Matt Yglesias

18 Responses to “Riding the Rails”

1. Jon Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 10:37 am

   I saw Biden’s address on foreign policy a few weeks ago at Cincinnati’s Union Terminal, a lovely old art deco train station that now houses several museums.

   Before his prepared remarks, Biden said that an Obama administration would make it a train station once more. The Chicago–DC Cardinal line makes a stop there still, if at 3 am, but this would be better:

2. stefan Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 10:47 am

   One of my 3rd cousins is a lobbyist for the machinist union in a big Northeastern state and he’s having a fantastic time creating new commuter rail lines and creating jobs for his members. It’s hard work and you need to make sure the people who help get elected and you buy off the opposition (which is *%$* expensive, building tunnels under suburban town centers and all).

3. Jon Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am

   Oops, there was supposed to be a link to this:

   Ohio Hub

4. Spenc/r Ackerm/n Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 11:10 am

   Big Train was an awesome show.

5. A in pa Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

   “Big Train”!!! Ha!!

6. atsah Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

   I already love these guys, but hearing about what they’ll do for Amtrak makes my heart skip a beat.

7. Frank Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

   Please, Matt, we prefer the term “Lionel-Industrial Complex,” which better capture the idea that we’re all just overgrown boys playing with choo-choos.

8. ixnermay Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

   Unions are bad and trains are bad, so this person must be double-bad. Talk about questionable associations!

9. Harry Says:
   October 7th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

   Sign me up. Let’s see, aside from NARP, are there any other passenger rail lobbies?

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