Greener grass across the border

[Tom Box [e-mail] [Canadian-Passenger-Rail]]

"New government investment is turning VIA Rail into a modern rail
powerhouse" So says a report from the United States:
<http://www.travelpulse.com/articles/destinations/canadian-upgrade.html>.

I won't bother picking apart this ludicrous drivel point by point.
I'm sure most of you are perfectly capable of doing so. I offer
up this article for entertainment purposes only. It appears to
have been written exclusively from VIA press releases. I can see
no indication that the author has ever been on a VIA train.

Tom Box
tbox at ncf dot ca
Port Hope, ON, Canada


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['Mark W. Walton' [e-mail] [Canadian-Passenger-Rail]]

"That's Not Even Almost Entertainment", to paraphrase the title of an old "Love Boat" crew show!

Mark Walton
mark.walton-***@public.gmane.org

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"New government investment is turning VIA Rail into a modern rail powerhouse" So says a report from the United States:
<http://www.travelpulse.com/articles/destinations/canadian-upgrade.html>.

I won't bother picking apart this ludicrous drivel point by point.
I'm sure most of you are perfectly capable of doing so. I offer up this article for entertainment purposes only. It appears to have been written exclusively from VIA press releases. I can see no indication that the author has ever been on a VIA train.

Tom Box
tbox at ncf dot ca
Port Hope, ON, Canada
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