Each time I watch a TV news report covering a railroad accident, I find the lack of knowledge about the nature of railroad operations by so called media professionals to be most appalling and shocking. Most of the TV Reporters assigned to cover the transportation beat could not tell the difference between a flatspot on a wheel and a hotbox (overheating
The railroads in the state of New York have a wonderful potential for explosive growth in service and profitabiiity in the state of New York. However the rail system serving this great state is being hamstrung by an oppressive property tax system whereby, every munitcipality through which rail lines pass, particularly those operating in interstate commerce