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Breaking ground.(ON TRACK)
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Railway Track and Structures
- Article date:
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Judge, Tom
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Groundbreaking can be fun. Sure, it's a routine occurrence for news photographers and reporters, but even jaded railroad journalists such as yours truly can feel the positive emotions on such occasions. A groundbreaking means something is getting started. The talking and the planning and the designing phases--all of which are very important--have been accomplished and the people who get their hands dirty on the job are going to work.
Politicians love to attend such events. Most of that group don't get to physically build things, but they do play an important role in so many projects that it's worthwhile to let them taste a bit of the credit.
We've all seen the cliche ...