Standard gauge suburban trains...imagine in Boston on Commuter rail--to Salem, Haverhill, Lowell, Fitchburg...pic.twitter.com/MAshWuD9jV
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Our freight rail network is the "best" on a national scale, not a local one--rail's mode share in freight in MA is as low as in Japan
Freight rail is very practical for cheap bulk goods being shipped overland--for other kinds of freight, trucks or ships are more useful
Moreover...crash safety doesn't make our freight system good (using bulkiness to minimize damage instead of signals = short term savings)
For example with US passenger requirements: anti telescoping and anti climb requirements Much better crash performance than euro counterpart
Now, if we had PTC in the US, then it would be less of an issue, but screw ups happen.
It's more on the demand side on MA. You've got one Class one, a passel of twos and threes. Not much heavy industry to support it anymore.
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