Washington train derailment - Where's Dagny?

Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 4 months ago to News

This was an Amtrak train on its inaugural speed run. If they had hired Dagny .... OK, we know that Dagny wouldn't have stooped down to working for Amtrak.

SOURCE URL: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/us/amtrak-derailment-washington/index.html

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Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 6 years, 3 months ago

Hello jbrenner,

You are right; she is not working for the government outfit for sure! :)
Amtrak is a joke, and not a funny one. Typical of most any government run entity...

Happy Holidays,
OA.

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  Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 3 months ago
  
  Driving a train at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone! This reminds me of when I had my own model train set and tried to see at just what speed the train would jump the rails.
  
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    Posted by ewv 6 years, 3 months ago
    
    It reminds you of that? You were purposefully investigating a mechanical phenomenon, looking for the critical speed that caused the derailment. Their mindless 80 mph had no sense of purpose or concept of 'too fast', 'human life', or 'consequences' at all. You give them too much credit.
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 3 months ago
      
      Obviously the Amtrak derailment was one of careless, distracted driving.
      
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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 6 years, 3 months ago
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMxJt...
    
    So good to hear from you!
    
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      Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 3 months ago
      
      Very nice! I had forgotten that one.
      
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Posted by Abaco 6 years, 4 months ago

This story really reminds me of AS. This and the Atlanta airport shutdown.

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  Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  I'm glad I am not the only one to notice.
  
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    Posted by ewv 6 years, 4 months ago
    
    We notice "Atlas is Shrugging" every day.
    
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Posted by CTYankee 6 years, 4 months ago

The Rearden Metal rails were definitely not installed on that line.

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Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 4 months ago

Probably trying to get Kip Chalmers to a political rally.
Dagny's busy repairing her cabin. http://www.ohsorare.com/dagny-repair....
Who is John Galt?

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  Posted by Radio_Randy 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  The comment about Kip Chalmers is interesting, but this line has already been nationalized. How else do you explain Amtrak's ability to continue running routes with a mere 77 passengers?
  
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    Posted by ewv 6 years, 4 months ago
    
    Continuously run? It didn't.
    
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  Posted by ewv 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  That's an old photo. As you read this Dagny is sunning herself next to her office in the Valley.
  
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    Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 3 months ago
    
    Are you getting ready for the new Papa John's pizza in the Valley?
    
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      Posted by ewv 6 years, 3 months ago
      
      Do they deliver to the outer world? The FDA won't approve eating cheese that passes through the ray screen. Maybe Ragnar could do it.
      
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        Posted by jbrenner 6 years, 3 months ago
        
        Very clever
        
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  Posted by allosaur 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  Way to go, Kip. "Get word to that crawling slug for an engineer that, I, Kip Chalmers, demands that he speeds this train the hell up!"
  Thus does the haughty demand of a know-it-all more than equal elite better crashes into its normal outcome.
  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/19/...
  
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