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[QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by gp35: [qb] First, Amtrak need not to own or maintain. Rent a steamer. I didn't say full time service. I said twice a month on a different LD route. Second, everytime an excursion steam train run, ppl line the tracks or meet the train at a stop. It amazes me how many of you believe not 1 person extra would ride Amtrak on the 2 runs per month. These ppl want to see the train from the tracks but nooooo one wants to ride. Makes perfect sense to you all. Third, I could write a book on Amtrak lack creativity. Amtrak failure is due to not thinking outside the box. [/qb][/QUOTE]Hi GP35, Before I start disagreeing with you all over again, I do think that you and I are closer in what we like and in our frustration over Amtrak has not done well enough. I don't disagree that a steam train would sell extra tickets on that particular run. It would. Just not to me! I personally would fly in, rent a car, and chase the locomotive taking photographs rather than ride the train. In other words, I would be one of the people lining the tracks! I've already ridden most of the Amtrak routes and you don't get to enjoy the engine so much from on the train. Issues with using leased steam is that those locomotives are most often maintained by volunteer organizations. That means the host railroads are going to throw a fit over liability issues. As Geoff notes, that would play havoc with the hotbox detectors. That's before you even get started on the cost to maintain the locomotive. The more you use it the more it costs and no one has pockets that deep when you consider Amtrak and the handful of historical societies which have their hands on operable large steam locomotives. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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