And I thought the P42s were ugly.
Those “deadheading” cars on long distance trains arent empty![:0] They have scud missles[:D][:p]
Please?? Keep that man away from the magazine rack at the check-out counter.
Jay
Personally i think its a huge waste of money. Bad idea!
(read as if you hear GHB/43 reading this)( That’s pres.Bush for those of you in Rio Linda) I am here to announce the comprehensive ground defense system. This system will automatically read the mind, if any ,of anyone within missle range of our transportation network. We have a demonstration now. " Holy ---- A B32! Hey I gotta tell my buds about this!" As you can see this system is still in the developmental stage and will require some further refinement.
What Amtrak really needs is ray shielding so the tripod’s death ray can’t incinerate the passengers and crew…
As i said BIG WASTE OF MONEY USE IS IT FOR SAFETY ON THE TRAINS
Scene: Red Alert Intruder detected moving on a intercept course. Passenger Crew bustles about breaking the system loose and going into battle readiness.
Missle man feels a tug on the trousers and looks down to see a child asking… no begging to fire that model rocket.
Sorry it wont work. I think someone was watching too much underseige 2.
It is soo easy to get something onto a train. We would need to screen everyone like they do at the airports these days.
Why bother using a large weapon to destroy a passenger train while a well-placed steel wedge can do the same task?
That’s like asking why we need a trillion dollar star wars missle defense that doesn’t work when a nuke can be delivered in a shipping container.
Ah…the Stealth Acela; a Lockheed/ Bombardier model. It flies low enough to avoid radar and it is quieter than a mouse.
It is armed with 2 groups of 4 quad Hellfire missles that extends out from the sides; 2 M28 Miniguns 7.62mm that comes out of the nose, 5 Rapier SAM batteries located in the car directly behind the locomotive.
Also any train that has to go near the coast will be armed with several AGM-84A Harpoon anti-ship missles.
Did an American write that article? 'Cuz here in the States it’s spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-E.
But hey, in the USA a lot of worthwhile public-works projects since WWII have been tied to the nation’s need to protect itself. National Student DEFENSE Loans got off the ground in the late 1950s because of our post-Sputnik need to assert ourselves against the Russkis; and of course JFK put us in the moon race against them.
About that time the Interstate Highway System got a big boost when it was decided that Mr. Robert McNamara’s atomic cannons could be carried on the Interstates because of their generous overpass heights.
Okay, maybe defense considerations haven’t always been an unmixed blessing. But it sure is one way to get the $$$ flowing!
This just shows that Gunn is an idiot. This coming from a dude that has gone on record wanting to abolish asst condr positions, the FELA act, scrap rr retirement for new hires, open routes to private operators using NON UNION crews and negotiate wages, work rules and working conditions free from the RR Labor Act which has been part of rail labor for many decades. Welcome to the Wal Mart on wheels which is what the UTU has labeled Mr. Gunn’s objective.
In all seriousness, considering the originator [8] of the post and the work Mr. Gunn has been doing to try to save Amtrak, I tend to beleive it was taken out of context. As in maybe a sort of defensive system could be created to protect the passengers from terrorist attacks such as the recent London bombing. Not an anti-missle system or anything like that. But that he is suggesting that we not just focus on the airlines but all transportation…
maybe if the unabridged version of the quote could be found…
They’re busy installing missiles.Amtrak just bought the blueprints from Lionel[8D].
They better act fast before MTH sues them claiming they did it first…
WTF, Is this the comedy hour in here or what? Can’t say it’s been dull.[(-D]
The left coast is a bit punchy today…
Must be something in the water. Mabee the terrorists are pumping riddlin into our water supply. Better switch to beer for a few days.[8D]
Not me; too much caffiene (that’s not the right spelling-ah who cares…)
WAIT A MINUTE!! WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD AMTRAK DO WITH A MISSLE SYSTEM FOR REMOVING FENCES?