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    Slower, ruder rail: Working together to…uh… never mind

    Canada’s Via Rail and France’s SNCF sign an agreement to… well… OK, I’m stumped. But certainly, once you combine Via’s outdated, rickety rolling stock and the SNCF’s legendary reputation for labour interruptions and Torquemada-on-crack customer service, well, a juggernaut is what you’ll have, isn’t it? The two rail companies’ chief executives are positively chuffed: