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Using the US rail Network as a giant toy trainset, how can we fill the gaping hole in the Amtrak national system while New Orleans is unavailable?
1. Run the City of New Orleans Memphis-Jackson-Pensacola-Orlando Restores long lost CHI-Florida service, keeps intact part of the sunset Route and uses an existing Superliner turning and service point.
2. Run the Crescent from Meridian to Houston & San Antonio, or Meridian to Dallas. fix the times so you could change trains at Meridian and salvage the transcon Sunset Route if you are willing to change trains twice. Do we have enough viewliners to do this?
3. If the Crescent goes to Dallas, run the Heartland Flyer to Houston. A City as large as Houston must have service.
4. Or could the Sunset run LAX-Houston-Meridian and connect there to Florida and D.C. The Meridian Mayor is an Amtrak supporter and maybe he could figure out how to turn and service a Superliner there.
any other sugestions? Are their routes that can handle passenger trains in those directions? I am assuming Mobile is also out of the picture for awhile too.
1. Run the City of New Orleans Memphis-Jackson-Pensacola-Orlando Restores long lost CHI-Florida service, keeps intact part of the sunset Route and uses an existing Superliner turning and service point.
2. Run the Crescent from Meridian to Houston & San Antonio, or Meridian to Dallas. fix the times so you could change trains at Meridian and salvage the transcon Sunset Route if you are willing to change trains twice. Do we have enough viewliners to do this?
3. If the Crescent goes to Dallas, run the Heartland Flyer to Houston. A City as large as Houston must have service.
4. Or could the Sunset run LAX-Houston-Meridian and connect there to Florida and D.C. The Meridian Mayor is an Amtrak supporter and maybe he could figure out how to turn and service a Superliner there.
any other sugestions? Are their routes that can handle passenger trains in those directions? I am assuming Mobile is also out of the picture for awhile too.