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...Southern Crescent is "lavish," it is by default only, mostly because of lowered standards of service in America and particularly on Amtrak. The Crescent is the typical 1960-era passenger train, and no better. It just lasted longer. In defense of the much maligned private railroad operation of passenger service, I wish Americans had supported good service when we had it, rather than rhapsodize now that it is gone...
...reasoning behind maintaining the Southern Crescent at taxpayer expense completely escapes me. Why must the taxpayers continue to subsidize these big toys so that a handful of railroad buffs can practice their nostalgia...
...impact of Ludwig's deforestation. To feed the mill's appetite, Ludwig's crews have cleared nearly 250,000 acres of jungle so far and planted 81 million fast-growing trees; the raw wood will be hauled to the plant on 150 miles of Ludwig-built railroad...
...UNITA commandos periodically cut the Benguela railroad that formerly carried Zaïrian and Zambian ore to the seaport at Lobito. The sabotage has deprived Angola's government of $100 million a year in rail revenues. UNITA'S guerrilla attacks have also disrupted diamond mining, as well as farming in the Huambo district, which is Angola's main granary. The country's only sizable revenue (about $700 million last year) comes from oil rigs in Cabinda that are operated under Cuban protection by the Gulf Oil Corp...
...space frame-skylight. This court is the "rhyme" to the West Building's cupola, but is utterly different in feeling. Here Pei has produced a ceremonial space fit to rank with the main foyer of the Paris Opera or the grandest of the 19th century's glass-and-iron railroad terminals. It projects an encompassing sense of airiness and ebullience, washed by light. From the concourse 80 ft. below, the skylight, a massive and complex structure covering 16,000 sq. ft., acquires a weblike delicacy, with an elegance that is reinforced by the almost fanatical precision of craftsmanship...