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[QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff M: [qb] [QUOTE] [qb] If there was that much of a market, then somebody would have niched it by now. Geoff M. [/qb][/QUOTE]Actually there is a niche market for trains pulled by steam locomotives - The former Rio Grande narrow guages in Colorado are very popular. The Tennessee Valley Railway Museum sells out it's all-day Autumn Leaf Specials from Chattanooga, TN to Summerville, GA every weekend in October and well into November. Numerous other tourist railroads do very well when their steam locomotives are up and running. What is missing are mainline excursions pulled by the largest locomotives. We don't see those in the south anymore since Norfolk Southern pulled the plug on their steam program BUT Union Pacific still has a pair of the big locomotives and then there is the Milwaukee 261 which prowls up and down the Mississippi River out of the Twin Cities several times a year. These are what they are and the steam operations are something I find to be a great deal of fun. However, it's not a niche Amtrak is poised to capture nor is that a niche Amtrak should be expected to capture. Historic steam operations are outside the realm of Amtrak's mission - providing a safe, economical, and more or less reliable transportation to those of us who, for whatever reason, chose to use it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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