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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by gp35: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by 20thCenturyLimited: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by gp35: [qb] My wish would be for Amtrak to lease/buy/restore 1 or 2 steam engines...Maybe the only 2 remaining f1 sister engines 975 and 982 or maybe Daylight. Run steamengines on point maybe twice a month on different LD trains. [/qb][/QUOTE]What practical purpose would that serve? How would that improve service? How would that facilitate a new route? [/qb][/QUOTE]It would increase passenger numbers. It would increase interest. Increasing numbers and interest leads to an increase in routes. [/QB][/QUOTE]