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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SilverStar092: [QB] I don't understand the talk of service cuts in this thread. It seems to have been started by Mr. GBN and I personally don't understand his desire to spout negativity toward passenger trains on a message board for people who enjoy them. The arguments are fine if that's his opinion but there should be a more productive place for such stuff. The Meteor does good business such as any train today does. Amtrak's biggest flaw as I have seen it for years is a failure to look forward. They should push for more equipment either politically or by some other means and have a 5 year plan for expanding service to coincide with delivery of that new equipment. All the talk of restoring the North Coast Hiawatha, Pioneer, and Desert Wind is great but more cars are needed. The Sunset East could likely start up with cars scrounged together from the existing fleet. If they would extend the City of NOL to FL, only one more equipment set would be needed and it would be a timely train running daily east of NOL. I disagree that that train is irrelevant as it provides a key link from FL to the midwest and west without traveling via the northeast. I admit Amtrak ridership as a whole is statistically insignificant but that's not reason to ax the trains. Instead Amtrak should be promoted and expanded to become relevant. More sleepers on existing trains would drive down bedroom costs and attract more riders. Here in the FL Panhandle there are few transportation opinions other than driving as air fares are out of sight. It's easy to sit in a big city such as Chicago and say the train is irrelevant...I telling you that is not the case for many of us. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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