Recent content by Irv

I am afraid Jim, especially, does not realize that there are guns aboard AMTRAK every day. Only the gang-bangers have them, of course. Calling law-abiding gun-owners, who do not carry guns on AMTRAK because it is against the rules, "gun nuts" is fine, right? Is it ok if I call raving...

I have a hard time understanding some of you folks. I thought you wanted to have more AMTRAK ridership. Currently, AMTRAK goes through many choice hunting areas that are difficult and expensive to get to via the airlines. Hunters aren't a danger to you. On or off AMTRAK. Airlines readily...

Wouldn't take a NY minute for me to decide: Take the train. Since you've got the points, get a room :) Put tylenol or similar sleep aids and ear plugs in your luggage. You'll sleep well at least after the first night, and arrive in better condition to celebrate the wedding!

It's pretty clear that the only destination where people intend to STAY for months is Florida. Thus paying to transfer their own automobile is practical. LA, Denver, etc get plenty of travellers - business and 1 - 2 week vactioning families. Rental is more practical for that short period of...

Hey, this is the sort of thing that helps me justify making a trip (on AMTRAK) or staying home. Thanks for the heads up!

This whole discussion can never be settled, because it involves three distinct and very different groups of people: 1. Firearm owners who know how to handle arms safely and are quite certain they would never use them to harm innocent people. 2. Firearm haters who fear demon-haunted inert...

There's no reliable "southern limit", and driving in snow - or the more common ice - in Atlanta's hills is not for the faint-hearted. Unless you are very unlucky, you won't encounter those conditions once you get south of the Appalachian mountains. I would recommend being prepared for cold -...

Plans are one thing, finding the money is another. After all the giveaways to greedy bankers and poorly-run auto industry, is there going to be anything left to fund things like fixing highway bridges and improving rail transportation?

You have to wonder why they bothered. After all, you can ride buses, read books, and play cards in NJ. But I guess that doesn't impress people at cocktail parties. Betcha' they ALL remember and brag about how much it cost.

Do it! He won't forget the experience. I was about that age when my parents took an overnight trip to Atlanta. I ate in the dining car, then slept thru much of the rest, but when I woke up as we rolled into Atlanta, they told me I said "this is the ONLY way to travel!".

If you're under 30, you'll be seeing and using a lot of those stations before you retire. Once the airlines close down, and gas hits $15 a gallon, people will insist that what we had 100 years ago could, and should be brought back.

Give it a few years, and I think we'll see some of that. Higher the gas prices, the sooner it will happen.

I know it's very difficult, but if you expect to be taken seriously, try to act like an adult. That includes writing like one. If you don't have the time to communicate clearly, wait until later. If you don't have enough respect for others to communicate clearly, don't .

Yeah, but reading the article: elderly woman died of unspecified causes - not believed to be infectious disease. Rest probably suffering from hysteria. That happens a lot on airliners & cruise ships.

Of course - how else to save money so the CEO can pull down 20 - 30 million per year while driving the company into bankruptcy? THAT is how business is done nowdays, and apparently nobody, not even the stockholders, who have the most to lose, seems to care.