Train Troubles Again Strand Northeast Commuters

[marmar]

Train Troubles Again Strand Northeast Commuters

By Samantha Henry
Associated Press Financial Wire


WASHINGTON, DC - In a snag all too familiar to commuters in a rail-dependent region, Amtrak and regional transit agencies halted trains throughout the Northeast for more than an hour at the height of the morning rush Tuesday because of power problems that apparently began in the Washington area.

Isolated events substation failures, even a single downed tree have repeatedly stopped the entire Northeast Corridor, a railroad network that is called on to move tens of thousands of people daily through the nation's densest population centers.

Amtrak said low-voltage troubles forced it to suspend service between New York City and Washington, and between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., starting at 7:45 a.m. Power was restored around 9 a.m.

The exact cause wasn't immediately known, but Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero said the problem was more widespread than usual. Amtrak was focusing its investigation on the area between Washington and Perryville, Md., Romero said. .........(more)

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[Ineeda]

1. Another example of our deteriorating infrastructure.

Think how many jobs would be created fixing our crumbling: roads, bridges, tunnels, levees, rail systems, the grid, water/sewer lines, etc.

[Billy Burnett]

2. You must hate America.

Putting the priorities of the working class above those of the stockholder and CEO class is un-American.

America is a business.

[Ineeda]

3. Yup. Hating America is the corporate way.

But having reliable, functioning infrastructure serves business AND the working class. Why don't they get that?

[madinmaryland]

4. But, but, but the free market and private companies do a much better

job than the government at providing infrastructure.

:sarcasm: