re: #180 IslandLibertarian

For all the upside your part of the world can offer, that’s just about the worst place in the world for someone who likes trains…

Unabashed jingoist here- as impressive as the TGV and Shinkansen are for speed, you cannot beat the locomotives made here in the USA for that valuable combination of long shelf-life and pure, raw, undiluted get-the-fuck-out-of-my-way-if-you-know-whats-good-for-you horsepower.