Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
It looks like the Auto Train is running at full capacity. Yet Amtrak has far more routes that could also use those railcars, and the Auto Train is not open to independant passengers. Which means that certain other Superliner routes could be far more important, even if they don't generate as much revenue. The TE and CONO are in great need of Superliners, and the CL, SWC, or SL could also use more cars.
So, from a railfan's viewpoint, would you like to sacrafice part or all or the Auto Train just to make important trains longer?
Maybe Amtrak could make the AT seasonal, or reduce the summer AT, because FL gets a lot of winter traffic, but the EB/CZ/CS all get good summer traffic.
This way, you could reduce multiple capacity problems on the other trains while leaving only one capacity problem for the Auto Train. Sounds like a good trade-off to me.
Adding cars to the short trains don't result in HEP problems. Besides, we could still ride the route on the Silvers.
So, from a railfan's viewpoint, would you like to sacrafice part or all or the Auto Train just to make important trains longer?
Maybe Amtrak could make the AT seasonal, or reduce the summer AT, because FL gets a lot of winter traffic, but the EB/CZ/CS all get good summer traffic.
This way, you could reduce multiple capacity problems on the other trains while leaving only one capacity problem for the Auto Train. Sounds like a good trade-off to me.
Adding cars to the short trains don't result in HEP problems. Besides, we could still ride the route on the Silvers.
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