wny_pat
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Longsnowsm,
Recommend your post. I come from a Railroad family. Live on what use to be the most direct, safest "signal" rail route from NYC to Chicago. Conrail systematically tore it apart down to one way line and then abandoned it. Empty rail yards, including the iron rails and ties, all across the southerntier of NYS, thru Pa. and into Ohio. Did not even bother to pay their property tax to local governments. Three local county governments had to band together to get a short rail line up and running. Basically your federal tax money in the form of a grant. Top speed is about 20 mph because of the mess left by Conrail. This is what is left of the once great Erie RR, later know as the Erie Lackawanna RR. Many men who work that trackage would turn over in their graves if they could see what has happen to it today. All this to bail out the rail lines favored by certain powerful and connected CEOs, without regard of what was best for the country.
Same thing with trucking deregulation.
Guess I'm rambleing, cause I should be talking about Clean Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and its relationship to our TDIs. Hopefully it will make for a cleaner EGR valve and cleaner intake. And with the new 506.01 motor oils longer OCIs.
Recommend your post. I come from a Railroad family. Live on what use to be the most direct, safest "signal" rail route from NYC to Chicago. Conrail systematically tore it apart down to one way line and then abandoned it. Empty rail yards, including the iron rails and ties, all across the southerntier of NYS, thru Pa. and into Ohio. Did not even bother to pay their property tax to local governments. Three local county governments had to band together to get a short rail line up and running. Basically your federal tax money in the form of a grant. Top speed is about 20 mph because of the mess left by Conrail. This is what is left of the once great Erie RR, later know as the Erie Lackawanna RR. Many men who work that trackage would turn over in their graves if they could see what has happen to it today. All this to bail out the rail lines favored by certain powerful and connected CEOs, without regard of what was best for the country.
Same thing with trucking deregulation.
Guess I'm rambleing, cause I should be talking about Clean Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and its relationship to our TDIs. Hopefully it will make for a cleaner EGR valve and cleaner intake. And with the new 506.01 motor oils longer OCIs.