Last year’s catastrophic East Palestine train derailment has spurred calls from a rank-and-file labor group for public ownership of rail infrastructure. We spoke to an expert about what that could look like in the US, which is dominated by for-profit rail.
The return of Conrail? Really, the feds need to own the rails in the USA. One of my dreams is a coast-to-coast high speed rail with exclusive right of way. Only the government can do something like this.