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[QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by RRRICH: [qb] I ordered "Waiting on a Train" last week, and picked it up at our local Barnes & Noble on Friday. I have begun reading it, and so far it's a pretty interesting read. It's not what you think it is, GBN (as mentioned in your post several posts up from this one) -- I agree with David P's ("Not Elvis") assessment of the book so far. The author interviews a number of people from both the Class 1's, the freight railroads which are not Class 1's, and passenger rail people (he devoted about one page only to NARP so far). So far, the book appears to be an honest assessment of what the states, AMTRAK, and the traveling public are thinking nowadays about where we've been and where we should be going in terms of passenger rail -- yes he emphasizes corridors quite a bit, possible sources of funding and problems with such, and he also defends the Class 1's and their needs. (he also does not hesitate to document several problems with AMTRAK LD's......) [/qb][/QUOTE]Hey Rich......I'm glad that you're enjoying the book and also glad that your initial impression is similar to mine. Interesting also that the author initially conducted interviews with representatives of NARP and the American Association of Railroads on the same day. The author wraps up his visit at AAR noting that after lunch he's going over to NARP for an 'opposing viewpoint'. Not to be a spoiler, but the author later pays a second visit to AAR after one of his interview sources....in Meridian, MS....arranges for him to meet with 'someone higher up' at AAR. The real strength of this book is the amount of research the author did and the number of interviews he did with people representing so many different.....and sometimes opposing....viewpoints. Of course if I were writing a book which involved taking the train all over the country to meet the people I was interviewing, I'd be looking to beef up the 'subject roster' myself. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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