This isn't a railway in a Third World County

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Where is this? If I go look at it will I see what the video claims that I will see?
 
Jade Dragon said:
And the right still fights us on spending for infrastructure. All this while Europe has been maintaining structures and stuff older than America in good order.
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If the infrastructure bill was spent on infrastructure only you would have no problem from the right.

This is what the Dems were calling infra structure


$382 billion for childcare and universal preschool. The plan is designed to save most American families more than half of their spending on childcare by providing two years of free preschool for every three- and four-year-old in America and additional funding for childcare.
$205 billion family and medical leave. Permanently authorizes the first-ever national paid family and medical leave guarantee for U.S. workers, providing up to four weeks of paid leave.
$190 billion for Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Credit. The proposal extends the expanded Child Tax Credit for one year and provides additional funds to extend the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.
$150 billion for home care. This funding expands home care for older people and those with disabilities.
$175 billion for housing. The plan invests in affordable housing, including construction and rehabilitation of homes as well as investments in rental assistance and housing vouchers.
$40 billion higher ed and workforce development. The legislation will increase Pell Grants and provide post-high school education opportunities such as apprenticeship programs for underserved communities.
$17 billion for the Small Business Committee. This provides for small business access to credit, investment, and markets.
$40 billion for equity and other investments. Spending in this area will be designed to achieve equity through investments in maternal health, community-violence interventions, and nutrition, according to the White House.
$5 billion in supply chain investments. These investments will be designed to safeguard our economy and support domestic job growth.
$3 billion to support child nutrition. This investment will help expand eligibility and eliminate paperwork so more children can receive free school meals.
$275 billion in State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction relief. Accomplished by increasing and applying the cap over the long-term, allowing states and counties to raise more revenue to deliver essential public services.
$130 billion in ACA credits. This money will be used to expand affordable healthcare coverage, reduce premiums for more than 9 million Americans, and deliver healthcare to uninsured people in states that are not enrolled in expanded Medicaid coverage.
$35 billion Medicare hearing coverage. While dental and vision coverage did not make the cut, Medicare recipients will have coverage for hearing aids and hearing tests. The funding will also cover nursing home transparency and staffing standards, and bolster funding for the Elder Justice Act program.
$559+ billion for clean energy and climate. The plan proposes cutting greenhouse gas pollution by over a gigaton in 2030, reducing consumer energy costs, helping to create more clean air and water, and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.
$100 billion for immigration. This is part of the framework, but also separate since it requires a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian. This would constitute an investment to reform the immigration system, reduce backlogs, expand legal representation, and make border processing more efficient and humane.
 
Last quarter Norfolk Southern operated at 24.4% profit margin...the oligarchs are skimming revenue and not properly investing in the RR...the federal government is complicit by allowing this.
 
Jade Dragon said:
And the right still fights us on spending for infrastructure. All this while Europe has been maintaining structures and stuff older than America in good order.
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This isn't a government issue, it's one for the company owning that right of way to deal with. The only time the government would be involved is if there were regulatory issues with doing the repairs or upgrades.
 
AProudLefty said:
Jesus. That track looks like it was ready to sink.
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I suspect it's a spur line that gets used infrequently. That would explain why it's in such poor condition. There's no profit in repairing it.

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The Napolean, Defiance & Western railroad that owns that track has a total of 58 miles of track they operate on that's theirs, and 4 locomotives. The ND&W was purchased by Pioneer Railcorp in 2012 and that section of track you see in the video started repairs and replacement in 2020. That company was given a $4.1 million federal grant to assist in the repairs. A total of 38 miles of track are currently being repaired or have been repaired or replaced.
 
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T. A. Gardner said:
I suspect it's a spur line that gets used infrequently. That would explain why it's in such poor condition. There's no profit in repairing it.
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Well in that case that's a good thing, isn't it? If it is being used frequently it would have gave out at any time.
 
T. A. Gardner said:

Shots of another train on that stretch of track
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Here is what the YouTube rubric says. Bear also in my mind that video is over 5 years old.

