Save Our Trains Michigan
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The Capital Limited pulled into Waterloo at 6:27 a.m. – an hour and 20 minutes late, triggering a comical episode that Amtrak haters can point to as illustrative of its failures.
Because of the train’s tardiness, people waiting to board at Waterloo seemed confused. Was this the Capital Limited originating in Washington, D.C., or the Lake Shore Limited, a New York-to-Chicago train already overdue by eight minutes? Both were going to Chicago via the same route.
Instead of piling onto the train, riders timidly waited for a sign to board. There were no stewards or customer service reps to greet riders and answer questions. So the gaggle of passengers sheepishly milled outside. A minute passed before a tall, white-haired, white-bearded man walked off a coach car. “Why isn’t anyone getting on the train?” he thundered. It wasn’t the sort of greeting you expect, and a few people groused about it, but they quickly queued up just the same
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Because of the train’s tardiness, people waiting to board at Waterloo seemed confused. Was this the Capital Limited originating in Washington, D.C., or the Lake Shore Limited, a New York-to-Chicago train already overdue by eight minutes? Both were going to Chicago via the same route.
Instead of piling onto the train, riders timidly waited for a sign to board. There were no stewards or customer service reps to greet riders and answer questions. So the gaggle of passengers sheepishly milled outside. A minute passed before a tall, white-haired, white-bearded man walked off a coach car. “Why isn’t anyone getting on the train?” he thundered. It wasn’t the sort of greeting you expect, and a few people groused about it, but they quickly queued up just the same
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