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[QUOTE]Originally posted by polarbearucla: [QB] Mr Toy - Thanks for your understanding - and your points about LD trains are very cogent and exactly the reason why I started this thread. However, with jetblue, southwest, song, etc.... having very low priced fairs across the country it seems that trains are going to have a hard time competing. If I were to take a train from Chicago to LA it would take days, a plane would tak hours. However, if I were to take a plane from DC to NY it would take many hours in going to the airport, checking in, getting through security, and waiting for baggage to be returned and then driving into town...could take about 4 or 5 hours total. Yet train stations in NY and DC are centrally located, with little checkin/security time needed and the train takes around 4 hours (maybe a bit less than the plane) and lot less stressful. The point of this example is to highlight how amtrak can serve a very useful purpose and be competitive against other modes of transportation. Thus it seems logical to me this is a model that amtrak should base itself upon. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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