re: #266 RealityBasedSteve

I took Amtrak many many years ago, from Seattle to St. Louis. If memory serves me, we rolled in to St. Louis right on the appointed minute, and exactly 24 hours late. (And no, we weren’t held up by bad weather). If I wanted to visit my dad in Florida, it would be a minimum of 600 bucks (one way), I’d have to drive 250 miles to get TO the train station, and it would be 3+ days enroute, from Memphis, to Chicago, To Washington, then on to Florida.

Except for areas like the NE Corridor, we don’t have a functional passenger rail system for the most part. That’s a pity, because traveling by train you actually get to SEE the country. The thing that amazed me most, the number of adults that stop what they are doing and wave as the train goes by.

I want my trains.

RBS

I went round trip from Connecticut to DC back in the 80s to visit my sister. I was disappointed in the uncomfortable seats and the disgusting restaurant car where all the food was from plastic bags like what you find in 7-11s. Everything heated was done in a microwave and expensive. I was expecting way too much.