Interesting Article Opposing High Speed Rail

[Ziv]

Another thought with regard to national security,
The lesson of importance in railway that Ukraine taught the world is notable.

Now of course, Ukraine doesn’t have the highways we have, but their railroads proved to be invaluable in evacuation of large numbers of people without creating crazy congestion on their roads.

This is so true!
The Ukrainian Railways system ( I won't even try to spell its name in Ukrainian! ) has not only delivered the goods, they have delivered millions of Ukrainians from the war zone to safety, either to Western Ukraine or to Poland. The employees of Ukrainian Railways have a lot to be proud of since they have been working right through the war and they have not hesitated to operate those trains in areas that are subject to Russian artillery fire!

 

[Willbridge]

This is so true!
The Ukrainian Railways system ( I won't even try to spell its name in Ukrainian! ) has not only delivered the goods, they have delivered millions of Ukrainians from the war zone to safety, either to Western Ukraine or to Poland. The employees of Ukrainian Railways have a lot to be proud of since they have been working right through the war and they have not hesitated to operate those trains in areas that are subject to Russian artillery fire!

As I was briefly an Army railroader, I found it interesting to talk with and read about U.S. Army Transport Corps and UK Royal Corps of Transport veterans from the Korean and World Wars. Of course, I supposed that this was just history!