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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] Like Mr Resor and Mr Norman, I travelled on the name trains before Amtrak. My specific travel is on UP 9 and 10, the City of Saint Louis. I've seen Echo Canyon and the top of Sherman Hill from the dome, eaten French Toast from the dome of a dome diner, and slept in an upper berth as only the Pullman Company could do it. Do I recommend Amtrak LD? Yes, as vacation travel, where the trip can be part of the decompression lauching or finalizing the vacation. Business? No. I don't have the time to give to business travel by rail anymore, at least not in the US. Amtrak does not have the things I need to effectively do work enroute ... specifically, quality wireless connections out in the deep boonies of the West. No, a sat phone doesn't cut it Byers Canyon, and there are times it doesn't work coming from Dodge City to Albuquerque. Short hauls? Right now I'm not big on them. The Missouri River Eagles (I know they have a new name now) are an afterthought on a crowded singletrack Union Pacific. I do have to admit, it's 2x daily service. I can't wait to see what the Kansas Legislature does in 2010 for the Heartland Flyer extension. They need no less than 2x daily KC-DFW. Will it happen? The good news is Kansas is not California, with a $24B deficit. The bad news is Kansas for the new FY had an effective $-0- reserve fund (I posted the number in the KS thread). NEC and Chicagoland? Haven't needed those lines. Others tell me they work. That's a good thing. I have to wonder at the folks who want HSR. I've become the man with the bucket of cold water on a lot of pipe dreams: WITH WHAT MONEY? China some day is going to call our paper. Watch our standard of living when that happens. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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