A bit of discussion on Naked Capitalism about the astronomical costs of building transit in the US contained in All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/all-aboard-the-bureaucracy-train this is about transit and not rail. There is some mention of Japan in the article and NC comments. I posted links to your substack about JR.
Of course the situation with rail transit and both passenger and freight railroads in the US is horrendous.
Good work, looking forward to seeing the rest of the series too! I like the photo of R. Reagan, as I sometimes tell my Japanese friends, R. Reagan is the president who nuked Japan for a 3rd time. Now it's a race between Taiwan and South Korea to see who gets nuked next.
This was a great completion of the story of the end of JNR. I'm looking forward to more of the contemporary history of JR in the early days. I thank you for your work very much on this. You've brought a lot of light to this subject which is so rich with history in the Japanese railways to us.
A bit of discussion on Naked Capitalism about the astronomical costs of building transit in the US contained in All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/all-aboard-the-bureaucracy-train this is about transit and not rail. There is some mention of Japan in the article and NC comments. I posted links to your substack about JR.
Of course the situation with rail transit and both passenger and freight railroads in the US is horrendous.
Good work, looking forward to seeing the rest of the series too! I like the photo of R. Reagan, as I sometimes tell my Japanese friends, R. Reagan is the president who nuked Japan for a 3rd time. Now it's a race between Taiwan and South Korea to see who gets nuked next.
This was a great completion of the story of the end of JNR. I'm looking forward to more of the contemporary history of JR in the early days. I thank you for your work very much on this. You've brought a lot of light to this subject which is so rich with history in the Japanese railways to us.