Show And Trains President Lyndon Johnson has allocated some millions of dollars to research and development development development devel devel- in the field of train travel trav trav- el and better trains last year It was a move which should have been made years ago AT THIS TIME when the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government is spending huge sums subsidizing a supersonic supersonic super super- sonic airliner it is ironical that the first small allocation has been made to help our railWay railway railway rail rail- way system system and and to bring the public modern efficient train service There is no reason why trains should disappear from the scene in this country In advanced European countries trains are still the choice of many travelers travelers travelers travel travel- ers and some of them are modern modern modern mod mod- ern and profitable They are also relatively fast and depend depend- able TRAINS COULD in the fu future future future fu- fu ture travel well over mph and this would mean that train I travel v l between between cities which were less than miles mUes apart I would often be preferable to air travel Between Philadelphia and New York for example there is no reason why modern clean quiet and fast trains should not get most of orthe the tra travel vel business At the World Transportation Exhibition In Munich in 1965 a writer made the round trip to Augsburg and back on a modern train averaging over mph Others now in design can travel up to mph OUR RAILWAY transportation tion system in this country is a valuable defense and peacetime asset and we have neglected it too long while subsidizing other forms of transportation Federal Federal Fed Ferl- eral research and even construction construction construction con con- subsidies wo would old be justified to produce and maintain maintain maintain main main- tain a really modern and efficient efficient efficient effi effi- railway system in this country |