SmokeRail

The WayneWho staff enjoys watching the false branding of eco-righteous terminology to taxpayer blackhole projects fall apart as the lawyers of a project are peeled back to reveal the truth. The latest casualty of the eco-smoke-and-mirror routine is the beloved SunRail system that was billed as a tomorrow land fairy-tale transportation that was good for people and the environment. That was until the Colorado builder of the "eco-friendly" trains went out of business. They were the company that was going to build the "eco-friendly" engines that were going to help move people in fast and pollution free manner. So now the taxpayers get to enjoy one of the most famous of government tactics, the bait and switch.

It seems that those who were pushing the SunRail "eco-friendly" transportation system have decided that the old method of a basic pollutant belching locomotives is good enough as long as we get our new toy train system. Department of Transportation officials say the project is on track and that using traditional locomotives will work out just fine. Nice for them to consult with the public who is paying for all of this and voted for the "eco-friendly" system.

With all of this going on, the WayneWho staff has decided that we should run a new logo and naming contest for this new train set. Some of our ideas were "Amtrak II", "SmokeRail", and the "Orlando Smog Line". We can't wait to see your ideas and your designs. We will leave the competition open until such time as the local governments figure out how to explain to the taxpayers that we are now paying for two train systems that will run in Florida. We hope when they figure it out they throw another social get together with those little cocktail weenies. We mean the food, not the politicians.