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To: LLCF who wrote (175791)	6/27/2002 8:09:53 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 436258

I think rail transport has a future. A wealthy friend of mine used to own a Hill Croft he used as a vacation home. It was in The Scottish Central Highlands. The air was so clear is was very difficult to discern if a natural feature was five, ten or even twenty miles away. You had to spot the trees etc to determine distance. The Croft was fed water and electricity from a nearby burn. An Aga cooker provided central heating. All very ideal. Fish in the rivers and deer in the hills. Transport was provided to the area by a single track railway. It seemed like enough. I expect a four track rail road (two slow tracks on the outside, two fast tracks on the inside) could provide the same capacity for transport as an eight lane freeway. At a fraction of the cost to both build and operate. It would occupy the same area of land as a single lane on a freeway. It seems senseless to me to have all those eighteen wheeler trucks to transport everything intercity. Trucks would have their place at distribution points at each city. Big reduction in costs....big improvement in safety and a huge reduction in environmental damage. Yes... they put a six lane highway through that "ideal" Scottish valley. The Scots are probably the worst litters in the world too. It's such a shame I can't bear to go back to that place now. I do admire our continental friends for preserving the electric tramway networks at each European city. Very sensible of them.

To: LLCF who wrote (175791)	6/28/2002 5:38:15 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

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