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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] I think Mr. Harris' posting above represents a fair assessment of the environment regarding the resumption of any passenger service along the Gulf Coast, be it a restoration of the preexisting services i.e. Sunset, Gulf Coast Spl, or some new proposal. Regarding the restoration of the Sunset, the issues simply are CSX track capacity, "they're rid of it now", nobody, save the advocacy groups, really wants it back (and YES folks, I have ridden it for ORL-NOL-CHI itineraries and if it were restored could well ride it again), it always had the weakest ridership of the LD fleet, and the 'alternate transportation" argument made in connection with the Builder or Cardinal, is simply a "non applicable". Now regarding other proposals such as the Gulf Coast Special. I too had learned that train had respectable patronage and held such even after the NO World's Fair closed, but then, in common with any scheduled passenger train operation in the World, "no money, no Biloxi". Casino gaming had not come to the Gulf Coast when the Special ran circa 1984-85. If gaming is to be a draw (if anyone wonders why I avoid the term gambling, think of the line of script from the movie "Havana' where card player Robert Redford says 'we try to keep the gambling down to a minimum"), one could hardly expect Alabama and Miss to "cough up' to take gamers and other tourists AWAY from their own venues. Likewise, with a reverse schedule i.e. leave NO in the AM return in evening, the NO tourism interests would be heard from. And finally, lest we forget, the region has clearly had a Katrina population loss that likely will never recover. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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