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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:18 AM Original message |
A Trouble With Amtrak |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is No Time to Drop Any Amtrak Routes. Add More! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I feel pretty sure that the airline implosions will keep the long-distance runs occupied. |
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Spangle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I wanted to ride the rails this summer |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Back in the early 1900s you could hop from trolley to train to trolley again and |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Of course. That's EXACTLY what we need in the face of |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I pretty much agree, although I think the idea was being floated to... |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Long-haul versus Short-haul Politics |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I am sure that it was the lobbying of the big money airlines and auto industry that killed passenger |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Actually, The Private Railroads Had More To Do With The Great Decline |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "Well said" |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. About That Equipment... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. We run bilevel trains on New Jersey Transit on the NE corridor route. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Don't Know The Vertical Clearances, Though |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Many lines have increased height clearances over the last 20 years. |
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