thanks for the follow-up. I always forget unions having, if not more power, then a louder voice than JQ Public. I'm not a fan of unions, generally, but I can see how they would be useful against a governmental opponent. And no, I'm not interested in debating the merits of unions.

...The Class 1 RR simply put the train together and send it down the road...

Why does that sentence remind me of this?

[video=youtube;4AyjKgz9tKg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AyjKgz9tKg[/video]

 

[jss1956]

OK so help me understand....

So this kind of stuff gets you cranky & fussy. So every 2 or 4 years you have an election. About all of you go and vote for these jokers. Then they go and do "stupid" $**** that really pi$$es you off. But what happens? You are back at the voting box again doing the same thing again expecting a different result. When will you learn the definition of insanity?

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