Allen Dee, regading that high school civics book....I think I saw a similar article in Trains Magazine way back then.Something by David Morgan. Something called "Who Shot the Passenger Train".Now, maybe I am confusing one article with another...but I really think that particular prediction "made the rounds" back then. Fortunately, it did not come true, as we all gladly know. But that was just how negative it all was back then...a point I was trying to make on the forum called "Thinking about our ages".