The Slower We Go, The Behinder We Get.
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The Slower We Go, The Behinder We Get.

Officials in London and Berlin have announced that Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway, will be starting 200 mile-per-hour service linking the two capital cities. Running time will be 4.5 hours to cover the roughly 680 miles. Initial plans are to run three 16-car trains a day, each one able to accommodate almost 900 people….

Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as dumb luck.

I’ve written here on several occasions about the constantly recurring tragedies of grade crossing accidents … when trains strike cars and trucks where highways cross railroad tracks. It’s hard to imagine a circumstance when one of those incidents could legitimately be called and accident because, in case after case, subsequent investigation determine that they were…