PREX 1603 leading PREX 3054 blasts down the former Wabash Railroad's 5th District! Lol actually I condensed 6 minutes of the train crawling down the track! This is only the third time I've gotten a pair on one of their trains so I was pleased to see them. The line was most recently the Maumee and Western Railroad (MAW) before being purchased by Pioneer RailCorp. Maintenance was deferred for decades on this stretch of track. Pioneer has done a great job rehabbing the worst parts but some pockets like this still exist.
 
serendipity said:
Here is what the YouTube rubric says. Bear also in my mind that video is over 5 years old.

PREX 1603 leading PREX 3054 blasts down the former Wabash Railroad's 5th District! Lol actually I condensed 6 minutes of the train crawling down the track! This is only the third time I've gotten a pair on one of their trains so I was pleased to see them. The line was most recently the Maumee and Western Railroad (MAW) before being purchased by Pioneer RailCorp. Maintenance was deferred for decades on this stretch of track. Pioneer has done a great job rehabbing the worst parts but some pockets like this still exist.
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Agenda driven and using trickery it looks like to me.

Next.
 
ExpressLane said:
If the infrastructure bill was spent on infrastructure only you would have no problem from the right.

This is what the Dems were calling infra structure


$382 billion for childcare and universal preschool. The plan is designed to save most American families more than half of their spending on childcare by providing two years of free preschool for every three- and four-year-old in America and additional funding for childcare.
$205 billion family and medical leave. Permanently authorizes the first-ever national paid family and medical leave guarantee for U.S. workers, providing up to four weeks of paid leave.
$190 billion for Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Credit. The proposal extends the expanded Child Tax Credit for one year and provides additional funds to extend the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.
$150 billion for home care. This funding expands home care for older people and those with disabilities.
$175 billion for housing. The plan invests in affordable housing, including construction and rehabilitation of homes as well as investments in rental assistance and housing vouchers.
$40 billion higher ed and workforce development. The legislation will increase Pell Grants and provide post-high school education opportunities such as apprenticeship programs for underserved communities.
$17 billion for the Small Business Committee. This provides for small business access to credit, investment, and markets.
$40 billion for equity and other investments. Spending in this area will be designed to achieve equity through investments in maternal health, community-violence interventions, and nutrition, according to the White House.
$5 billion in supply chain investments. These investments will be designed to safeguard our economy and support domestic job growth.
$3 billion to support child nutrition. This investment will help expand eligibility and eliminate paperwork so more children can receive free school meals.
$275 billion in State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction relief. Accomplished by increasing and applying the cap over the long-term, allowing states and counties to raise more revenue to deliver essential public services.
$130 billion in ACA credits. This money will be used to expand affordable healthcare coverage, reduce premiums for more than 9 million Americans, and deliver healthcare to uninsured people in states that are not enrolled in expanded Medicaid coverage.
$35 billion Medicare hearing coverage. While dental and vision coverage did not make the cut, Medicare recipients will have coverage for hearing aids and hearing tests. The funding will also cover nursing home transparency and staffing standards, and bolster funding for the Elder Justice Act program.
$559+ billion for clean energy and climate. The plan proposes cutting greenhouse gas pollution by over a gigaton in 2030, reducing consumer energy costs, helping to create more clean air and water, and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.
$100 billion for immigration. This is part of the framework, but also separate since it requires a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian. This would constitute an investment to reform the immigration system, reduce backlogs, expand legal representation, and make border processing more efficient and humane.
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Source (s) please?
 
Just a reminder:


Republicans who voted against Biden’s infrastructure bill are touting its projects anyway

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) last year left little doubt why she was voting against a $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure measure, calling it nothing more than a “socialist plan full of crushing taxes and radical spending.”
Yet, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on Wednesday that very same infrastructure bill would be funding a $403-million flood control project in her district in the Fort Worth area, Granger wasted no time in hailing the effort.



https://www.latimes.com/politics/st...frastructure-bill-theyre-running-on-it-anyway
 
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