‘Amtrak Joe’: Will Biden’s infrastructure plan revive railroads? Ben Piven © United States President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure package focuses on increm. United States President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure package focuses on incremental service improvements to the nation s railroad system, fixing the broken parts of the rail network and improving what Amtrak already does [File: Andrew Harnik/AP]
During the 36 years he served as a senator in Washington, DC, United States President Joe Biden famously commuted 90 minutes each way every day on an Amtrak train from his home in a suburb of Wilmington, Delaware.
He knows the zigs and zags of the US rail system perhaps better than anyone else who has sat in the Oval Office.
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High-speed rail boondoggles are a dime a dozen, but President Joe Biden went for the big kahuna in his speech promoting his $2.25 trillion infrastructure bill on Wednesday. The president suggested that government research will enable trains to travel as fast as planes and commercial aircraft circling the world in “about an hour.”
“When we do invest in research, what we’re really doing is raising the bar in what we can imagine. Imagine a world where you and your family can travel coast to coast without single tank of gas, or in a high-speed train, close to as fast as you can go across the country in a plane,” Biden said while touting the bill’s funding for infrastructure research.
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Three rail superfans gathered on Zoom to take in the president’s remarks last week. They geeked out quickly.
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Dan Cupper owns more than 10,000 train timetables little cards and brochures detailing the accommodations, times and appearance of trains; his oldest is from 1858. Ron Goldfeder and his wife collect kerosene lanterns that used to light the way for trains. Larry Shughart owns hundreds of American Flyer model trains. And you’re damn right they work.
These men have loved trains for years; and by love, we’re not just talking about the type of affection young kids have for toys gifted from their parents; we’re talking fanatical obsessions that take up every part of life’s free moments and the mind’s free space.