/liberty/ - Liberty

Damn, that's horrible. It says it was the first trip – does that refer to the vehicle, the track or the route?

>>72683

First trip generally means first run of the day.

>inb4 private market gets blamed for Amtrak like usual

>>72694

Isn't it subsidized by the government?

>>72694

Trump blamed the government for not spending enough

>>72683

Another report said it was a new stretch of track, but that also the train was traveling 80mph in a 30mph area.

I heard the cities affected by this are now suing Amtrak, the states of Washington and Oregon.

I've heard some things that you should just believe because I'm too lazy to provide sources for my claims.

I heard it was Antifa that did it.

>>72831

No, just antifa that was traveling on it from one protest to another.

>>72833

I thought they normally got bussed in?

>>72815

>Give Amtrak shit tons of money for shitty service instead of letting competition flourish

>Amtrak gets lazy with money knowing government will just keep funding them

>People die, state-sponsored insurance ensures Amtrak won't have to pay more than a couple ten thousand per victim and the state will defend them in court if people try to sue

>State decides to sue the company funded by the state

>???

Another derailment happened in Georgia last night. No one was hurt and blame could be placed partly on the winter storm, but still.

If road (specifically interstate) production wasn't subsidized by the state and actually needed private investors to be built, we would still have widespread and efficient passenger lines today. Fuck Amtrak.