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Weve allowed it to happen. weve gone backwards. were apparently okay with it. many trains used to crack 100 miles an hour with regularity back in the 1930s. well, today our high-speed line on the east coast, the acela, averages 87 miles an hour. much of the world from spain to france to china is zooming down the rails while we regress. we travel back in time. then theres hartsfield airport in atlanta, the worlds busiest, when they have electric power. they did not yesterday, thanks to an undergr...

France to china is zooming down the rails while we regress. we travel back in time. then theres hartsfield airport in atlanta, the worlds busiest, when they have electric power. they did not yesterday, thanks to an underground fire that also toasted the backup line. and as a result over 1500 flights were canceled along with all the holiday hopes and dreams of tens of thousands of air passengers idled. theres speculation tonight a power line was gnawed on by a rat. and if thats true, if something...

Transportation in this country. weve allowed it to happen. weve gone backwards. were apparently okay with it. many trains used to crack 100 miles an hour with regularity back in the 1930s. well, today our high-speed line on the east coast, the acela, averages 87 miles an hour. much of the world from spain to france to china is zooming down the rails while we regress. we travel back in time. then theres hartsfield airport in atlanta, the worlds busiest, when they have electric power. they did not...