Today’s TRAINS News Wire is now live. Click here to read it, then come back here to comment.
Bergie
By the way, there will not be a News Wire on Monday, July 5th as we celebrate Fourth of July weekend.
Have a safe weekend, and we’ll see you on Tuesday.
Bergie
Thanks Bergie,
And have a SAFE & HAPPY long weekend!
BTW the first article is Excellent!
(I’m not sure many people will remember Poor Old Charlie)
BTW anbody out there remember who sang it?
Looks good. Needs more short line content though…
LC
I hope this means there will be a Tuesday July 6th edition…Gotta know what’s going on before I go fishin’
LC
Locomutt,
It my fading memory serves me right, it was the Kingston Trio.
Jay
Nice feature. thanks Bergie
stay safe
Joe
“He never returned, no he never returned,
and his fate is still unlearned,
he may travel forever 'neath the streets of Boston,
he’s the man who never returned.”
Yes, the Kingston Trio, singing about a man who had no change to exit the system after a fare change requiring paying to exit as well as (or instead of) to enter.
Item 3 might be a little hopeful yet. The Victorian State government is now held by a party opposed to private control of the rail network. Freight Australia paid $A90 million for a 45 year lease on the Victorian network. The state government offered Rail America $A 2.00 in return for the rail track lease. (That’s two, not two million). They are now trying to get a law introduced that makes it illegal to make a profit by selling track access rights to other operators - you can charge for access, as long as it only covers costs.
This was from the “Australian Financial Review”, Monday 28 June.
Peter