Arguing with someone about the locomotives vs MUs for passenger rail in USA...after a bit of back-and-forth, he finally comes out and says "there's no need for a new way of thinking."
Folks...do you think American railways are in need of a new way of thinking?
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"every new way of thinking on the NEC has fucked up" "Revolutionary thinking is not needed on this practical line, because it keeps punching Amtrak in the face." how is this person real lmfao
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Apparently bringing the USA's busiest intercity railway up to the standards of Tokyo 50 years ago is "revolutionary thinking" which is impossible to implement because all the folks involved are incapable of learning anything new
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"I do not trust random new and foreign ideas" you're telling me, pal...although I hesitate to call MUs a "random" idea...or a "new" one...or hell, even a "foreign" one
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lol imagine if I told this guy that the NEC needs to get to a point where it can operate at a profit
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