Waste land Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“I don’t want to rail against modern railroad barons, because this is America, and I believe that I too will one day be wealthy.”

— Jarod Kintz

“It’s been my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they’re going. For them it’s the journey itself and the…

— David Baldacci

“If we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads?”

— Henry David Thoreau

“the railroad and the steamship affected not only industry and commerce, but also the lives of millions of ordinary people.”

— Thomas Sowell

“It is hard to make railroading pleasant in any country. It is too tedious.”

— Mark Twain

“But, truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes.”

— Paul Theroux

“The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money.”

— Benjamin Jowett

“It was a masterpiece. Nobody bought it. (re: Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, 1844) ”

— Anthony Bailey

The road to riches is never straight and narrow. It can be riddled with financial land mines.

— Kevin O'Leary

“The steam trains crossed the country, the gleaming tracks clumsy sutures across wounded miles of stolen land.”

— Libba Bray

“‎"The real measure of our wealth is how much we should be worth if we lost all our money.”

— Anonymous

“Of all America’s natural resources, its richest is an inexhaustible vein of irony.”

— Markham Shaw Pyle