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While the Acela looks nice and sleek but I find that the fare vs the amount of time saved is not worth the price. because of track and congestion in the NEC the Acela can not run at full throttle.

Well you don't have to be rich to be courteous and respectful to fellow travelers. As I recall it was in the Business class of a British Airways flight where the investment banker got drunk and defecated on the beverage cart. We all get fuzzy about the golden age of Train Travel or Airline...

While the depression and changes in transportation dented the long distance trains it was the lack of infrastructure on the commuter lines. Anyone who remembers the last days of the PRR PC and New Haven Railroads how bad the railroads where. My dad (till his retirement) always caught the Metro...

Between 1900 and the 1920's the railroads built huge monuments to themeselves these were so great they were a part of civic pride. Many of these buildings were such pieces of art they stand today even though they are not being used, Buffalo, Detroit others have been refitted for other public use...

This is like the Soc Sec debate or lack there of debate. What would happen if Amtrak shut down? Would people still find a way to get where they are going? Yes, would a private concern step in? most probably, if not trains some other mode. Are there ways to improve train service yes. But...

What would Amtrak do with 700 Million? would they KNOW? If more trains linked major cities riderships will go up wouldn't be better to have a scheduled like the Springfield to New Haven schedule running between say Harrisburg to Philly or Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, what is the point of a train...

Wondering ? Why is Amtrak in the Bus business? And what is this cost? :huh:

:angry: Listening to what where and when Amtrak makes money loses money and who is riding the rails is almost like listening to Major League Players Unions and Team Owners. Democrates have tried to save it, Repuplicans have tried to save it or killed it. Like Soc Sec we need real ideas and...

I saw Mineta's press confrence in Boston the other day. It was mainly geared to the NEC. The other day CT voted to fund improvements to the Metro-North Waterbury and New Cannan lines. These lines are of the Main New Haven line. It will be interesting to see if this gets commuters out of there...

Well the Post Office was a Monopoly, well some dreamers did attempt to break the monopoly but what ever happened to UPS-FedEx-DHL stc etc. Of course having 15 rail roads oporating on the limited rail lines but can how can you get this system to improve performance and the balance sheet.

;) :blink: :unsure: :angry: :huh: Is this anyway to run a railroad :( :blink: :huh:

The problem with the government is that is competes with itself. The train tracks are right by the highways. The US needs to build or expand its commuter regional railroads if people dread commuting on a train they will certinlly not want to sit on a train for more then 6 to 10 hours. Amtrak was...

I've taken Amtrak from CT to Richmond. The trip from Washington to Richmond can be as long as New York to Washington if there is a problem on the frieght tracks. I think that whole area needs and expanded commuter railline as the Washington suberbs expand. But still they build more highways. By...

Perhaps AMTRAK could give some students and ride the rail and talk to people its sort of a grant you get a free roomette and meal vouchers. This would get a real survey and not a telephone survey. Few weeks ago I was talking in New Haven CT when someone mentioned The Budget and its non funding...

Living in the New Haven I see look at Amtrak as a regional commuter line. To go from Boston-New York, Philadelphia or Washington Amtrak needs to have a system that will get people to the cities not serviced by commuter rails Perhaps a system of merging fiscally with the regions commuter lines...