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From: goutal@dec-parrot.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: other forms of transport
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 23:55:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  2 23:55:06 1986
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Please count my vote in favour of keeping net.railroad (and it's ARPAnet
equivalent) reserved for railroads.
I'm very much interested in various forms of transportation,
but I'd rather be able to pick and choose what subject I'm reading 
than to have to wade through the whole mess for one topic or another.
I'd certainly welcome some hard data comparing railroads with other 
forms of transport in terms of cost, volume, efficiency, etc.
But general stuff, or stuff not pertaining to railroads at all,
I don't feel belongs here any more than it does in net.aviation.
I think it would be best if a group/list on "transport" were started,
so that it would be chartered from the beginning to cover both
(a) forms of transport not covered in special-interest groups, and
(b) topics involving the interactions and relationships between various
modes of transport.  As certain forms of transport come to have heavy
followings, they can splinter off, leaving the original group intact.
-- Kenn Goutal