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Related: About this forumBowling Green Historic Railpark and Train Museum | Kentucky Life | KET
FYI: Bernie Sanders Rally in Bowling Green, KY (5-14-16) Historic RailPark & Train Museum
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Bowling Green Historic Railpark and Train Museum | Kentucky Life | KET (Original Post)
Donkees
May 2016
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Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)1. We need high speed rail for the next generation.
Much better for the environment and easier for the traveler. We need to rethink our public transportation to cut down on cars and planes.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)2. I couldn't agree more
Thing is, after about 46 years ago - after we sent folks to the moon - we backed off from the forefront of technology. Not to say there hasn't been ANY progress, but we've relinquished our dominance in the last half decade. We're getting a HSR system here in Calif., but it's a battle for every inch of progress.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)3. There is a group of pictures of locomotives I have seen where you have one from Japan, France,
and I think Germany, and then there is a picture of one of our locomotives which looks antique compared to the others. I forget the caption, but saying we are #1 just doesn't cut it!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)4. We're #1 alright
Look who we've got as the presumptive two contenders for the White House!