Re: ECUADOR RAILWAYS ARISE FROM THE DEAD - Safety Standards are good

In response to contributions these were the only two passengers killed for probably one hundred years. As for crossing accidents they are rarely fatal owing to the low speed of the trains. I have never seen an accident.

Compare this with the U.S. where 1,000 people a week are killed on the roads and there are, I think, five train-vehicle accidents daily. I accept you cannot directly compare the two, but the fact that only two people have killed in a hundred years shows that all the safety legislation in the world and stupid bureaucracy rules will not prevent accidents and countries like Ecuador, which have by U.S. standards no safety rules, actually survive.

Society does not need a formal society to exist. Government is not needed! Most people in the Andes have not a clue what government is yet live quite happily. Not everyone wants two houses, three TV's, four cars, Ipads etc

As for riding the pilot, that is my favourite place when doing track inspections and I defy anybody to find a more suitable place. The only problem is that when reversing you get the full heat of the boiler but then you can jump off if it gets too hot!

Interestingly the contributions to date have all dealt with two decapitated Japanese rather than the progress on the railway itself.

Michael Grimes