Beaver@lemmy.ca to Trains@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agoIs the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squarehenfredemarslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI didn’t know we were all aboard about any kind of trains.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe have the best freight network in the world and Amtrak gets thousands of dollars per passenger from the feds. That’s not to mention all the local light rail and subway systems. Just because we don’t have a bullet train doesn’t mean we don’t have trains. Hell, we’re the only ones to actually standardize our couplers, instead of the dumb fuckery that is Europe
I didn’t know we were all aboard about any kind of trains.
We have the best freight network in the world and Amtrak gets thousands of dollars per passenger from the feds.
That’s not to mention all the local light rail and subway systems.
Just because we don’t have a bullet train doesn’t mean we don’t have trains.
Hell, we’re the only ones to actually standardize our couplers, instead of the dumb fuckery that is Europe