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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sfthunderchief: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by sojourner: [qb] While the train should not take super long, it doesn't have to be quite as fast as driving. Remember, a lot of people would rather take a 10-hour train ride than drive 8 hrs! Question: Will this train stop in Guthrie OK? I HOPE SO, it's quite a tourist attraction, isn't it? Also, would it stop in Lawrence KS? That is a fairly busy student town, isn't it? [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes, yes, and yes! Yes: Guthrie's spectacular and would likely be a stop. Yes: Lawrence is already a stop, and, Yes: A busy college town. Other college towns include Washburn-Emporia-Bethel-Wichita State-Cowley County in Kansas. - and to the previous poster, I had to go to OKC a month ago on legislative business and for a moment thought of flying (you know the old $69 SWA ticket thing; nope $270 round trip). So I drove, and yes I was able to make it from OKC back to Kansas City in 5.5 hours (I don't think I could make Dallas in 8 because at times I was driving 92 MPH!), stupid I know and there was a brief flurry of snow just north of Wichita.) Now I was bone tired after that trip. I left for OKC at 6:00 am and got home at 9:00 pm. How stupid to desire to ride a train which would have taken about the same amount of time overall, but my ticket would have cost around $60 dollars, and I would not have spent the $85 unreimbursed dollars on gasoline (now that's smart economics); and my car got another 700 miles on it. And if I would have been caught going 92mph my other ticket would have been about 4 times $92. So, to the poster above, maybe you're right, and driving and flying is marvelously better, but I'll tell you this: last week I traveled to Grand Canyon on the SW Chief, spent a lot of money and it took 24 hours to get there. And I'll ride a train anytime over driving if there is an opportunity. All those minutes saved driving or flying. What exactly would you do with an extra 67 minutes anyway? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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